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Why Harvard

After the very informative "Why Yale" thread, I th...
Twinkling vibrant cuck
  01/04/05
"So, what makes Harvard better than Yale?" Noth...
Floppy french chef voyeur
  01/04/05
let's not be ridiculous. far broader course offerings, sh...
Magenta Massive Cruise Ship Striped Hyena
  01/04/05
I'm not attending law school, but
trip soggy fanboi
  01/04/05
yale didn't accept me, so it's not like i chose between them...
Cracking Clown Background Story
  01/04/05
massive, prestigious alumni base
Free-loading comical shrine stain
  01/04/05
I don't really buy the whole alumni base thing. While Harva...
Twinkling vibrant cuck
  01/04/05
sounds like bs to me... i'd say if i met an alum from any...
Crusty organic girlfriend
  01/04/05
I'm not sure I buy it as a generic "sense of community&...
Aromatic locale
  01/04/05
Because there are more people, you can actually pick people ...
Racy range boltzmann
  01/04/05
Probably the way a lot of your friends feel about you, huh?
cheese-eating filthpig faggotry
  01/04/05
Oh how witty. No I mean that seriously. That was awfully wit...
Racy range boltzmann
  01/04/05
C- for unnecessary effort.
Puce potus
  01/04/05
You seem really angry. And no, most people do not have be...
Violet Razzle-dazzle Theater Regret
  04/02/06
shut up. Stop responding to post over a year old. Thanks.
Racy range boltzmann
  04/02/06
This seems to be a family guy reference.
mind-boggling parlour philosopher-king
  04/03/06
this is actually very true, and a serious negative at yale, ...
olive candlestick maker
  03/15/05
You're choosing between Stanford and Chicago, no?
Racy range boltzmann
  03/15/05
yeah, sort of. S, Chi, Col, NYU currently. I know that mak...
olive candlestick maker
  03/15/05
which one are you leaning towards?
Racy range boltzmann
  03/15/05
Bigger schools definitely have some advantages. Of course, ...
Aromatic locale
  01/04/05
Wow. I just read that why Yale thread and I have never head ...
Racy range boltzmann
  01/04/05
Yeah, tell me about it. (lol, you don't read your own thr...
Twinkling vibrant cuck
  01/04/05
"(lol, you don't read your own threads?)" I'm a...
Racy range boltzmann
  01/04/05
I'm not attendung, but the obvious is: Better national/In...
Cerebral new version corn cake
  01/04/05
Well, if you want to work in Asia ...
Gold Hospital Nowag
  01/04/05
TITCR Aaahhh, Hafa daxue hen hao, feichang feichang hao!
bipolar mad-dog skullcap
  04/02/06
You should make a Stanford thread too. I think I would chose...
Racy range boltzmann
  01/04/05
"You should make a Stanford thread to" Stanford...
Twinkling vibrant cuck
  01/04/05
"Stanford is definitely part of the trinity, but no one...
Racy range boltzmann
  01/04/05
If you have a specific interest in Critical Studies, I don't...
Aromatic locale
  01/04/05
this is correct
Racy range boltzmann
  01/04/05
"5 of the SCOTUS members attended HLS." True, b...
Twinkling vibrant cuck
  01/04/05
a paltry four? that's it, I'm not going!
Sepia legend
  01/04/05
how many graduated from yale? (not that alumni mean anythin...
olive candlestick maker
  03/15/05
One (Justice Thomas).
Lake angry really tough guy
  03/15/05
right, right. forgot...
olive candlestick maker
  03/15/05
"The more black faculty members increases the likelihoo...
Multi-colored Private Investor Pit
  01/04/05
"Yes, because there aren't any white professors who are...
Racy range boltzmann
  01/04/05
That's because CRT doesn't belong in any self-respecting ins...
Multi-colored Private Investor Pit
  01/04/05
what does duncan kennedy say about crt?
Cracking Clown Background Story
  01/04/05
I don't know if he does anything specifically related to CRT...
Multi-colored Private Investor Pit
  01/04/05
Wait, are you saying that going to HLS over YLS makes it eas...
Violet Razzle-dazzle Theater Regret
