Re:Law firms pay Supreme Court clerks $400k bonuses – what a...
by MiroF on Sunday September 27, 2020 @06:47PM
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I'm not claiming it's a deterministic process, but it is worth noting that Gtown is the best in DC
Re:Law firms pay Supreme Court clerks $400k bonuses – what a...
by gamblor956 on Sunday September 27, 2020 @07:09PM
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To followup: based on the average GPA of Georgetown Law admits, Tiffany Trump would have had to make the UPenn Dean's List to have a competitive GPA. The list is public.
She never showed up on that list. Ergo, she did not have a competitive GPA. It's possible she may have had a good LSAT, but she would have needed a very high score to offset the low GPA.
As Georgetown Law appears to have been the most prestigious law school that would admit her, this suggests she was a "legacy" admit (meaning, admitted due to her parents or application sponsors rather than on her own merits).
Re:Law firms pay Supreme Court clerks $400k bonuses – what a...
by csa on Sunday September 27, 2020 @07:35PM
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FWIW, I completely agree that she was admitted to Georgetown (and probably Penn, for that matter) for reasons other than academic prowess.
I only highlighted her name to demonstrate that celebrity and money can only get you so far. Georgetown is a perfectly fine law school, but it’s a far cry from Harvard or Yale law schools.
Re:Law firms pay Supreme Court clerks $400k bonuses – what a...
by MiroF on Sunday September 27, 2020 @07:34PM
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That's not what a legacy admit is defined to be.
Re:Law firms pay Supreme Court clerks $400k bonuses – what a...
by gamblor956 on Sunday September 27, 2020 @07:49PM
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That's exactly what a legacy admit is defined as. What non-standard definition are you using?
Re:Law firms pay Supreme Court clerks $400k bonuses – what a...
by xdavidliu on Sunday September 27, 2020 @08:40PM
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"Legacy preference or legacy admission is a preference given by an institution or organization to certain applicants on the basis of their familial relationship to alumni of that institution."
... who went to Georgetown law (typically in the 10-20 rank range).
Note that this is the best she could do when her father was running for president.