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Michigan has more than 40 unemployed graduates!!!!

fuck. i am sitting with 10 people counting everyone we know....
Mentally impaired institution
  06/02/06
dont finish bottom 3% of ur class then.
Cobalt gas station regret
  06/02/06
when did you win your field's medal?
Mentally impaired institution
  06/02/06
Support for my theory that the T14 myth is promoted by Duke,...
Heady Depressive Crackhouse
  06/03/06
40 isn't that bad, assuming everyone else got a job they wan...
pearly supple orchestra pit
  06/02/06
first off, i am certain we don't have everyone. second, mich...
Mentally impaired institution
  06/02/06
40 seems like a lot...are you sure? And i doubt the trans...
crawly aphrodisiac temple
  06/02/06
Transfers are generally top 10%, so they're highly sought af...
pearly supple orchestra pit
  06/02/06
yeah, but they'd get teh same jobs no matter where they went...
crawly aphrodisiac temple
  06/02/06
go to law school, then opine on these sorts of threads.
Mentally impaired institution
  06/02/06
i graduated from michigan a year ago
crawly aphrodisiac temple
  06/02/06
then i suppose you need more friends.
Mentally impaired institution
  06/02/06
this is too stupid for me to offer a substantive response. ...
Mentally impaired institution
  06/02/06
wow dude, calm down.
crawly aphrodisiac temple
  06/02/06
your comment was that people in this economy who don't have ...
Mentally impaired institution
  06/02/06
i stand by that comment...i haven't edited that out...
crawly aphrodisiac temple
  06/02/06
well, surely you recognize that's the sort of comment a rele...
Mentally impaired institution
  06/02/06
same here. i can't speak for every single unemployed person...
crawly aphrodisiac temple
  06/02/06
well that's 40 people who are now 120K in debt without any r...
curious maize ladyboy
  06/02/06
They'll get a job when they settle for less than they expect...
pearly supple orchestra pit
  06/02/06
credited.
Mentally impaired institution
  06/02/06
just think how much it sucks to try to get geared up for tak...
Garnet patrolman
  06/02/06
I imagine they will, but when they decided to go to law...
curious maize ladyboy
  06/02/06
a biglaw job is not a 'right'.
crawly aphrodisiac temple
  06/02/06
not saying it is, just that that was what the schools sold u...
curious maize ladyboy
  06/02/06
such is life. if law schools, and schools generally, told th...
Territorial Comical Weed Whacker Base
  06/03/06
175
Slate learning disabled piazza
  01/11/07
"how the hell can we claim the % employed at graduation...
vivacious greedy native marketing idea
  06/02/06
lol. how's post-ls life? we're about to head to skeepers....
abnormal windowlicker
  06/02/06
clearly. the funny thing is that i am undercutting our estim...
Mentally impaired institution
  06/02/06
do you have a job?
clear rambunctious boiling water state
  06/02/06
si.
Mentally impaired institution
  06/02/06
One you wanted or settled for?
pearly supple orchestra pit
  06/02/06
wanted. vault firm in sf. why would that matter?
Mentally impaired institution
  06/02/06
so michigan worked out for you. generally what class rank?
pearly supple orchestra pit
  06/02/06
enjoy being lower middle class
rose unholy address sneaky criminal
  06/03/06
Can I ask you a question unbear? Why do you think these 40 a...
pearly supple orchestra pit
  06/02/06
This is a good question. Bad OCI? Bad DETROITLAW condition...
Beady-eyed swollen gunner property
  06/02/06
overenrollment + transfers. as i see it, the problem is that...
Mentally impaired institution
  06/02/06
Come on unbear, you can give more insightful analysis than t...
pearly supple orchestra pit
  06/02/06
going drinking.
Mentally impaired institution
  06/02/06
They partied all the time? Ahhhh.
pearly supple orchestra pit
  06/02/06
no, more like we're off. time to go live irl! perhaps bac...
abnormal windowlicker
  06/02/06
I really dont think this explains the whole situation. Its ...
maroon menage
  06/03/06
i find it particularly odd that OP suggested that, because a...
crawly aphrodisiac temple
  06/03/06
TITCR. too many idiots on this board think that, after th...
Opaque office striped hyena
  06/03/06
yeah...god forbid that a student be expected to read the wal...
crawly aphrodisiac temple
  06/03/06
From our year, I know only 1 person who wanted a firm job an...
sinister soul-stirring useless brakes people who are hurt
  06/03/06
"Its not like the Michigan degree is less valuable to y...
Mentally impaired institution
  06/06/06
Your TTT probably includes bar study as "being employed...
Low-t walnut voyeur
  06/03/06
...
passionate friendly grandma
  01/11/07
there is an oversupply of lawyers period. Also, those that a...
Electric church building
  01/11/07
Why did you go to law school?
Violent bawdyhouse
  01/11/07