  04/02/06
I bet our Chief Justice and our first female Justice disagre...
charismatic main people institution
  01/04/05
You misinterpreted my statement. I'm not saying Stanford is...
Twinkling vibrant cuck
  01/04/05
Ah, okay. That's fair. Yeah, we're less competitive about ...
charismatic main people institution
  01/04/05
"Stanford is definitely part of the trinity, but no one...
olive candlestick maker
  03/15/05
Which reasons do the H students give for choosing stanford o...
Racy range boltzmann
  03/15/05
"Yield numbers, particularly for law school, do not dif...
Twinkling vibrant cuck
  03/15/05
"Stanford is definitely part of the trinity, but no one...
Galvanic sweet tailpipe
  04/02/06
"Four words: Bill and Hillary Clinton. " You ha...
Galvanic sweet tailpipe
  04/02/06
"Stanford is definitely part of the trinity, but no one...
Galvanic sweet tailpipe
  04/02/06
"Stanford is definitely part of the trinity, but no one...
vigorous canary milk school
  04/03/06
RBG! how is HLS treating you? BTW, Yale has more black ...
nubile rambunctious stead idea he suggested
  04/02/06
Indeed.
Twinkling vibrant cuck
  04/02/06
And take this coon with you.
Racy range boltzmann
  04/02/06
shut it loser
Racy range boltzmann
  04/02/06
...
Magical Point
  01/04/05
Things I like about Harvard: 1) The size of the school - ...
Heady Brunch Weed Whacker
  01/04/05
good post.
Puce potus
  01/04/05
Thanks, good post.
Twinkling vibrant cuck
  01/04/05
Practical/Clinical education
Mauve market
  01/04/05
I get the impression that Yale emphasizes appellate litigati...
Heady Brunch Weed Whacker
  01/04/05
Do you mean in class, or in clinic? If the latter, it depen...
Mauve market
  01/04/05
(1) It's huge, so you can find your niche - friends, student...
Mint Gas Station
  01/04/05
Looking at their course catalogue, it seems to be much broad...
stimulating church headpube
  01/04/05
Yawn
mentally impaired rebellious hairy legs queen of the night
  01/05/05
It's like a (slightly) more grownup version of "Who wou...
Aromatic locale
  01/05/05
it's just a way of getting people to talk about the pros and...
Racy range boltzmann
  01/05/05
Dude, Hulk consistently beat the living shit out of The Thin...
Magical Point
  03/15/05
prestige bump
Racy range boltzmann
  03/15/05
HARVARD IS BETTER BECAUSE I GO THERE
poppy thirsty tanning salon
  03/15/05
fair enough.
infuriating slippery site indirect expression
  03/15/05
even more feces.
claret naked community account multi-billionaire
  03/15/05
Lol, this was two months ago. I'm almost decided on Yale no...
Twinkling vibrant cuck
  03/15/05
KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ME. I WILL HAVE TWO MONKEYS IN MY POSSE...
poppy thirsty tanning salon
  03/15/05
UCLA GEORGETOWN CLERKSHIPS LEITER
Ultramarine big lettuce
  03/15/05
85% of Harvard kids have never been in a fight. If your goa...
Filthy digit ratio
  03/15/05
whereas at Yale you can relish the experience of getting mug...
poppy thirsty tanning salon
  03/15/05
Unless you run into this kid...he will shank your ass! ww...
glittery factory reset button messiness
  03/15/05
The real deal
Ebony Electric Police Squad Ape
  04/02/06
because there's satisfaction in knowing that one passed the ...
Fragrant emerald kitty cat
  04/02/06
the opportunity to take classes with Roberto Unger
thriller blathering love of her life
  04/02/06
Harvard is so fucking well regarded (which doesn't mean good...
talented iridescent address
  04/02/06
"Harvard makes employers cream all over themselves.&quo...
ivory meetinghouse
  04/03/06
For the Harvard UGs out there, would you choose HLS or YLS...
Slimy theatre
  04/02/06
There are more from Harvard (94 last year) than from any oth...
Twinkling vibrant cuck
  04/02/06
thanks for this. would you know what percentage of Yale's 1L...
Slimy theatre
  04/02/06


