Perfect day to get this letter
October 8th, 2010 at 1:46 PM ^
Well done.
October 8th, 2010 at 1:52 PM ^
No reason to attend the Detroit College of Law (no, it will never be MSU law school). There's many other decent law schools across the country to attend. I know, from experience.
October 8th, 2010 at 1:51 PM ^
You might want to move the letter off of the wood desk before setting fire to it.
October 8th, 2010 at 10:50 PM ^
Damn, burn.
October 8th, 2010 at 1:46 PM ^
thats a waste of 35 dollars.
October 8th, 2010 at 1:47 PM ^
Why did you apply if you weren't planning to ever attend? Don't get me wrong, Whoo and all that, but DG got a letter because he is awesome. Unless you are the lawyer equivalent of DG at football, I'm not clear.
October 8th, 2010 at 1:50 PM ^
You do realize how much people get spammed before applying to college, right? I probably got at least one letter from MSU, OSU, ND, etc. They all went straight to the trash, of course.
October 8th, 2010 at 1:56 PM ^
When I got into MLaw, I rescinded all my outstanding apps. Might be the same deal.
October 8th, 2010 at 5:17 PM ^
ignore, comment deleted.
October 8th, 2010 at 6:29 PM ^
It could be that MSU was his safety school and he got into UMich :)
October 8th, 2010 at 1:47 PM ^
Good choice. I can't imagine learning law from a picture book would be very effective.
October 8th, 2010 at 3:40 PM ^
They've supplemented the material with multiple viewings of Legally Blonde 1 and 2.
October 8th, 2010 at 1:48 PM ^
Did not apply. Received this letter as an inquiry of interest on their part. Definitely not my doing.
October 8th, 2010 at 1:49 PM ^
Very good then!
October 8th, 2010 at 1:52 PM ^
I'm insulted that you think I would ever apply to that garbage school!
October 8th, 2010 at 1:51 PM ^
I got mail from Sparty before I started applying. They sent me an application fee waiver or something promotional. So it might not be a waste of money.
Edit: this was supposed to be a reply to Blazefire above.
October 8th, 2010 at 1:51 PM ^
you burned the letter as if it were a redshirt?
i'm confused
October 8th, 2010 at 1:53 PM ^
I recall a picture of DG burning an Ohio State envelope and posting it during his recruitment.
October 8th, 2010 at 1:53 PM ^
I do believe. Come on as a mod you should know this ;)
October 8th, 2010 at 1:55 PM ^
Didn't Gardner burn his MSU offer?
October 8th, 2010 at 2:00 PM ^
Maybe but here's the OSU image:
October 8th, 2010 at 3:42 PM ^
God I love this team
October 8th, 2010 at 4:20 PM ^
Sheesh, and some people(not on this board) were worried with RR coming in that this team would lose it's rivalry edge. NO WAY JOSE!
October 8th, 2010 at 1:52 PM ^
Looks like a MySpace Angle to me.
(jokes; queme las cartas*, my friends)
* - dunno if correct; took Latin, not Spanish.
October 8th, 2010 at 1:59 PM ^
Ha! I got one of those too. "we want to wish you the best of luck during your upcoming application cycle and hope that you consider MSU law as a possible destination." Or some crap like that.
October 8th, 2010 at 2:00 PM ^
It was either that or burn couches for the next several years.
Couches, ladies and gentlemen.
October 8th, 2010 at 2:57 PM ^
what have the couches ever done to East Lansing to deserve such treatment?
October 8th, 2010 at 2:06 PM ^
I sent back the college recruiting letter I got from Ohio State return-to-sender. Included a nice note on the back of the envelope telling them where they could put it.
October 8th, 2010 at 2:09 PM ^
Hah, I threw away my MSU letter immediately when I was in high school. I didn't know I'd be accepted to UM yet, but I was ready to go anywhere else.
October 8th, 2010 at 2:38 PM ^
Wish I could have done the same to my MSU Law letter. Unfortunately, I'm now a 1L at MSU. It's a daily reminder that I should have studied harder during my time at Michigan. I still consider it a private school that just shares the MSU name and resources, as do many others. I also tell myself that despite the 'MSU' name attached to it, it is still a decent school. Not everyone can get into Michigan Law, and for those that don't but want to stay in the state of Michigan, MSU Law ≥ Wayne State, and for me, Okemos > Detroit.
October 8th, 2010 at 2:53 PM ^
If you bust your butt and are near the top of your class, you can transfer to M. Michigan takes a decent number of transfer students, but they're usually good students from laterally ranked schools, or the top of the class variety.
October 8th, 2010 at 5:22 PM ^
and I plan on applying to transfer this spring.
October 8th, 2010 at 3:33 PM ^
that you think Okemos is better than Detroit. This could very well be my homerism because I'm from Detroit and love the city, but I don't consider them in the same league. But to each his own.
October 8th, 2010 at 3:46 PM ^
Of course Okemos>Detroit. All Detroit has is the Red Wings, Tigers, Lions, their various stadiums, a bunch of restaurants, the DSO, and a couple of colleges. Meanwhile, Okemos has, uh.... uh.... uh......
Well, Okemos is still > Detroit.
October 8th, 2010 at 4:28 PM ^
Is MSU Law > Wayne State? I was always under the impression that Wayne State's Law School was held in high regard w/in the state.
October 8th, 2010 at 5:41 PM ^
I suppose I should clarify; living in Okemos > commuting to Detroit for class every day. Most WSU law students, according to their Student Affairs office, drive 20-40 minutes to school each day from the surrounding suburbs, as decent housing nearby can be expensive/difficult to find. So in that regard, Okemos was more appealing than Detroit.
As far as MSU law ≥ Wayne, I guess it depends on who you ask. After doing a good deal of research, visiting both schools, and talking to alums, I got the impression that MSU was at least as good as Wayne, and continuing to Improve. MSU did have the highest Michigan Bar passage rate out of all the Michigan schools this past summer, fwiw. Plus, over half of my Professors this semester are Michigan and Michigan Law graduates themselves, so it can't be all bad, right?
October 8th, 2010 at 5:49 PM ^
Being a Law Prof is such a sweet gig. "Teach a class, publish a little and make a lot of money. Going to an elite law school (think Harvard, Yale, Michigan, NYU) is pretty much a pre-req for becoming one. That and having a high class rank.
October 8th, 2010 at 6:18 PM ^
PANCHERO'S! FTW!
October 9th, 2010 at 3:16 AM ^
October 8th, 2010 at 2:41 PM ^
Fallback school.
October 8th, 2010 at 3:06 PM ^
Number of MSU Law grads in my firm, internationally: 1
October 8th, 2010 at 4:31 PM ^
Burning a MSU Law Admittance letter AND a Lloyd Brady Avatar? You sir... you win.
October 8th, 2010 at 5:20 PM ^
When applying for my residency, I applied to OSU among many other places (around 65). I got an interview offer from them, scheduled it, then never showed up for it. Not exactly a professional thing to do, but oh well :)
October 8th, 2010 at 7:29 PM ^
i sent Braxton Miller a $1,000 check with a letter expressing my interest in representing him in negotiations with the NFL once he leaves OSU. If he cashes it, we're golden in 2012!