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Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:27 PM
Author: Mentally impaired institution

fuck. i am sitting with 10 people counting everyone we know. public school pwn3d. :-(

how the hell can we claim the % employed at graduation that we do? do we only count respondents or something? we not only overenrolled in 2003, but we brought in TRANSFERS to exacerbate the situation. horrible. HORRIBLE.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897220)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:30 PM
Author: Cobalt gas station regret

dont finish bottom 3% of ur class then.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897249)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:35 PM
Author: Mentally impaired institution

when did you win your field's medal?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897304)





Date: June 3rd, 2006 1:16 PM
Author: Heady Depressive Crackhouse

Support for my theory that the T14 myth is promoted by Duke, Michigan, Northwestern trolls. Isn't that right "bluedevil".

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5900692)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:33 PM
Author: pearly supple orchestra pit

40 isn't that bad, assuming everyone else got a job they wanted.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897286)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:40 PM
Author: Mentally impaired institution

first off, i am certain we don't have everyone. second, michigan had 95% employed at graduation in the last us news. i'll be interested to see what we claim next year.

the transfer thing is what really pisses people off. if you overenroll, fuck the transfers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897343)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:42 PM
Author: crawly aphrodisiac temple

40 seems like a lot...are you sure?

And i doubt the transfers take away jobs from other mich students.

in an economy as strong as this one, it must be their own fault if htey are unemployed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897361)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:43 PM
Author: pearly supple orchestra pit

Transfers are generally top 10%, so they're highly sought after.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897372)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:48 PM
Author: crawly aphrodisiac temple

yeah, but they'd get teh same jobs no matter where they went to school. and they dont knock down 2ls gpa's/class rank, cuz they aren't part of the 1l class for grade purposes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897421)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:49 PM
Author: Mentally impaired institution

go to law school, then opine on these sorts of threads.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897427)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:49 PM
Author: crawly aphrodisiac temple

i graduated from michigan a year ago

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897434)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:56 PM
Author: Mentally impaired institution

then i suppose you need more friends.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897470)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:45 PM
Author: Mentally impaired institution

this is too stupid for me to offer a substantive response.

EDIT: glad you edited, you arrogant fuckwit. i would say it is *very* conservative.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897390)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:49 PM
Author: crawly aphrodisiac temple

wow dude, calm down.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897433)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:53 PM
Author: Mentally impaired institution

your comment was that people in this economy who don't have jobs are the ones at fault. if you stood by your comment, why did you edit?

