Okay. I'll be seeing several at a family wedding this weekend so I can collect some email addresses for you.
More so than Oxford? *wry smile* Is such a thing possible?
I don't know much about Oxford. But I know that if Harvard is even half like what I've heard, I wouldn't wish it on anyone. But I tend to think that kind of hostile academic environment should not exist.
Ah, thank you for this. My main interest right now - probably will change, given my propensity for being interested in everything - is jurisprudence. I think Harvard are good for this, but I probably should check.
Oh, man, I so understand the problems with being interested in everything. But, seriously, the rule of thumb here in the states for post-college schooling (be it grad school or med school or law school) is you really need to be sure you want it. You have to want to be there, want the degree, and want to use the degree to do something. At least in my grad school experiences, people who take a year or two (or more) before grad school and do something else are MUCH happier and more content with there post-college programs. Much more sure it's what they really want.
And, yes, it would help a lot if you can be fairly certain what type of law you want to do and find schools good at that. Because there might be a smaller, less known school out there that's actually excellent in that field and where you'd be much happier. [I'm speaking vaguely from experience here. I went to a science and engineering college that is on par with MIT and Caltech but is smaller and younger and less known and I got as good, if not better, of an education as I would have at those places with better name recognition, and was much happier than I would have been if I'd accepted Caltech's offer. It really is worth exploring those other options]
Good luck! I'm sure you'll do awesome however you end up.
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on 2007-09-25 03:35 am (UTC)More so than Oxford? *wry smile* Is such a thing possible?
I don't know much about Oxford. But I know that if Harvard is even half like what I've heard, I wouldn't wish it on anyone. But I tend to think that kind of hostile academic environment should not exist.
Ah, thank you for this. My main interest right now - probably will change, given my propensity for being interested in everything - is jurisprudence. I think Harvard are good for this, but I probably should check.
Oh, man, I so understand the problems with being interested in everything.
But, seriously, the rule of thumb here in the states for post-college schooling (be it grad school or med school or law school) is you really need to be sure you want it. You have to want to be there, want the degree, and want to use the degree to do something. At least in my grad school experiences, people who take a year or two (or more) before grad school and do something else are MUCH happier and more content with there post-college programs. Much more sure it's what they really want.
And, yes, it would help a lot if you can be fairly certain what type of law you want to do and find schools good at that. Because there might be a smaller, less known school out there that's actually excellent in that field and where you'd be much happier. [I'm speaking vaguely from experience here. I went to a science and engineering college that is on par with MIT and Caltech but is smaller and younger and less known and I got as good, if not better, of an education as I would have at those places with better name recognition, and was much happier than I would have been if I'd accepted Caltech's offer. It really is worth exploring those other options]
Good luck! I'm sure you'll do awesome however you end up.