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Date: January 4th, 2005 2:44 PM
Author: Twinkling vibrant cuck

After the very informative "Why Yale" thread, I thought I'd start one about Harvard. So, what makes Harvard better than Yale? There are a lot of HLS people on the board. Please let us hear your perspectives.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877637)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:01 PM
Author: Floppy french chef voyeur

"So, what makes Harvard better than Yale?"

Nothing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877702)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:11 PM
Author: Magenta Massive Cruise Ship Striped Hyena

let's not be ridiculous.

far broader course offerings, sheer level of overall scholarship, more prestigious flagship law review/journal, more resources for interdisciplinary study, better city

overall, yale is probably better (not like I know for sure), but there are certainly some areas where H has the edge

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877731)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:03 PM
Author: trip soggy fanboi
Subject: I'm not attending law school, but

I understand that Harvard is not in New Haven.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877711)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:08 PM
Author: Cracking Clown Background Story

yale didn't accept me, so it's not like i chose between them.

but harvard is pretty cool. at first the size seemed overwhelming but i kinda dig it now, what with the course offerings and the clubs and all. cambridge/boston are fun.

what sucks is the finals after winter break.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877721)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:08 PM
Author: Free-loading comical shrine stain

massive, prestigious alumni base

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877725)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:25 PM
Author: Twinkling vibrant cuck

I don't really buy the whole alumni base thing. While Harvard's is larger, that doesn't necessarily mean they're more likely to help you out. From what I've read, YLS grads tend to be more likely to help each other out, since they have a greater sense of community.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877770)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:50 PM
Author: Crusty organic girlfriend

sounds like bs to me...

i'd say if i met an alum from any of my schools big or small it would be random and I would care just the same.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877879)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:56 PM
Author: Aromatic locale

I'm not sure I buy it as a generic "sense of community", but it could make sense as the result of a numbers game. In other words, whether you typically meet one alum or three may make a difference in how much you are inclined to help those alums.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877906)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:15 PM
Author: Racy range boltzmann

Because there are more people, you can actually pick people you like to be your friends instead of getting stuck with someone you secretely hate as your closest friend.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877741)





Date: January 4th, 2005 4:10 PM
Author: cheese-eating filthpig faggotry

Probably the way a lot of your friends feel about you, huh?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877962)





Date: January 4th, 2005 4:49 PM
Author: Racy range boltzmann

Oh how witty. No I mean that seriously. That was awfully witty. I've never heard someone do that before. I've never actually heard someone try to turn someone's post against them. This is the first time anyone has actually done that. What a funny guy you must be. Would you like to make some quip on my name too? That would also be creative. Oh boy you're funny.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1878127)





Date: January 4th, 2005 6:50 PM
Author: Puce potus

C- for unnecessary effort.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1878638)





Date: April 2nd, 2006 1:47 PM
Author: Violet Razzle-dazzle Theater Regret

You seem really angry.

And no, most people do not have best friends they secretly hate, even people who don't generally "hate" others.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5492701)





Date: April 2nd, 2006 4:40 PM
Author: Racy range boltzmann

shut up. Stop responding to post over a year old. Thanks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5493987)





Date: April 3rd, 2006 4:18 PM
Author: mind-boggling parlour philosopher-king

This seems to be a family guy reference.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5502747)





Date: March 15th, 2005 2:09 PM
Author: olive candlestick maker

this is actually very true, and a serious negative at yale, stanford, and uchicago. can't say i'm not nervous about my classmates.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2337053)





Date: March 15th, 2005 2:15 PM
Author: Racy range boltzmann

You're choosing between Stanford and Chicago, no?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2337128)





Date: March 15th, 2005 2:21 PM
Author: olive candlestick maker

yeah, sort of. S, Chi, Col, NYU currently. I know that makes me so TTT on this board...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2337185)





Date: March 15th, 2005 5:43 PM
Author: Racy range boltzmann

which one are you leaning towards?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2338350)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:19 PM
Author: Aromatic locale

Bigger schools definitely have some advantages. Of course, it makes sense to keep in mind that more students are competing to use those same resources. So, for example, I'm not sure a larger alumni base helps much with employment when at the same time more students are trying to make use of that alumni base for the same purpose, unless you are intending to go well outside the mainstream of employers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877748)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:24 PM
Author: Racy range boltzmann

Wow. I just read that why Yale thread and I have never head so many people complain about Yale before. It was really a shocker.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877765)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:26 PM
Author: Twinkling vibrant cuck

Yeah, tell me about it.

(lol, you don't read your own threads?)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877774)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:29 PM
Author: Racy range boltzmann

"(lol, you don't read your own threads?)"