EDIT: you either changed it back, or i am too drunk to read. in either event, i am out, and wish you great happiness in life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897444)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:56 PM
Author: crawly aphrodisiac temple

i stand by that comment...i haven't edited that out...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897474)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 10:00 PM
Author: Mentally impaired institution

well, surely you recognize that's the sort of comment a relentless douchebag would make, no? hell, i know a chick with a 3.4+ without a job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897517)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 10:03 PM
Author: crawly aphrodisiac temple

same here. i can't speak for every single unemployed person, but 90% of the pepole who did not get jobs from my class had callbacks and whatnot, but were just horrible at presenting themselves for a corporate law firm job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897539)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:42 PM
Author: curious maize ladyboy

well that's 40 people who are now 120K in debt without any real means to pay that off in the near future

I doubt everyone else got a job they wanted

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897360)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:43 PM
Author: pearly supple orchestra pit

They'll get a job when they settle for less than they expected and/or pass the bar.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897380)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:46 PM
Author: Mentally impaired institution

credited.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897405)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:47 PM
Author: Garnet patrolman

just think how much it sucks to try to get geared up for taking the bar exam when you have no job to look forward to.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897411)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:47 PM
Author: curious maize ladyboy

I imagine they will,

but when they decided to go to law school Michigan and most other school perpetuated the myth that, oh don't worry about it, everyone gets 6 figure jobs here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897412)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:49 PM
Author: crawly aphrodisiac temple

a biglaw job is not a 'right'.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897428)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:53 PM
Author: curious maize ladyboy

not saying it is, just that that was what the schools sold us as 1Ls

alot of people put themselves pretty deep in debt based on employment figures that suggested as much

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897448)





Date: June 3rd, 2006 3:04 AM
Author: Territorial Comical Weed Whacker Base

such is life. if law schools, and schools generally, told the truth about employment prospects post-graduation, their incoming class sizes would shrink considerably, leading to a complete stoppage of our economy, and even more tragically, time. you'd wake up in 50 years and realize that you were still a tang drinkin', mealy mouthed ape from texas. that ain't something i'm lookin' forward to.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5899674)





Date: January 11th, 2007 11:43 AM
Author: Slate learning disabled piazza

175



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#7395602)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:48 PM
Author: vivacious greedy native marketing idea

"how the hell can we claim the % employed at graduation that we do?"

We bring in people from Penn.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897423)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:53 PM
Author: abnormal windowlicker

lol.

how's post-ls life? we're about to head to skeepers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897449)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:55 PM
Author: Mentally impaired institution

clearly. the funny thing is that i am undercutting our estimate a good amount. skeepers tonight, you should come through.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897466)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:46 PM
Author: clear rambunctious boiling water state

do you have a job?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897401)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:46 PM
Author: Mentally impaired institution

si.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897403)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:46 PM
Author: pearly supple orchestra pit

One you wanted or settled for?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897407)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:48 PM
Author: Mentally impaired institution

wanted. vault firm in sf. why would that matter?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897422)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:50 PM
Author: pearly supple orchestra pit

so michigan worked out for you. generally what class rank?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897437)





Date: June 3rd, 2006 1:31 AM
Author: rose unholy address sneaky criminal

enjoy being lower middle class

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5899063)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:57 PM
Author: pearly supple orchestra pit

Can I ask you a question unbear? Why do you think these 40 are unemployed? In your opinion what is it about them, if anything, that caused them to be unemployed?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897477)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 9:59 PM
Author: Beady-eyed swollen gunner property

This is a good question. Bad OCI? Bad DETROITLAW conditions? Lack of BANKRUPTCYLAW classes? It's actually a festering TTT in decline? This class just didn't interview well?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897503)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 10:00 PM
Author: Mentally impaired institution

overenrollment + transfers. as i see it, the problem is that employers arrive prepared to hire X amount of michigan students. if students enrolled is Y, students unemployed is Y-X. if Y increases by about 60 (overenrollment + transfers)...

i concede things are probably better now though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897505)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 10:00 PM
Author: pearly supple orchestra pit

Come on unbear, you can give more insightful analysis than that. You know these people. Speculate as to why they're unemployed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897514)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 10:01 PM
Author: Mentally impaired institution

going drinking.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897520)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 10:03 PM
Author: pearly supple orchestra pit

They partied all the time? Ahhhh.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897543)





Date: June 2nd, 2006 10:05 PM
Author: abnormal windowlicker

no, more like we're off. time to go live irl!

perhaps back for more insight later. :-)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5897560)





Date: June 3rd, 2006 2:48 AM
Author: maroon menage

I really dont think this explains the whole situation. Its not like the Michigan degree is less valuable to you guys than it is to those from the years before and after you. Firms still respect the name and generally want to hire Michigan students. Its not like there is a Michigan 2006 grad at every decent firm that has hired Michigan students in the past, or that there is a quota of Michigan students each market can take each year that was too small to accommodate the 2006 class.

