Yale MBA - Ranking & Perception? (or lack thereof?)

[dragon8]

Originally Posted by Connemara

Yale is probably neck-and-neck with my alma mater.

Originally Posted by Quadcammer

I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with this.

I disagree also.

 

[Lord-Barrington]

Originally Posted by dragon8

Harvard seems to be up there too and it churns out some top grads that sit on the USSC and some prominent attorneys.

Yale or Fail bro!

 

[dragon8]

Originally Posted by Lord-Barrington

Yale or Fail bro!

LOL! I think Harvard would be a very safe bet.

 

[kxk]

Originally Posted by dragon8

LOL! I think Harvard would be a very safe bet.

actually, i do know/know of more than one HLS student who struck out at big lawfirm recruiting last year. ultimately, yes, i'm sure they all end up with jobs, but perhaps not ones worth (strictly monetarily speaking) 3 years of forgone income and student loans, nor doing the kind of work that they would have found exciting.

 

[dragon8]

Originally Posted by kxk

actually, i do know/know of more than one HLS student who struck out at big lawfirm recruiting last year. ultimately, yes, i'm sure they all end up with jobs, but perhaps not ones worth (strictly monetarily speaking) 3 years of forgone income and student loans, nor doing the kind of work that they would have found exciting.

did they pass the bar?

 

[Concordia]

Originally Posted by kxk

actually, i do know/know of more than one HLS student who struck out at big lawfirm recruiting last year. ultimately, yes, i'm sure they all end up with jobs, but perhaps not ones worth (strictly monetarily speaking) 3 years of forgone income and student loans, nor doing the kind of work that they would have found exciting.

Well, that's a BigLaw problem, not so much a pure Harvard problem.

To a large extent, Yale JDs see law practice as a signal of failure to achieve their real ambitions.

 

[Lord-Barrington]

Originally Posted by Concordia

Well, that's a BigLaw problem, not so much a pure Harvard problem.

To a large extent, Yale JDs see law practice as a signal of failure to achieve their real ambitions.

I'm not one to overplay the value of certain degrees but a Yale JD could graduate, fall asleep for three years behind a dumpster and when he awoke all his loans would be paid off and he'd be making 280K a year.

 

[CunningSmeagol]

These threads are always a lot of fun.

 

[dragon8]

Originally Posted by Concordia

Well, that's a BigLaw problem, not so much a pure Harvard problem.

To a large extent, Yale JDs see law practice as a signal of failure to achieve their real ambitions.

What do Yale grads do with their JDs if they don't practice law? Even the Clintons practice some law.

 

[dragon8]

Originally Posted by Lord-Barrington

I'm not one to overplay the value of certain degrees but a Yale JD could graduate, fall asleep for three years behind a dumpster and when he awoke all his loans would be paid off and he'd be making 280K a year.

Are you serious?

 

[Lord-Barrington]

Originally Posted by dragon8

Are you serious?

Uhh...obviously not. It was just to illustrate that a Yale JD is as close to a "golden ticket" as you can get, practically anywhere in the world. The recent bloodbath that hit US law schools barely even registered at Yale. Everyone was still landing clerkships and market offers from V10 firms.

 

[dragon8]

Originally Posted by Lord-Barrington

Uhh...obviously not. It was just to illustrate that a Yale JD is as close to a "golden ticket" as you can get, practically anywhere in the world. The recent bloodbath that hit US law schools barely even registered at Yale. Everyone was still landing clerkships and market offers from V10 firms.

I believe I've seen an article or a program that stated that the Harvard JD is the world's best degree.

 

[Lord-Barrington]

Originally Posted by dragon8

I believe I've seen an article or a program that stated that the Harvard JD is the world's best degree.

Well then I guess that settles the debate!

 

[cchen]

Time to send this to dumb threads

 

[Lord-Barrington]

Originally Posted by cchen

Time to send this to dumb threads

No, God.....NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!