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ShouldveTriedHarderInSchool
Class of 2025
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2.54/4.3
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Rank
2021-2022
Result App type FW Resident Schol... Sent Sent raw Received Received raw Complete Complete raw UR UR raw UR2 UR2 raw II II raw Decision Decision raw
32 Arizona State Univer... Accepted, Wi... RDregular decision $65,000 Sep 04 2021-09-04 Sep 07 2021-09-07 Sep 07 2021-09-07 Sep 07 2021-09-07 Sep 16 2021-09-16
29 Boston College Rejected RDregular decision Oct 13 2021-10-13 Oct 14 2021-10-14 Oct 15 2021-10-15 Jan 12 2022-01-12 Jan 20 2022-01-20
22 Brigham Young Univer... Accepted, At... RDregular decision $27,312 Sep 06 2021-09-06 Sep 13 2021-09-13 Sep 18 2021-09-18 Sep 23 2021-09-23 Oct 18 2021-10-18
13 Cornell University Rejected RDregular decision Oct 13 2021-10-13 Oct 14 2021-10-14 Oct 14 2021-10-14 Oct 14 2021-10-14 Oct 27 2021-10-27 Nov 30 2021-11-30
35 Emory University Accepted, Wi... RDregular decision $96,000 Aug 29 2021-08-29 Aug 31 2021-08-31 Aug 31 2021-08-31 Mar 18 2022-03-18
29 Fordham University Hold, Rejected RDregular decision Sep 15 2021-09-15 Sep 16 2021-09-16 Sep 17 2021-09-17 Nov 01 2021-11-01 Feb 11 2022-02-11
35 George Washington Un... Waitlisted RDregular decision Sep 15 2021-09-15 Sep 15 2021-09-15 Sep 20 2021-09-20 Jan 14 2022-01-14
5 Harvard University Rejected RDregular decision Oct 13 2021-10-13 Oct 14 2021-10-14 Oct 22 2021-10-22 Jan 13 2022-01-13
45 Southern Methodist U... Accepted, Wi... RDregular decision $57,000 Sep 04 2021-09-04 Sep 05 2021-09-05 Sep 10 2021-09-10 Sep 12 2021-09-12 Dec 09 2021-12-09
71 Tulane University Rejected RDregular decision Sep 16 2021-09-16 Sep 16 2021-09-16 Oct 12 2021-10-12 Jan 21 2022-01-21
35 UAlabama Rejected RDregular decision Sep 14 2021-09-14 Sep 14 2021-09-14 Sep 14 2021-09-14 Sep 14 2021-09-14 Dec 13 2021-12-13 Apr 25 2022-04-25
10 UMichigan Rejected RDregular decision Aug 21 2021-08-21 Aug 29 2021-08-29 Oct 01 2021-10-01 Jan 07 2022-01-07
60 USouth Carolina Accepted, Wi... RDregular decision $85,626 Sep 16 2021-09-16 Sep 17 2021-09-17 Sep 17 2021-09-17 Sep 17 2021-09-17 Sep 27 2021-09-27
16 UTexas at Austin Rejected RDregular decision Sep 03 2021-09-03 Sep 04 2021-09-04 Sep 08 2021-09-08 Dec 01 2021-12-01 Jan 28 2022-01-28
16 Vanderbilt University Rejected EDearly decision Sep 10 2021-09-10 Sep 14 2021-09-14 Sep 19 2021-09-19 Dec 16 2021-12-16
20 Washington Universit... Rejected RDregular decision Sep 01 2021-09-01 Sep 03 2021-09-03 Sep 03 2021-09-03 Sep 06 2021-09-06 Mar 08 2022-03-08
40 Washington and Lee U... Waitlisted RDregular decision Aug 29 2021-08-29 Aug 30 2021-08-30 Aug 30 2021-08-30 Oct 11 2021-10-11 Mar 17 2022-03-17
69 Yeshiva University (... Accepted, Wi... RDregular decision $105,000 Sep 16 2021-09-16 Oct 08 2021-10-08 Oct 15 2021-10-15 Oct 15 2021-10-15 Jan 28 2022-01-28

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babybunny
0:36
if we’re talking filmmakers i think it’s kinda embarrassing for harmony korine to be embracing edgelord stuff at age 50. like bro you have a lovely wife and kids
babybunny
0:38
gummo still goated forever though. “i’ll die here on this couch with you”
SquidwardsHouse
0:38
@ararara: life is as good as can be and hope you’re doing great. Yeah, I thought it was funny simply cuz the Reddit vibe seems to be dismissive of tbe benefits of it. However at the ASDs, people even PI focused seemed to be interested in doing it for a couple years simply to pay off the loans and learn how to become a good lawyer.
