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Date: September 7th, 2010 5:39 PM Author: federal provocative stain Not a flame. What is their reasoning? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417087&forum_id=2#15988660) |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 5:42 PM Author: 180 maniacal ladyboy lodge - believes career statistics from schools - always graduated in top quarter of class before - family pressure (law school pays off son) |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 5:43 PM Author: federal provocative stain I think #2 holds most water.....I'm not sure anyone who's done any due dilligence actually places faith in those employment numbers. Family pressure may be credited, too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417087&forum_id=2#15988690) |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 5:46 PM Author: 180 maniacal ladyboy lodge You would be surprised.
About a month and a half ago I toured a prospective student around my LS as a favor to a friend who had moved away.
I had to explain to this guy that schools lie about employment stats and had to explain the methods they use to deceive students.
d00d went to an elite undergraduate school and he was clueless. |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 5:51 PM Author: pearl boistinker forum (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417087&forum_id=2#15988748) |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 6:01 PM Author: 180 maniacal ladyboy lodge He just couldn't grasp that a T20 had a hard time placing students in jobs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417087&forum_id=2#15988850) |
Date: September 7th, 2010 5:42 PM Author: fragrant cruel-hearted bawdyhouse I'm sure they are lured in by the BS salary information on the school website.
For example: NYLS
45.7% of graduates are in private practice. Their median salary is $160,000.
Many people don't read the fine print about the % of reporting graduates, think "I have a 50% chance of making $160k a year," and decide to enroll.
http://www.nyls.edu/prospective_students/student_life/employment_stats |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 5:44 PM Author: federal provocative stain is this to say that .45 x .25 (% reporting) = ~12.5% actually made BigLaw? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417087&forum_id=2#15988700) |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 5:46 PM Author: pearl boistinker forum there's also a misunderstanding of the term "median salary"- that number is the most frequently reported salary. So even at a place like NYLS, if 10 people in the entire class get BigLaw, they will all report that round number ($160k), and it will be the "median"- even though 100 other people in "private practice" are making much lesser amounts. |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 5:52 PM Author: fragrant cruel-hearted bawdyhouse No, you are thinking of the "mode salary."
The median salary is supposedly the salary in the exact middle of all students.
With this in mind, it appears that NYLS is simply lying about their Biglaw stats, as I don't think even 5% of the class got those jobs. |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 5:53 PM Author: pearl boistinker forum I believe you are technically correct, but nevertheless, when law schools report their "median salary," that is in fact what they are reporting. I seem to remember reading a footnote about this on a T2's webpage when I was applying to law school. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417087&forum_id=2#15988782) |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 6:16 PM Author: federal provocative stain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417087&forum_id=2#15988957) |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 5:46 PM Author: Vivacious pit dog poop How does NYLS place ANY grads in biglaw? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417087&forum_id=2#15988711) |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 5:47 PM Author: pearl boistinker forum The very top of the class gets BigLaw. Maybe top <5 %. Almost every v100 in NYC a NYLS grad or too.
My understanding is that it used to be a halfway decent school decades ago (so maybe there is a strong alumni base) |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 5:48 PM Author: 180 maniacal ladyboy lodge Just looked up their stats. NYLS is a shittier school than I realized (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417087&forum_id=2#15988731) |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 5:53 PM Author: fragrant cruel-hearted bawdyhouse And you wouldn't know it from their website.
That's my point. |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 8:01 PM Author: fear-inspiring learning disabled friendly grandma (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417087&forum_id=2#15989775) |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 5:53 PM Author: Histrionic newt cheap state flagship is often the best choice, even ITE. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417087&forum_id=2#15988775) |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 5:55 PM Author: walnut irradiated trust fund True. My buddy was barely above median at the only law school in the state. That plus connections landed him 50k at a place with 1600 billables. Partners making 250k (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417087&forum_id=2#15988802) |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 7:38 PM Author: Multi-colored Gunner BIGFIFTYTHOUSANDDOLLARSBALLING (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417087&forum_id=2#15989568) |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 7:39 PM Author: Swashbuckling magical state there are no limiting factors for those who desire to work hard and master their dreams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417087&forum_id=2#15989572) |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 7:58 PM Author: comical travel guidebook Is it much different than pre-ITE when it comes to TTTs? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417087&forum_id=2#15989744) |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 8:02 PM Author: fear-inspiring learning disabled friendly grandma pre ITE one could hope to graduate from a TTT and get a small law/shitlaw gig but now lower T1 grads are fighting tooth and nail for those positions. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417087&forum_id=2#15989783) |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 9:07 PM Author: Know-it-all old irish cottage personal credit line A guy I know just started at Fordham, and he's paying for it. When he told me that he picked Fordham (over money from other, lower ranked schools), I instinctively blurted out, "Congratulations." What I meat to say was, "Dear God, why?" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417087&forum_id=2#15990213) |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 9:12 PM Author: pearl boistinker forum This thread is so smug. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417087&forum_id=2#15990272) |
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Date: September 7th, 2010 9:13 PM Author: chrome odious set AN ORIGINAL AND THOUGHTFUL POAST. TY (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417087&forum_id=2#15990290) |