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verdad 
Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 4 |
Acceptance at Harvard, Stanford, Yale and Columbia
Hi, does anyone know people who have been admitted to all of the above schools (HLS, SLS, YLS, CLS)? Given that these schools seem to like different profiles, it must be very hard to get admission from all of them. Does anyone know someone who has been admitted?Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:15 PM Which one is hardest to get into? |
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lawadd08 
Joined: 22 Dec 2007 Posts: 44 |
Acceptance at Harvard, Stanford, Yale and Columbia
Dear verdad,Sat Mar 08, 2008 07:06 AM That would be quite an achievement! As you rightly mentioned these four top law schools do look for different profiles with a common element of excellance, so it may be a seemingly impossible task.. Unfortunately I dont know of any such person. As far as which ones the hardest one to crack is concerned, I would believe SLS would take that trophy merely because of its small class size of 15+15 (which effectively come down to an applicant competing for one of the 15 seats). |
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| am2008
Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Posts: 36 |
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I quite agree. It would have to be SLS. This year's corporate class will only be 10 and Yale admits ca. 100, HLS 200 (?). Would be great to have the choice between the top four universities in the United States, wouldn't it?Sat Mar 08, 2008 03:32 PM am2008 |
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| Dumdedum
Joined: 15 Feb 2008 Posts: 25 |
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The fourth top university is NYU, not CLS. Sat Mar 08, 2008 04:00 PM [Edited 08 Mar 2008 by Dumdedum] |
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| am2008
Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Posts: 36 |
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Sorry, I really did not want to lessen the ranking of NYU. Sat Mar 08, 2008 08:08 PM am2008 |
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| Kobayashi_08
Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 7 |
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I did it - Offers from YLS, HLS, SLS and CLS!Wed Mar 19, 2008 01:23 AM How difficult is to do it? Is there many people this year who was admitted to the four programs too? |
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| consultt
Joined: 30 Jan 2008 Posts: 22 |
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Wed Mar 19, 2008 02:01 AM The fourth top university is NYU, not CLS. Quite right, NYU is the 4th in US NEWS rankings. But the profile for admission to NYU is distinctly different, whereas the other four have more in common, notably the work experience and possibly the emphasis on some kind of excellence. |
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| lawadd08
Joined: 22 Dec 2007 Posts: 44 |
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Wed Mar 19, 2008 05:06 AM The fourth top university is NYU, not CLS. Well I did not mean to demean NYU and I do agree with you when you mention USnew ranking of CLS and NYU. However many people feel otherwise and USnew is not the only agency ranking available. There are others who rank Yale, SLS, HLS and CLS in the top four. And may be because of its sheer number of admits every year in LL.M (450 students) its suddenly doesn't seem to be difficult to get thru to NYU as opposed to the other four top law schools. Kobayashi_08, if you have indeed cracked thru to Yale, SLS, HLS and CLS, Congratulations! That quite a phenomenal feat! |
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| PA Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 50 |
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Getting into Yale, SLS, HLS and CLS is amazing!! Please if possible share your brief background with us just for reference.
Wed Mar 19, 2008 05:31 AM |
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| pnarg
Joined: 10 Mar 2008 Posts: 13 |
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As regards difficulty, Yale's LLM has only between 23 and 30 seats. Acceptance rate is 8%.
Wed Mar 19, 2008 02:52 PM |
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| Sloan
Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Posts: 25 |
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I applied only to Columbia and got in: so I am 100% happy!Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:48 AM Anyway being admitted to all four law schools is for sure an amazing achievement since they have very different admission criteria. [Edited 20 Mar 2008 by Sloan] |
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| LL.M_applicant08
Joined: 30 Jan 2008 Posts: 7 |
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Hey would you say Harvard, Stanford, Yale and Columbia fall within the same category?
Fri Mar 21, 2008 07:02 AM |
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| Samata
Joined: 28 Feb 2008 Posts: 28 |
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Each school has its distintive qualities and attracts different group of applicants. Yale mostly appeals to ppl with academic career prospects. Where as Harvard and Columbia lean more towards business law.Sat Mar 22, 2008 05:29 AM It also depends on what kind of specialization you want to have for your LLM. I personally prefer CLS since it is more prominent in the market in the area of coporate finance. Some universities offer specialized llm (e.g. Tax, international finance or comparative law). Standford only offers general and IP llm. The leiter ranking is also useful for finding specialization of each law school. Personally, I find admission to HLS somewhat ... For my country, the persons who got offerred were mostly the top of their class in their llb (despite very short working experience) or those who have strong connection. There are a few lawyers I know who are among the best and brightest of their peers and didn't get offer from HLS while a few with top llb grades (but not that outstanding in other aspects) got admitted. [Edited 22 Mar 2008 by Samata] |
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| CHYREN
Joined: 03 Apr 2008 Posts: 1 |
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m not admited 2 any of them Fri Apr 04, 2008 01:25 PM but i can say 2 those hu admmited............ cheers! |
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