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Re:Law firms pay Supreme Court clerks $400k bonuses – what a... by csa on Sunday September 27, 2020 @06:40PM (#24610758)
> Tiffany Trump

... 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.

Re:Law firms pay Supreme Court clerks $400k bonuses – what a... by MiroF on Sunday September 27, 2020 @06:47PM (#24610800)
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 (#24610972)
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 (#24611148)
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 (#24611142)
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 (#24611248)
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 (#24611625)
"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."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_preferences

Re:Law firms pay Supreme Court clerks $400k bonuses – what a... by wtallis on Sunday September 27, 2020 @08:08PM (#24611408)
Legacy admissions usually refers to admitting a student because they're related to alumni of the same institution. Which Trump went to Georgetown?
Re:Law firms pay Supreme Court clerks $400k bonuses – what a... by scottmcf on Sunday September 27, 2020 @09:01PM (#24611750)
Eric Trump.