I'm an airhead; I forgot all about it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877790)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:28 PM
Author: Cerebral new version corn cake

I'm not attendung, but the obvious is:

Better national/International name recognition

iow it's Harvard



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877784)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:31 PM
Author: Gold Hospital Nowag

Well, if you want to work in Asia ...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877798)





Date: April 2nd, 2006 1:40 PM
Author: bipolar mad-dog skullcap

TITCR

Aaahhh, Hafa daxue hen hao, feichang feichang hao!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5492667)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:32 PM
Author: Racy range boltzmann

You should make a Stanford thread too. I think I would chose Harvard over Yale (I won't have the chance to so it doesn't matter) because 1) more people will likely translate to better friends, 2) Harvard name means more and I want to get into politics after litigation, 3) more classes and 4) more black faculty members

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877804)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:40 PM
Author: Twinkling vibrant cuck

"You should make a Stanford thread to"

Stanford is definitely part of the trinity, but no one really argues that it's better than H or Y. HYS common admits usually choose H or Y over S.

" 2) Harvard name means more and I want to get into politics after litigation"

Four words: Bill and Hillary Clinton.

"4) more black faculty members"

How does that benefit you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877837)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:48 PM
Author: Racy range boltzmann

"Stanford is definitely part of the trinity, but no one really argues that it's better than H or Y."

Well, people are idiots. None of these schools is better than the other. All are great to such an extent that the differences are meaningless. No one is going to say to you "well, if you went to Harvard we might hire/consider/appoint you, but since you went to Stanford, no."

"Four words: Bill and Hillary Clinton."

The Harvard name means more in politics. 10% of the US Senate have HLS degrees. 5 of the SCOTUS members attended HLS. The Harvad name just carries more weight.

""4) more black faculty members"

How does that benefit you?"

I want to do independent research involving race and the law. The more black faculty members increases the likelihood I'd find someone I connected with.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877868)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:52 PM
Author: Aromatic locale

If you have a specific interest in Critical Studies, I don't think there is any doubt that Harvard is better than Yale.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877886)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:54 PM
Author: Racy range boltzmann

this is correct

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877898)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:54 PM
Author: Twinkling vibrant cuck

"5 of the SCOTUS members attended HLS."

True, but only 4 graduated from there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877902)





Date: January 4th, 2005 6:30 PM
Author: Sepia legend

a paltry four? that's it, I'm not going!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1878523)





Date: March 15th, 2005 2:45 PM
Author: olive candlestick maker

how many graduated from yale? (not that alumni mean anything for SCOTUS placement, obviously...just curious).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2337351)





Date: March 15th, 2005 2:45 PM
Author: Lake angry really tough guy

One (Justice Thomas).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2337353)





Date: March 15th, 2005 2:53 PM
Author: olive candlestick maker

right, right. forgot...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2337414)





Date: January 4th, 2005 5:38 PM
Author: Multi-colored Private Investor Pit

"The more black faculty members increases the likelihood I'd find someone I connected with."

Yes, because there aren't any white professors who are interested in race and law. Of course.

That said, HLS has Randy Kennedy, who does research on that topic and is wicked cool to boot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1878291)





Date: January 4th, 2005 5:48 PM
Author: Racy range boltzmann

"Yes, because there aren't any white professors who are interested in race and law. Of course."

Only a few, and I'm not aware of any white CRT at Harvard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1878341)





Date: January 4th, 2005 5:58 PM
Author: Multi-colored Private Investor Pit

That's because CRT doesn't belong in any self-respecting institution.

But if you want to hear prattling on stupid crit shit, there's the (white) Duncan Kennedy and Roberto Unger.

Kennedy will also talk to you about CRT, but you might not like what he says.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1878379)





Date: January 4th, 2005 6:03 PM
Author: Cracking Clown Background Story

what does duncan kennedy say about crt?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1878401)





Date: January 4th, 2005 6:18 PM
Author: Multi-colored Private Investor Pit

I don't know if he does anything specifically related to CRT, but he's one of the grandfathers of the general Critical Legal Studies movement, right? So I'm guessing he would probably be happy to carry on a conversation about the topic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1878467)





Date: April 2nd, 2006 1:51 PM
Author: Violet Razzle-dazzle Theater Regret

Wait, are you saying that going to HLS over YLS makes it easier to get on the Supreme Court? First, when you correct for size, isn't the number the say. Second, that's just preposterous on its face.

