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LLMblogger

I get that, but then it isn't completely correct to state that e.g. a man from the UK will have the hardest time getting in. Surely a woman from the UK would have as hard a time getting in.
As for developing countries, I cannot comment on the sex of people applying. Perhaps the overwhelming majority is male, though some statistics wouldn't hurt your argument.

I get that, but then it isn't completely correct to state that e.g. a man from the UK will have the hardest time getting in. Surely a woman from the UK would have as hard a time getting in.
As for developing countries, I cannot comment on the sex of people applying. Perhaps the overwhelming majority is male, though some statistics wouldn't hurt your argument.
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MAB79

Rejected by NYU and admitted to CLS...simply great

Rejected by NYU and admitted to CLS...simply great
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Oldtimer

I get that, but then it isn't completely correct to state that e.g. a man from the UK will have the hardest time getting in. Surely a woman from the UK would have as hard a time getting in.
As for developing countries, I cannot comment on the sex of people applying. Perhaps the overwhelming majority is male, though some statistics wouldn't hurt your argument.


Conceeded. I never said that. As I said in my post, the situation is probably different for women from developed countries where you surely have a larger share of women applying. In some countries (for some reason Germany comes to mind) you may even have more females than males applying. Do I have proof? No.

I also conceed that I do not have "hard" figures to support the second part of my argument (i.e. the application part). My comments are based on anecdotical evidence and my experience when I took my LLM some years ago where I got to know pretty well LLMs from GULC, NYU, Columbia and GWU. But I'll be happy to be proven wrong in somebody is able to find statistics from the different programs.

Cheers

<blockquote>I get that, but then it isn't completely correct to state that e.g. a man from the UK will have the hardest time getting in. Surely a woman from the UK would have as hard a time getting in.
As for developing countries, I cannot comment on the sex of people applying. Perhaps the overwhelming majority is male, though some statistics wouldn't hurt your argument.
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Conceeded. I never said that. As I said in my post, the situation is probably different for women from developed countries where you surely have a larger share of women applying. In some countries (for some reason Germany comes to mind) you may even have more females than males applying. Do I have proof? No.

I also conceed that I do not have "hard" figures to support the second part of my argument (i.e. the application part). My comments are based on anecdotical evidence and my experience when I took my LLM some years ago where I got to know pretty well LLMs from GULC, NYU, Columbia and GWU. But I'll be happy to be proven wrong in somebody is able to find statistics from the different programs.

Cheers
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petersta

i find it strange that yale rejected me..

i find it strange that yale rejected me..
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tato2010

I think that, while many people can argue with Oldtimer's position, it is indeed logical and reasonable. Altough I'm still an applicant, I've talk to many people doing their LLM's, some of whom have actually spoken about this with people at admissions and I fully agree with Oldtimer: schools have quotas, yes, and coming from an small country gives you more chance than from a traditional "applicant country" because of the diversity card. Sucks? In some cases, but that's just the way it is.

Cheers,

I think that, while many people can argue with Oldtimer's position, it is indeed logical and reasonable. Altough I'm still an applicant, I've talk to many people doing their LLM's, some of whom have actually spoken about this with people at admissions and I fully agree with Oldtimer: schools have quotas, yes, and coming from an small country gives you more chance than from a traditional "applicant country" because of the diversity card. Sucks? In some cases, but that's just the way it is.

Cheers,
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petersta

lol

lol
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Oldtimer

The US News 2011 "diversity index" of the law schools is out: http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-school-diversity

These are the diversity scores of the major law schools (1= most diverse; 0 = not diverse at all):

Stanford 0.56
Berkeley 0.53
Cornell 0.52
Columbia 0.49
Harvard 0.48
Chicago 0.47
Yale 0.47
NYU 0.40
Michigan 0.40
Georgetown 0.39
UPEN 0.35

Granted, this does not prove anything we discussed above except, perhaps, the importance attached to "diversity" by each of these schools.

The US News 2011 "diversity index" of the law schools is out: http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-school-diversity

These are the diversity scores of the major law schools (1= most diverse; 0 = not diverse at all):

Stanford 0.56
Berkeley 0.53
Cornell 0.52
Columbia 0.49
Harvard 0.48
Chicago 0.47
Yale 0.47
NYU 0.40
Michigan 0.40
Georgetown 0.39
UPEN 0.35

Granted, this does not prove anything we discussed above except, perhaps, the importance attached to "diversity" by each of these schools.
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