Charleston School Of Law, Yale Law School -Reply

Q: On the other hand, a friend of mine (and former Yale, Charles, I'm talking about Jer) who lives in NYC found Yale to be far more dangerous and the site of his only mugging! Fear for your lives, Yalees. While Columbia and Georgetown are in neighborhoods that could be considered awful by some, they at least have the benefit of what these cities have to offer. However, when you leave the lofty confines of campus, you travel through urban decay only to reach... nothing!

A:New Haven isn't as bad as some people think. Yale University really protects its students. There are police officers on every block. The University also provides door-to-door shuttles 24 hours a day. Very very rarely does anything happen to a Yale Student. I don't recall any stories. I think the perception is that the town on a side of the university is not the greatest. Students rarely venture into those neighborhoods. definately. Yale Law has an incredible endowment. In some ways, the students are spoiled. The library is open 24 hours. Upon graduation, if a student earns below mid 30s, the school will take care of the student loan payments, etc. Faculty-student contact is great. The former dean, and now Judge Calebresi always has students over to his farm for a picnic. It is not uncommon for professors to invite students over to their houses for get-togethers. Each first year small group has an entertainment budget. Students and the prof can spend the money in any way they choose. In general, the answer is yes. But Yale does not decide based solely on the numbers. The school looks at the whole person. The faculty reads the applications, so if you impress a few faculty members, you could get in. I wish! :( I had a 99% LSAT and a B+ average from Northwestern, and according to the admission stat tables (reported directly by Yale!), I had less than a 1% chance of admittance. Adding a note to the previous comments... I have had friends attending Yale for undergrad and Law School, and have heard nothing but wonderful things about the school. I worked in downtown New Haven for a couple of years right next to the main part of Yale. I worked in a convenience store and had daily contact with both Yalies and the regular scum of the city. During my tenure, my life was threatened more times than I can count, scumbags tried to mug me three times, I've had weapons pulled on me a few times, and to top it all off, someone tried to shoot me because he said I put a penny in the sandwich I made for him.

The police are very good, though they can't keep the parasites away from the campus. I became friends with a number of them and discovered how much crime there is on campus that goes unreported in the papers and is never told to prospective students. Talk to the Yalies and find out how bad it really is here. The worst part of it for the Yalies (and the best for the scum) is that 99% of the Yalies are clueless idiots. They have no common sense whatsoever when it comes to dealing with the environment they're in. If you have some street smarts Yale isn't so bad. If, however, you've had a sheltered, secluded upbringing don't go to Yale or the law school.