I don't know about the politics thing. I really doubt HLS vs. YLS is going to make a difference as far as becoming a senator. I'm not sure where in the process you thing that will occur. People will vote for you but wouldn't if you were YLS not HLS?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5492721)





Date: January 4th, 2005 4:15 PM
Author: charismatic main people institution

I bet our Chief Justice and our first female Justice disagree with you. If admit matriculation is the only metric, then you can't argue that H is better than Y, since Y loses more admits to "decides not to attend law school" than it does to any other law school.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877986)





Date: January 4th, 2005 4:22 PM
Author: Twinkling vibrant cuck

You misinterpreted my statement. I'm not saying Stanford is worse than the other two (I am giving them full consideration). I am just saying that the HY debate is more intense, since people don't really argue for Stanford that much (on here, at least).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1878010)





Date: January 4th, 2005 5:59 PM
Author: charismatic main people institution

Ah, okay. That's fair. Yeah, we're less competitive about that sort of stuff.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1878386)





Date: March 15th, 2005 2:20 PM
Author: olive candlestick maker

"Stanford is definitely part of the trinity, but no one really argues that it's better than H or Y. HYS common admits usually choose H or Y over S."

This is most certainly not true. Yield numbers, particularly for law school, do not differentiate between equals. I have had a disturbing number of Harvard students tell me to go to Stanford over Harvard. The only place in the world where "no one really argues that Stanford is better than H or Y" is on xoxo. And even that's not wholly true.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2337177)





Date: March 15th, 2005 9:30 PM
Author: Racy range boltzmann

Which reasons do the H students give for choosing stanford over it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2339659)





Date: March 15th, 2005 10:23 PM
Author: Twinkling vibrant cuck

"Yield numbers, particularly for law school, do not differentiate between equals."

They do on some level. At the very least, they indicate which schools are generally perceived to be better than others, whether or not they actually are. And I like to think that people make semi-informed decisions, especially if they are smart enough to have the opportunity to choose between any combination of Y, H, and S.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2339944)





Date: April 2nd, 2006 7:10 PM
Author: Galvanic sweet tailpipe

"Stanford is definitely part of the trinity, but no one really argues that it's better than H or Y. HYS common admits usually choose H or Y over S."

If you say so. I think there are many, many people who would disagre, especially the half of Stanford that chose it over Harvard. Also, Stanford and Harvard split admitted students about evenly, and the vast majority of Harvard students did not get into Stanford. Stanford also does slightly better than Harvard placing students in firm jobs, and the two schools have equal SCOTUS clerkship numbers in the last 15 years and in the last 5.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5495261)





Date: April 2nd, 2006 7:15 PM
Author: Galvanic sweet tailpipe

"Four words: Bill and Hillary Clinton. "

You have silenced the opposition with this powerful and overwhelming argument. Well done sir.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5495295)





Date: April 2nd, 2006 7:21 PM
Author: Galvanic sweet tailpipe

"Stanford is definitely part of the trinity, but no one really argues that it's better than H or Y. HYS common admits usually choose H or Y over S."

Also, the most influential source for these things, which is clearly US News, has ranked Stanford number 2 eight of the last ten years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5495342)





Date: April 3rd, 2006 7:42 PM
Author: vigorous canary milk school

"Stanford is definitely part of the trinity, but no one really argues that it's better than H or Y."

Eh, US News does for one... as do a majority of my SLS classmates who picked Stanford over Harvard.

What's pathetic is when HLS students start trying to argue that they're better than Yale, when the truth is that YLS is in a league of its own.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5504590)





Date: April 2nd, 2006 1:38 PM
Author: nubile rambunctious stead idea he suggested

RBG!

how is HLS treating you?

BTW, Yale has more black faculty members than Harvard

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5492654)





Date: April 2nd, 2006 1:40 PM
Author: Twinkling vibrant cuck

Indeed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5492665)





Date: April 2nd, 2006 4:42 PM
Author: Racy range boltzmann

And take this coon with you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5493996)





Date: April 2nd, 2006 4:39 PM
Author: Racy range boltzmann

shut it loser

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5493973)





Date: January 4th, 2005 3:44 PM
Author: Magical Point



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1877851)





Date: January 4th, 2005 6:46 PM
Author: Heady Brunch Weed Whacker

Things I like about Harvard:

1) The size of the school - There is more going on here than any other law school. More classes, more research opportunities, more extracurriculars, more guest lectures/conferences, more students (save GULC).

2) It's really pretty friendly - I think Dean Kagan's caused a big change in the atmosphere of the school. While you've got a lot of driven people running around, there's not the overt competitiveness that there once was at the school. And Kagan and Dean Cosgrove make the administration much more student-friendly than it ever was.

3) Cambridge/Boston.