SquidwardsHouse
0:41
There’s an argument to be made that it’s more morally ethical to be a know-nothing new law school grad fucking up corporate deals rather than fucking up public interest stuff! ;)
[] ararara
0:42
@SquidwardsHouse: the PI unicorn I worked with did BL out of law school at the firm where a corporation hired over a hundred attorneys to bury one of my heroes haha. In my mind these issues are systemic and if it’s not you someone else will be doing the shady big law things. That being said though I would be less worried about the stigma and more concerned about how you’re actually going to feel doing bad things if you have to.
SquidwardsHouse
0:45
Yea. I think the value in learning white collar crime/defense could be invaluable for someone looking to become an AUSA (my ultimate goal)
[] ararara
0:47
It’s admirable you want to do that. No wonder you care so much!
MightyUnableSphinx
0:49
my day job is m&a consulting and so often we work alongside lawyers
MightyUnableSphinx
0:49
and the most insane thing i have ever seen in my career was this thing the lawyers did
MightyUnableSphinx
0:50
where basically, in places like poland they have something called "ip box regimes" where if you "do R&D" (develop products) domestically (in poland) you get all these tax credits and benefits, like tons and tons of them
[] ararara
0:51
lol I actually already know what you’re going to say I think
MightyUnableSphinx
0:51
but if you are acquired by a company outside of poland (or wherever the regime is), you have to pay back the value of the credits you got for r&d. so in this case the target was a polish company being acquired by a US domiciled country
MightyUnableSphinx
0:52
anyways it turned out that the target had to pay something like $5m in tax credits back to the polish government. the legal team on the deal asked my team (i am 100% corporate finance transaction advisory) to prepare this analysis of R&D (i am avoiding being technical because you will feel bored) that, to me, seemed litearlly completely pointless
MightyUnableSphinx
0:53
but then like 6 days later word came down that the legal team had succesfully argued that the R&D -- the R&D that was definitely obviously 100% R&D -- should not qualify as R&D & so they shouldn't be burdened to pay back the tax credit. makes no sense to me! you got the credits, you leave, you pay them back. but apparently not! wtf was that!
MightyUnableSphinx
0:54
anyways you said "white collar crime" and it made me think of that even though that was 100% above board i guess, it just felt like we were doing something wrong lmao
[] ararara
0:55
Yeah that’s a major dispensation thanks for sharing!
[] ararara
0:55
Lots of money went to waste
MightyUnableSphinx
0:57
yah it was a pretty sick vanishing trick. was 1 of the 2 things that made me think probably being a corporate lawyer is a worthwhile pursuit
[] ararara
1:01
What’s the second thing if you don’t mind me asking?? Or did I miss it because I’m stupid?!
MightyUnableSphinx
1:01
yah sure i was kind burying the lede because im an attention seeking lil stinker
MightyUnableSphinx
1:01
anyways
[] ararara
1:02
Fs and no no attention is everyone’s jam
MightyUnableSphinx
1:04
this story is totally crazy but i swear to god it's 100% true and it's what my personal statement touches on, lol. so in june of 2023 i got involved in a startup, i was 1 of 3 people in it. i did the finance stuff and pitching and everything. fast forward like 2 months and it looks like we are going to raise 3 million dollars, fast forward 1 week one of the original founders goes crazy because it looks like we're gonna have millions of dollars having done very little work. legal battle ensues. me and guy who didn't go crazy do not secure legal counsel. guy who went crazy does secure counsel. we are inundated with contracts trying to fuck us out of % multiple times a week. spent many many hour reading contracts, revising contracts, sending contracts but to the bad guy lawyers. it was honestly like the most exciting thing i've ever done in my life so once we settled and sold our % back to the investors i was like "hmmm maybe i should be a lawyer"
MightyUnableSphinx
1:05
back to the*
MightyUnableSphinx
1:09
also, just like incidentally, i am not really sure how that ranks as a "soft" but i think it's a differentiating essay topic & resume item
QuixoticPowerfulAlligator
1:38
damn that’s actually crazy
QuixoticPowerfulAlligator
1:38
what kinda startup
MightyUnableSphinx
1:39
hard to explain but.. basically like... a porn ai chatbot, more or less. like erotic roleplay. lmao...
MightyUnableSphinx
1:40
this aspect of the story i am not sure how to explain in my PS so i am avoiding mentioning it
dusttodiamonds
4:10
Ayo-
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