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neohawk

谢谢楼上各位的指点, 真心希望他们能考虑我的背景而不只是看lsat成绩. 不知道老板的推荐信是不是很重要,感觉挺重要的,毕竟是我的advisor,但是我们圈子很小,要是老板真的怒了,我现在lsat又没考好要是没申请上还成的学校我就没有回头路了,老板的能量足以让我在这个圈子没法混,到时候身份什么的都是大麻烦,唉,郁闷呀.

zengerl

以下是引用neohawk在2006-12-23 2:16:00的发言：
谢谢楼上各位的指点, 真心希望他们能考虑我的背景而不只是看lsat成绩. 不知道老板的推荐信是不是很重要,感觉挺重要的,毕竟是我的advisor,但是我们圈子很小,要是老板真的怒了,我现在lsat又没考好要是没申请上还成的学校我就没有回头路了,老板的能量足以让我在这个圈子没法混,到时候身份什么的都是大麻烦,唉,郁闷呀.

If you have to quit Ph.D, you'd better not let your boss know before everything is set.

If you are graduating before Sept 2007, I see no reason not to. You have a great chance getting into top 20. Asking for a letter may lower your boss's warmth getting you a postdoc position, but he probably won't say bad thing about you in the letter.

It really depends on you: is the postdoc position really sth you don't want to or can not afford to lose? Have you thought about the law career? are you able and willing to stand the difficulty on your way to a lawyer? are you prepared for the boring work of an attorney?... 

You have to gamble a little bit. Ask yourself where your heart goes

Lycus

以下是引用zengerl在2006-12-23 1:03:00的发言：

For IP, Duke and Berkely are a good choice, and your scores plus your backgroud are enough for them. But Duke's location is not so good, you may want to apply for it as your bottom school. Berkely is a good choice! And you may reach out to Stanford( give it a try as it only cost $100, as their LSAT score is much lower than Yale and Harvard). and also apply for some 20's like George Washington

Berkeley 和 Duke之类就基本上不用指望了, GPA和LSAT都不够

应该好好考虑一下值不值得去上更差的学校

如果我考了165估计就不考虑上法学院了(我的学校和GPA都过了YALE的75%,但还没考LSAT)

THU+UIUC PHD, 干嘛非去读个法学院啊?

建议考虑清楚再和老板摊牌, 但是你老板的推荐应该是需要的, 多数学校都写明了这点

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heihei

LZ, don't give up!

My friend knows a very successful IP attorney who graduated from University of Baltimore, law.

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neohawk

以下是引用zengerl在2006-12-23 3:59:00的发言：

If you have to quit Ph.D, you'd better not let your boss know before everything is set.

If you are graduating before Sept 2007, I see no reason not to. You have a great chance getting into top 20. Asking for a letter may lower your boss's warmth getting you a postdoc position, but he probably won't say bad thing about you in the letter.

It really depends on you: is the postdoc position really sth you don't want to or can not afford to lose? Have you thought about the law career? are you able and willing to stand the difficulty on your way to a lawyer? are you prepared for the boring work of an attorney?... 

You have to gamble a little bit. Ask yourself where your heart goes

quit倒是不用, 5月应该能毕业. 也不是不能afford to lose a postdoc,只是怕申请这边要是没成, 那边也掉了线的话身份成问题.

neohawk

以下是引用Lycus在2006-12-23 4:08:00的发言：

Berkeley 和 Duke之类就基本上不用指望了, GPA和LSAT都不够

建议好好考虑一下值不值得去上更差的学校

如果我考了165估计就不考虑上法学院了(我的学校和GPA都过了YALE的75%,但还没考LSAT)

THU+UIUC PHD, 干嘛非去读个法学院啊?

建议LZ考虑清楚再和老板摊牌, 但是你老板的推荐应该是需要的, 多数学校都写明了这点

唉,郁闷呀

neohawk

以下是引用heihei在2006-12-23 4:28:00的发言：

LZ, don't give up!

My friend knows a very successful IP attorney who graduated from University of Baltimore, law.

谢谢鼓励,唉

donghaixu

Quote<如果我考了165估计就不考虑上法学院了(我的学校和GPA都过了YALE的75%,但还没考LSAT)>Quote

How old are you? I mean mental age. A 165 is over 90% percentile of total population taking the test. Well if you aim at YHS or merit scholarship it could be a disadvantage, but it is definitely enough for anyone with mediocre GPA to get in a decent top20~30 school, and if you do well in the law school you can still land a decent job after graduation. Is Yale your only choice? How about Hogwarts School? By the way, where can I find the data source for your "学校" to be Yale's 75%??

Naive or lacking adequate knowledge is ok - but beware not to mislead.

Lilac29

1. Check the law school locator to find out what kind of law school you are eligible for.

http://www.bc.edu/offices/careers/gradschool/law/lawlocator/

http://www.studentdoc.com/lsat-score.html

http://www.lawschoolstats.com/cgi-bin/cgi/index2.cgi

2. I don't think it is good idea to talk to your advisor unless you think he/she is really good-natured and you can trust him. Talk to someone instead, such as someone who taught in certain class in graduate school. And ask him/her if him/her can write you a strong recommendation letter and tell them you don't want your advisor to know about it. People will understand and respect that. After all, the letter will be concentrating on your academic performance.

3. You can always get to a law school and then transfer to a good one. UC Berkeley accepts students even from Tier 3 or Tier 4 law school every year. With your score and background, you can easily get to the 20-50 law school.

Lycus

以下是引用donghaixu在2006-12-23 10:22:00的发言：

Quote<如果我考了165估计就不考虑上法学院了(我的学校和GPA都过了YALE的75%,但还没考LSAT)>Quote

How old are you? I mean mental age. A 165 is over 90% percentile of total population taking the test. Well if you aim at YHS or merit scholarship it could be a disadvantage, but it is definitely enough for anyone with mediocre GPA to get in a decent top20~30 school, and if you do well in the law school you can still land a decent job after graduation. Is Yale your only choice? How about Hogwarts School? By the way, where can I find the data source for your "学校" to be Yale's 75%??

Naive or lacking adequate knowledge is ok - but beware not to mislead.

我的建议是给那个THU+UIUC PHD的, 至于你爱去哪儿读去哪儿读, 去Hogwarts也没人反对

之前说的只是如果我考165就不打算申请了, 也没读的必要, 听不懂的话就不要瞎插嘴

至于学校的75%应该是什么水平, 麻烦你去查查YHS 1^ST YEAR的生源

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