4) Practical legal education - I think Harvard does a better job than many other schools at giving students opportunities to gain experience in actual legal work. There are a number of courses/clinicals that give you a fair amount exposure to litigation and other work. This could be better (and there are definitely classes that are purely academic) but I think the situation here is better than at Yale.

5) Approachable faculty - this surprised me, but I found all my professors to be receptive to students for questions/advice. You do have to deal with 80 person classes as a 1L though. The institution of reading groups has helped this.

6) Job opportunities - the Summer job hunt as a 1L's been easy. I'm sure it will be even better next year.

Things I don't like about Harvard:

1) It's big - To be honest, I don't mind this, but there are definitely many people you don't know around school and the popular classes are large.

2) It's not as academia-focused as Yale or Stanford. Part of this is the larger class size. It's difficult to get into a position of doing research with faculty. Although many professors are all to happy to help you when you actually are able to distinguish yourself/gain their attention. And there is probably a smaller number of people interested in going the academic route than at Yale, so this may balance out the class-size issue.

3) East Coast Weather.

4) Grades - Although there are drawbacks to having alternatively competitive systems like prof recommendations, having meaningful 1L grades is stressful.

Overall, I like HLS quite a bit and am glad that I decided to come here. But I think the small school/big school distinction is very influential on whether you'll like the school better than its smaller counterparts.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1878615)





Date: January 4th, 2005 6:56 PM
Author: Puce potus

good post.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1878666)





Date: January 4th, 2005 7:01 PM
Author: Twinkling vibrant cuck

Thanks, good post.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1878688)





Date: January 4th, 2005 8:20 PM
Author: Mauve market
Subject: Practical/Clinical education

For the record, Yale does very well in clinical education. There's something like six litigation and two transactional clinics in-house, you can participate in clinics as a 1L and argue in state appellate and supreme courts (although this is all due to state law), and most people do at least one clinic in their time here. I've done two already, and maybe I'll do a third next year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1878999)





Date: January 4th, 2005 9:23 PM
Author: Heady Brunch Weed Whacker

I get the impression that Yale emphasizes appellate litigation. Do you think this is true?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1879223)





Date: January 4th, 2005 10:38 PM
Author: Mauve market

Do you mean in class, or in clinic? If the latter, it depends on the clinic. The criminal defense clinic, for example, does plenty of trial-level stuff, as does the landlord-tenant clinic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1879558)





Date: January 4th, 2005 7:54 PM
Author: Mint Gas Station

(1) It's huge, so you can find your niche - friends, student groups, courses, faculty mentors, journals, research projects, bars. This place has everything.

(2) OCI is a breeze. Seriously. People with B averages have multiple offers in major markets. (This probably doesn't distinguish H from Y, but it's still nice).

(3) Student life is pretty good... lots of nice little perks (nice library, nice new student center, good classrooms, free coffee, free printing).

(4) I think Boston/Cambridge is a dump, so that doesn't earn H any points... but it's probably better than New Haven.

(5) Financial aid was quite generous.

(6) Alumni network, due to its sheer volume. When you have job/clerkship interviews, a person from H is much more likely to end up talking to a fellow alum than a person from Y. I think this really matters.

(7) This is stupid, but "lay" people who aren't lawyers almost uniformly think that H is better than Y.

So overall, it depends on your personality. If you're a self-starter who wants to control his/her own destiny, come to H. If you are more into the small, tight-knit community thing, go to Y. I'm guessing that people from Harvard/Princeton/Duke/Penn/Georgetown/large state school are more likely to prefer H, while people from Amherst/Williams/Wellesley are more likely to prefer Y.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1878882)





Date: January 4th, 2005 8:15 PM
Author: stimulating church headpube

Looking at their course catalogue, it seems to be much broader than Yale's which is a plus.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1878971)





Date: January 5th, 2005 12:16 AM
Author: mentally impaired rebellious hairy legs queen of the night
Subject: Yawn

Doesn't anyone ever get tired of this?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1879949)





Date: January 5th, 2005 12:41 AM
Author: Aromatic locale

It's like a (slightly) more grownup version of "Who would win in a fight--The Thing or The Hulk?"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1880015)





Date: January 5th, 2005 12:44 AM
Author: Racy range boltzmann

it's just a way of getting people to talk about the pros and cons of their respective institutions. I think they have been rather informative

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#1880025)





Date: March 15th, 2005 5:51 PM
Author: Magical Point

Dude, Hulk consistently beat the living shit out of The Thing. Nothing beats HULK SMASH.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2338409)





Date: March 15th, 2005 11:40 AM
Author: Racy range boltzmann

prestige bump

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2336155)





Date: March 15th, 2005 1:19 PM
Author: poppy thirsty tanning salon

HARVARD IS BETTER BECAUSE I GO THERE

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2336731)





Date: March 15th, 2005 6:39 PM
Author: infuriating slippery site indirect expression
Subject: fair enough.