I can definitely see how class size hurt your class during 2L OCI in the way you explain (limited interviewers, limitted interview slots, equal universe of firms to get offers from, and 10-15% more students looking for interviews and offers, etc). But as far as the post-OCI sending out of resumes and all that? I just don't see it playing THAT big a role. I've heard stories of multiple people in your year with grades above the median who couldnt find any jobs. That's inexplicable. No Michigan class has ever experienced that and size doesn't explain it.

From our year, I know only 1 person who wanted a firm job and couldnt get one--and there were extenuating circumstances. And by all accounts, the 1L class did amazingly well in 1L firm gig hiring. I also never heard complaints from the '05 grads. Clearly, this is a problem largely isolated to the 2006 class for whatever reason. Is it bad luck? A socially awkward group of people who interview poorly? Too many people focused on one or two major markets, thus failing to spread out and find all the firms looking to hire Michigan grads? Something else? I have no idea. But its more than just raw class size.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5899586)





Date: June 3rd, 2006 2:56 AM
Author: crawly aphrodisiac temple

i find it particularly odd that OP suggested that, because a person with a 3.4+ couldn't get a job (that would qualify for HONORS), that means taht something is wrong with the school.

i'm sorry, but if you are set to graduate with honors and can't manage to secure an offer, YOU are the problem, and NOT the school.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5899627)





Date: June 3rd, 2006 11:34 AM
Author: Opaque office striped hyena

TITCR.

too many idiots on this board think that, after the LSAT and acceptance, you never have to impress someone again in your life. that 3.4 bitch should stop resting on her laurels and learn how to fucking interact with human beings.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5900371)





Date: June 3rd, 2006 12:58 PM
Author: crawly aphrodisiac temple

yeah...god forbid that a student be expected to read the wall street journal for a few weeks before OCI...apparently even that is too much to expect.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5900626)





Date: June 3rd, 2006 12:41 PM
Author: sinister soul-stirring useless brakes people who are hurt

From our year, I know only 1 person who wanted a firm job and couldnt get one--and there were extenuating circumstances

U must not know many people.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5900579)





Date: June 6th, 2006 9:06 PM
Author: Mentally impaired institution

"Its not like the Michigan degree is less valuable to you guys than it is to those from the years before and after you."

- we're discussing OCI from 2004 -- i don't see the relevance of classes in 2003 and 2005 on the situation.

"No Michigan class has ever experienced that and size doesn't explain it."

- how could you possibly know this?

"I have no idea. But its more than just raw class size."

- it seems strange you would simultaneously have no idea what the actual cause of the problem is, and yet be certain my assessment is inadequate.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5926357)





Date: June 3rd, 2006 1:35 AM
Author: Low-t walnut voyeur

Your TTT probably includes bar study as "being employed."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#5899100)





Date: January 11th, 2007 11:00 AM
Author: passionate friendly grandma



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#7395388)





Date: January 11th, 2007 11:04 AM
Author: Electric church building

there is an oversupply of lawyers period. Also, those that are unemployed are probably unemployed by choice there are tons of shit law jobs they could be doing, but probably dont want to settle for. If they were really desperate they would go be paralegals or something (they could make 60k doing this is biglaw).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#7395409)





Date: January 11th, 2007 12:11 PM
Author: Violent bawdyhouse

Why did you go to law school?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=426900&forum_id=2#7395734)