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Status Admissions Survey Excerpts Alumni I didn't do an interview. There was a personal statement, and perhaps a shorter essay. It's hard to get in, but no secret there.   READ MORE Alumni Like all law schools, getting into HLS is first a numbers game and second a subjective crap-shoot. Getting to know your dean (so the dean's state...   READ MORE Alumni Highly selective. My LSAT score was not one that you would think would get you into a school like Harvard. But I had a good undergraduate record...   READ MORE Alumni Send in your application and then be patient. Don't bother the admissions folks with questions about the "status" of your application. Just wait f...   READ MORE Status Academics Survey Excerpts Alumni The workload is what you make of it. It's easy to get by, but hard to excel. The quality of instruction was uneven--my torts professor was bran...   READ MORE Alumni Not as scary as "One L" or "The Paper Chase" and much more interesting. Most professors are giants in their fields and most really care about tea...   READ MORE Alumni The 1L program has recently undergone changes to guarantee smaller sections. The strength of the school is its 2L and 3L curriculum. No matter w...   READ MORE Alumni The first year of school is intense, but the second and third years are a joke. It is difficult to get into the classes you want with the better p...   READ MORE Status Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts Alumni The job prospects are unparalled. I was living overseas when I applied to law school, and chose Harvard because of its name recognition in other coun...   READ MORE Alumni HLS is really the king here. Its reputation is matched by only Yale's in the academic and judicial circles, and is without peer in the law firm, gove...   READ MORE Alumni Superb.    READ MORE Alumni The "Harvard" name says it all: even in tough economic times, HLS-grads get jobs -- and better opportunities than folks at other schools. Worth every ...   READ MORE Status Quality of Life Survey Excerpts Alumni On campus housing is cramped, and off campus housing is expensive. The neighborhood is not dangerous.   READ MORE Alumni Harvard is a very pleasant place to go to school. Housing is expensive (except for in the Gropius Complex, which was dropped on campus directly f...   READ MORE Alumni Pricey, but first rate.   READ MORE Alumni Cafeteria is extremely over-priced and the food, lackluster on a good day. Dorms are cramped to the point of insanity and old and gloomy. Like doe...   READ MORE Status Social Life Survey Excerpts Alumni Fairly active. It's in Boston, for goodness sakes.    READ MORE Alumni Cambridge is a fun college town and Boston a fun large city -- each has all the social and cultural options you would expect. There are enough pe...   READ MORE Alumni The full range exists.   READ MORE Alumni Abysmal. The students here are frigid. You'll make few friends and plenty of enemies. Everyone is so petty and jealous and insecure. The dog-eat-d...   READ MORE Unlike the student feedback contained in Vault's School Series (Vault Buzz Books), survey information in our student and alumni surveys is not independently verified by Vault's reporters. For verified information on education programs, please see the Vault Law School Buzz Book. More at Vault:   INDUSTRIES  ||  CAREER TOPICS  ||  COMPANIES  ||  RESEARCH  ||  JOBS

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