Why should one attend Harvard?

Because one did not get into Yale.

Clearly, you don't fit this description, Alcibiades. Nor are you delusional ord otherwise mentally handicapped.

Thus, I respectfully submit that you shut your fucking mouth and send your goddamned deposit to:

Office of Admissions

THE Yale Law School

127 Wall Street

New Haven, CT, 06511.

I hope this helps.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2338713)





Date: March 15th, 2005 6:47 PM
Author: claret naked community account multi-billionaire

even more feces.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2338762)





Date: March 15th, 2005 7:06 PM
Author: Twinkling vibrant cuck

Lol, this was two months ago. I'm almost decided on Yale now. I should know pretty definitively after this weekend (H's admit weekend).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2338913)





Date: March 15th, 2005 7:14 PM
Author: poppy thirsty tanning salon

KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ME. I WILL HAVE TWO MONKEYS IN MY POSSESSION.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2338964)





Date: March 15th, 2005 6:48 PM
Author: Ultramarine big lettuce

UCLA GEORGETOWN CLERKSHIPS LEITER

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2338768)





Date: March 15th, 2005 7:15 PM
Author: Filthy digit ratio

85% of Harvard kids have never been in a fight. If your goal is to mug people and get away with it, this is the place to go.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2338970)





Date: March 15th, 2005 7:17 PM
Author: poppy thirsty tanning salon

whereas at Yale you can relish the experience of getting mugged yourself

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2338975)





Date: March 15th, 2005 7:18 PM
Author: glittery factory reset button messiness

Unless you run into this kid...he will shank your ass!

www.courttv.com/trials/pring-wilson/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#2338987)





Date: April 2nd, 2006 1:49 PM
Author: Ebony Electric Police Squad Ape
Subject: The real deal

As one of my friends put it, 'all of the real gunners go to Harvard.' If you go to Harvard, you'll be 1) graded and 2) going against the real, honest-to-goodness cut-throat glory seekers rather than academic wannabees or policy wonks.

And they'll all be especially on edge because they need to prove themselves after getting dinged from Yale.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5492709)





Date: April 2nd, 2006 1:54 PM
Author: Fragrant emerald kitty cat

because there's satisfaction in knowing that one passed the CA bar despite graduating from a program with lower passage #s than hastings.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5492737)





Date: April 2nd, 2006 6:26 PM
Author: thriller blathering love of her life

the opportunity to take classes with Roberto Unger

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5494890)





Date: April 2nd, 2006 6:30 PM
Author: talented iridescent address

Harvard is so fucking well regarded (which doesn't mean good, mind you) that the fucking people who were in my ALM classes got their degrees and got good jobs and into top 10 Ph.D programs.

My advisor told me that two students with an ALM in government landed jobs with defense contractors, and you know what those jobs pay...

Harvard may not be the best school, but it's pretty fucking good, but this is less important than the prestige associated with the name. It's just a fact of life. Harvard makes employers cream all over themselves.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5494920)





Date: April 3rd, 2006 5:07 PM
Author: ivory meetinghouse

"Harvard makes employers cream all over themselves."

um, no it doesn't. there are five hundred and fifty HLS grads every single year. there is no harvard mystique among any employers worth impressing. you are an utterly fungible commodity.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5503210)





Date: April 2nd, 2006 11:07 PM
Author: Slimy theatre

For the Harvard UGs out there, would you choose HLS or YLS?

While I most likely will get dinged from Yale, I'm curious as to how far Harvard UG's "school loyalty" extends.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5497227)





Date: April 2nd, 2006 11:16 PM
Author: Twinkling vibrant cuck

There are more from Harvard (94 last year) than from any other undergrad, including Yale (85).

http://www.yale.edu/bulletin/html/law/students.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5497326)





Date: April 2nd, 2006 11:17 PM
Author: Slimy theatre

thanks for this. would you know what percentage of Yale's 1L class takes time off before school?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=121148&forum_id=2#5497345)