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    #31
    Originally posted by Dhavlos

    Dont know much about US universities apart from the ones everyone has heard of like Harvard. Is Chicago an Ivy League school (plus what does Ivy League actually mean)?
    I got a conditional offer from LSE for Economics.

    Chicago is not an Ivy! Ivy League is technically an athletic conference consisting of eight schools (Harvard, Yale, Brown, Cornell, U.Penn, Columbia, Dartmouth and Princeton). But with time, it has developed into a loose term to describe the top schools in the States.

    Below is a recently released rankings of the top US universities by US News Report. These rankings are very controversial, but still important enough to make national news:

    As you can see, Chicago always makes the top 10!

    BEST UNIVERSITIES

    1. Princeton University(NJ)
    2. Harvard University(MA)
    3. Yale University(CT)
    4. California Institute of Technology
    4. Stanford University(CA)
    4. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
    7. University of Pennsylvania
    8. Duke University(NC)
    9. Columbia University(NY)
    9. University of Chicago
    9. Dartmouth College(NH)

    BEST BUSINESS SCHOOLS

    1. Harvard University (MA)
    2. Stanford University (CA)
    3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
    4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
    5. Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)
    6. Columbia University (NY)
    6. University of Chicago
    8. University of California – Berkeley (Haas)
    9. Dartmouth College (Tuck) (NH)
    10. University of Michigan Ann Arbor

    BEST LAW SCHOOLS

    1. Yale University (CT)
    2. Harvard University (MA)
    3. Stanford University (CA)
    4. Columbia University (NY)
    5. New York University
    6. University of Chicago
    7. University of Pennsylvania
    8. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
    8. University of Virginia
    10. Northwestern University (IL)

    BEST ECONOMICS PH.D PROGRAMS

    1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    1. University of Chicago
    3. Harvard University (MA)
    3. Princeton University (NJ)
    3. Stanford University (CA)
    3. University of California Berkeley
    7. Yale University (CT)
    8. Northwestern University (IL)
    9. University of Pennsylvania
    10. University of California San Diego
    "In fact I’m going to make a promise which will be welcomed by many. If there’s no finance secured by the opening day of the season, I’m going to hang up my keyboard and close KOPTALK down."

    Duncan Oldham, March 29th 2006

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      #32
      Originally posted by Dhavlos
      THE legendary Gandhi studied law there in my old faculty.
      You studied law?

      Are you a lawyer?
      "In fact I’m going to make a promise which will be welcomed by many. If there’s no finance secured by the opening day of the season, I’m going to hang up my keyboard and close KOPTALK down."

      Duncan Oldham, March 29th 2006

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        #33
        Originally posted by univofchicago
        You studied law?

        Are you a lawyer?
        Yeah, trainee solicitor.

        Used to be a teacher - it sucked.
        White liquid in a bottle = Milk

        Purslow = C*nt

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          #34
          Originally posted by univofchicago
          I got a conditional offer from LSE for Economics.
          On Koptalk we used to have a great smiley for such an occasion, it used to go something like this -

          :upyours:

          White liquid in a bottle = Milk

          Purslow = C*nt

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            #35
            Originally posted by Dhavlos
            Yeah, trainee solicitor.

            Used to be a teacher - it sucked.
            You know, a blog called Insider-Insider is looking for a lawyer...

            Any interest in helping them out?
            "In fact I’m going to make a promise which will be welcomed by many. If there’s no finance secured by the opening day of the season, I’m going to hang up my keyboard and close KOPTALK down."

            Duncan Oldham, March 29th 2006

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              #36
              Originally posted by univofchicago
              You know, a blog called Insider-Insider is looking for a lawyer...

              Any interest in helping them out?
              ]

              Erm, not sure how much help I can be.

              My experience has been mainly in commercial property.
              White liquid in a bottle = Milk

              Purslow = C*nt

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                #37
                Originally posted by Dhavlos

                Erm, not sure how much help I can be.

                My experience has been mainly in commercial property.
                Excellent! That is just what the blog needed

                Take a look at this: Koptalk Swan Avenue

                I am sure one of the contributors will welcome your expertise

                Now get rid of that shed!!
                "In fact I’m going to make a promise which will be welcomed by many. If there’s no finance secured by the opening day of the season, I’m going to hang up my keyboard and close KOPTALK down."

                Duncan Oldham, March 29th 2006

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