Belakazu (2022-2023)
Application Information
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| # | Law School | Status | Type | $$$ | Sent | Received | Complete | Interview Date | Decision | Updated | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Harvard University | Accepted | Type: RA | $14,000 | Sent: 12/06/05 | Rec: 12/06/05 | Comp: 01/12/06 | Inter: -- | Dec: 03/15/06 | Upd: 18 years | |
| #2 | Columbia University F | Accepted A | Type: RA | $126,000 | Sent: 11/23/05 | Rec: 11/26/05 | Comp: 12/09/05 | Inter: -- | Dec: 01/26/06 | Upd: 18 years | |
| #3 | New York University | Accepted W | Type: RA | Sent: 11/16/05 | Rec: -- | Comp: -- | Inter: -- | Dec: 12/08/05 | Upd: 19 years | ||
| #4 | Georgetown University | Accepted W | Type: | Sent: 10/28/05 | Rec: -- | Comp: -- | Inter: -- | Dec: 12/05/05 | Upd: 19 years | ||
| #1 | Yale University | Pending W | Type: RA | Sent: -- | Rec: -- | Comp: -- | Inter: -- | Dec: -- | Upd: 19 years |
Visitor Comments
Reuty, I took a long hard look at my motivations and decided they weren't good ones. Yale is an extraordinary opportunity, but it's not the one I'm looking for. I decided to bow out of the competition - why compete against people who REALLY want it? It seemed disrespectful to me to submit a halfhearted application.
Oh - and congratulations to you, too! What an all-star roster of schools. Good luck with Yale - I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you!
i thought i fell down on the question portion of the interview with TS too. i blabbered for a minute about why i had no questions, then asked a very obvious one. i wouldn't sweat it.
The more I think about some of the dumb things I said... urgh. How I could I drop the ball at the last minute like that? Oh well. How long did you have to wait after your interview before you heard back from HLS?
First off, congrats on your other acceptances. I saw your profile and thought I would respond...TS called me back 1 week to the day to notify me of my HLS acceptance. Good luck!
Right now, I think I am leaning toward Columbia. I too wasn't all that impressed at the visiting day, but I think that it is better for me than Yale because it is more connected to the business (not just corporate law) world and seems to have better corporate law and IP professors. As far as Harvard goes, it is simply too large for my tastes and the money at Columbia is just too much to pass up for a school that is not all that much better in the corporate arena. If I were only a tiny bit more interested in pursuing something in academia or the public sphere I wouldn't hesitate to go to Yale. I would appreciate any thoughts you have because I am still trying to decide. Good luck with your upcoming acceptances!
Doe, I think I'm in a similar frame of mind. I feel like Columbia strikes a good balance between theory and practice; the highlight of the visiting day for me was the discussion of emerging trends and the panel on innovative teaching methods. I also like the new Dean (and everyone else seems to, too) and I feel like the law school is on the ascendancy, rather than resting on its laurels. But ultimately, I don't think I can refuse the money, even if I wanted to. I work in a multinational law firm and I see too many people chained to jobs they hate by the debt they incurred going to places like HLS and Columbia. An ivey law degree may open doors, but ivey debt slams them shut again. I'm just thrilled to have the freedom to now consider low-paying but high-excitement legal jobs in public interest, prosecution, etc, which I previously thought were unrealistic.
yourself. see you there.
Damn, I wish the full ride was at Harvard. It really hurts to give it up.
I'm actually leaning towards Harvard right now; I was at both visiting days this month (I think we may have had lunch together at Columbia in fact), and I really was a lot more impressed by Harvard's presentation and resources. I was a little disturbed by, for example, the fact that Jeremy Waldron, whom we saw speak in one of the panels, turns out to be leaving for NYU next year. Have you visited Harvard yet? Either way, it's really really hard to turn down that kind of money. Or to turn down Harvard. Sort of silly to be so freaked out over a wonderful decision, isn't it? But I don't think we can help it....
Hey Bela -- Sorry for the slow reply. I don't check this site very often. I agree it's a very tough choice. The good part is that there's no bad option! Both are great ways to go. I am going with Columbia. Email me if you want to hear my thought process.
...it's decision time. I'm done with all this hemming and hawing. Thane, Doe - thanks for the advice and comraderie making this choice. It's been nice knowing I'm not the only one mulling over the decision. Will I see you at Columbia in August?
The choice was between Georgetown and Columbia. Harvard was not a finalist because a)I went there as an undergrad and wanted something new and b)CLS and GULC are better for public international law. Columbia had better facilities because the building and classrooms felt newer than at GULC, I liked the CLS library more, and everything was on one campus (GULC and the main campus are in two different places)--a matter of convienence since I want to take some classes outside law school.
You made the right choice! I will see you at Columbia in August.
Sorry I didn't respond earlier; I haven't been on the site for a few weeks. Congratulations on making your decision and I hope to see you next year!
Thanks ChuckD - I'm still nursing an appropriately bad champagne hangover! And yeah - it was EA not ED. Great future lawyers get the details right, eh?