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10 Essential Tips for Acing Your Law School Application

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Mar 15, 2023
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AllCASNoWaves
17:15
i will pick my school solely on its ranking and nothing else
GeneralKoala
17:15
nah not really lol
TabooIrateClam
17:15
they won't graduate until 3 years from now and like that might change
GeneralKoala
17:15
it really shouldnt matter that much
PatheticUnwieldyRaccoon
17:15
like i selfishly would like to get off the wl at some of my top options in april, sure, but taking the long view it's not making much sense that first deposits aren't getting held off till may
TabooIrateClam
17:15
I mean it should matter but not this year's specifically
GeneralKoala
17:15
but it can def move the needle a little it
GeneralKoala
17:15
bit
TabooIrateClam
17:15
No for sure
TabooIrateClam
17:15
I'm sure for some it will
AllCASNoWaves
17:15
CAS RANKINGS
GeneralKoala
17:16
like if you're deciding between two schools and one of them for some reason drops a couple spots
TabooIrateClam
17:16
true
TabooIrateClam
17:16
I guess the rankings near the top are more like settled
GeneralKoala
17:16
the t14 will never change
PatheticUnwieldyRaccoon
17:16
i heard they only decided on methodology after they had all the data and ran a few different models which. lol ok
GeneralKoala
17:16
t15~t30 changes a lot
BrainyHabitualSwallow
17:16
the t14 changed a few years ago
BrainyHabitualSwallow
17:16
gulc dropped out for a year
VerdantCrabbyEagle
17:16
that's why we say t14 instead of t10- the t14 are the schools that have historically been t10
dndlion
17:16
I feel like if your goals are broad or accessible, t14 rankings have never been all that important for you
AstonishingFunctionalGibbon
17:18
I would argue that T20- UT/UCLA/Vandy have been pretty constant. past T20, can fluctuate pretty wildly
VerdantCrabbyEagle
17:18
speaking of vandy
VerdantCrabbyEagle
17:18
why have they ghosted me since november
PatheticUnwieldyRaccoon
17:18
@AstonishingFunctionalGibbon: yeah agreed. and the non-t20s that have a good rep are always the same no matter their rank tbh
AstonishingFunctionalGibbon
17:18
because they hate you?
VerdantCrabbyEagle
17:18
thanks gibbon, you're so right <3
AllCASNoWaves
17:19
1. Chicago 2. Yale 3. SLS and HLS 5 Penn 6. Columbia and NYU 8. UVA 9. DUKE 10 Northwestern and Berkeley. 12 MICHIGAN 13. CORNELL. 14 WASHU. 15 GULC. 16. VANDY. 17 UCLA 18. USC 19. UT. 20. ND
AstonishingFunctionalGibbon
17:19
@PandaCubLawyer: yeah the ND/Fordham/UMN/UNCs of the world have always been pretty solid
GeneralKoala
17:19
ND should def be t20 imo