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    JudPolitics reacted to ECpoli in Deciding between top programs   
    I'm thrilled to be in at HYP but now really have no idea how to pick.
    Anybody else in at these schools have an insight on the criteria you're using to decide / thoughts on the various programs / introductions?
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    JudPolitics reacted to CAS166 in Deciding between top programs   
    My advice is stop showing off and just pick one reasonably. What could be the worst for god's sake? Harvard? Yale? Or Princeton? No offense, but I think what you do is just annoying.
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    JudPolitics reacted to ECpoli in Political Science - Fall 2011 Cycle   
    Harvard, Yale, Princeton all within 45 minutes. no idea where to go!
    I promise its true. Found out a few hours ago... posting here wasn't the first thing I did after finding out!
    Harvard is unofficial and then I got the yale and princeton emails minutes apart (maybe less than a minute)
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    JudPolitics reacted to JudPolitics in Another law school applicant bites the dust...   
    I'm a Top 5 law school graduate who is now seeking PoliSci PhD admission. Thoughts:
    1) Apples and oranges. The LSAT requires no substantive knowledge; the GRE does. They're both time-sensitive. The LSAT is much more of the law school admissions decision than the GRE is, but both tests serve a gatekeeping function at some of the toughest schools.
    2) Unqualified to comment
    3) This site is as good as it gets. The "N" for PhD programs is much, much smaller than law schools, so it's much harder to see aggregated data; further, it's much more about fit than numbers. The same basic principles apply: at top PoliSci programs, do "well" on the GRE (shoot for 700+ on both V/Q; higher is better), have a great GPA, and draft a polished SoP that connects you to the faculty at the school to which you're applying. Then hope.
    4) Unqualified to comment
    5) Depends on what you want to do. School prestige carries furthest outside of academia ("worst," least selective program at Harvard will likely be more impressive to "industry" folks than a degree from the most selective program in a particular subfield if that's a lesser known school (e.g. Washington University in St. Louis); program prestige carries furthest in it. There are not enough academic jobs for all the newly-minted PhDs so job prospects are, like post-law school, tough. The difference: there's more than enough jobs for lawyers, there aren't enough tenured professorships to go around. YMMV.
    I loved law school and didn't hate my four years of biglaw as much as I thought. But the debt is constricting and if you don't think you want to be a lawyer, law school is probably not right for you. That said, if you don't want to become a TT academic and aren't willing to put the time and effort in to do so, a PhD might not be right, either. Best of luck.
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    JudPolitics reacted to JudPolitics in Grad School Letters vs Law School Letters   
    Particularly for dual degree applicants, there's no need to submit a second letter. Even if you were not a dual degree applicant, the letter may only hurt you at the furthest margins, and only to the extent it talks about longterm research interests if you are applying to schools that do not traditionally send graduates to academia. Truth be told, law school admissions is almost purely numbers. Being distinctive or interesting is helpful; fit is irrelevant. In other words, it's a very different process, but those differences don't translate into a need for very unique letters.
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