The firm I'm currently interning at has 3 jindal folks who think they are much better than everyone because they're rich. Their work product is absolutely shit and like all jindal kids they're pretty much incompetent and super dumb. They're only well spoken, otherwise they are not good at anything.
Irks me a lot. They keeping saying we left NLUO, etc for jindal which is pretty stupid thing to do..
When you make generalisations such as "all Jindal kids are incompetent and super dumb", you reveal your insecurity and inadequacies rather than theirs. The sooner you figure that out, the quicker you would be able to shut them out and focus on your work.
As a Jindal kid, who is extremely middle-class but is doing decently well there- I just got my first T-1 internship for the first time for the coming summer. Whereas, a number of my own peers, with the worst grades, have been interning at T1s since their 2nd semester and I have been at a variety of T2-T3 firms, despite having a better CV. That said, I would not agree that Jindal kids are dumb AT ALL, at least a majority of them are not and we have some of the most passionate and driven students here. More so, in my 4 years at law school i have not come across a single JGLS kid at all who has put someone down relating to the status of their wealth. This is something I will vehemently defend. You may very well be smarter than them, I will not even argue that- but I highly doubt that JGLS folks overall are dumb or snobbish.
However, OP your experience could be completely different and in that case I feel for you.
I’m from Jindal. I study at the college on a scholarship (wouldn’t have been able to afford it otherwise). I hear you. Atleast half of my peers at jindal are quite literally, incompetent - not because they don’t have the skills but because they’d rather party and have a fun college life because of their privilege. Which is also fair, the end goal for everyone is to just be happy anyways, if your privilege allows that without you struggling initially, good for you! At same time however, there are also kids like me who work their asses off, have no connections in the field and chose Jindal only because they missed the top 5 nlu’s by a few ranks (general category and from a small town so no reservation - either caste based or domicile). We study, write, compete and win competitions. We network at conferences. We work our asses off at law firms to get call backs. We try different ways to make money and take care of our own expenses because we’re already extremely guilty of making our parents pay so much.
At the same time however, we are constantly badgered with the label ‘privileged and smug Jindal kid’. We get fomo when we see our friends partying and spending lavishly, but we can’t. We look at our friends sail through life with easy tier 1 internships through contacts while we keep applying to hundreds of firms. We get into places on our own merit. We’re also ‘jiggles’. And we’re not for one second ashamed of it.
Jindal allowed me to access to the best of professors, whose impact has defined my career trajectory and choices. I’ve been exposed to disciplines such as psych, architecture, liberal arts, and economics which has allowed me to think way beyond the eco-chamber of law. I’m sure your co interns are entitled but they’d have been that way notwithstanding their college. I have friends from Jindal and Ashoka who are insanely rich but are the nicest most humble people and have NEVER made me feel anything less than equal. While at the same time, I have cocky friends from both Jindal and T1 NLU’s who think they’re the shit. I understand the temptation to generalise and make it a tribalistic war between colleges - but maybe judge an individual by their merit and character and not their college, city, race, colour, caste and other random group identities. I agree that getting into Jindal is much easier than getting into an NLU, and honestly, NLU people deserve the praise for cracking a pretty hard exam. But beyond that, at the end of the day it’s just a college - Jindal and NLS. It’s the decisions that one makes after they get into a college that matters. :)
I feel for you but the ratio of smart:dumb kids is 1:100. You might be an exception that you can change the general idea. Its sad but no matter how hard you work, no matter how smart you are you'll always have to walk an extra mile and prove that you're not like any other Jindal kid.
For eg if there are two students one from jindal and one from GLC, by default the GLC kid will have a privilege because its a fact that literally anyone can get into jindal. Last school is definitely not the only, but the first thing we look into to assess someone. Sorry but its a fsxr
It's not easy to complete with these jiggles having so many contacts. I literally saw a a LinkedIn a post where CEO of a fortune 500 company congratulated a jiggle for securing a legal internship
Be honest and tell me which T2 NLU comes anywhere close to JGLS. I don't think any NLU except NLS, Nalsar and NLU Delhi (and probably NUJS) can match the impact or influence of Jindal Global Law School.
You might met the bottom 20% kids of Jindal. The day you meet the top guys, I guarantee you won't stand anywhere.
Irks me a lot. They keeping saying we left NLUO, etc for jindal which is pretty stupid thing to do..
However, OP your experience could be completely different and in that case I feel for you.
I’m from Jindal. I study at the college on a scholarship (wouldn’t have been able to afford it otherwise). I hear you. Atleast half of my peers at jindal are quite literally, incompetent - not because they don’t have the skills but because they’d rather party and have a fun college life because of their privilege. Which is also fair, the end goal for everyone is to just be happy anyways, if your privilege allows that without you struggling initially, good for you! At same time however, there are also kids like me who work their asses off, have no connections in the field and chose Jindal only because they missed the top 5 nlu’s by a few ranks (general category and from a small town so no reservation - either caste based or domicile). We study, write, compete and win competitions. We network at conferences. We work our asses off at law firms to get call backs. We try different ways to make money and take care of our own expenses because we’re already extremely guilty of making our parents pay so much.
At the same time however, we are constantly badgered with the label ‘privileged and smug Jindal kid’. We get fomo when we see our friends partying and spending lavishly, but we can’t. We look at our friends sail through life with easy tier 1 internships through contacts while we keep applying to hundreds of firms. We get into places on our own merit. We’re also ‘jiggles’. And we’re not for one second ashamed of it.
Jindal allowed me to access to the best of professors, whose impact has defined my career trajectory and choices. I’ve been exposed to disciplines such as psych, architecture, liberal arts, and economics which has allowed me to think way beyond the eco-chamber of law. I’m sure your co interns are entitled but they’d have been that way notwithstanding their college. I have friends from Jindal and Ashoka who are insanely rich but are the nicest most humble people and have NEVER made me feel anything less than equal. While at the same time, I have cocky friends from both Jindal and T1 NLU’s who think they’re the shit. I understand the temptation to generalise and make it a tribalistic war between colleges - but maybe judge an individual by their merit and character and not their college, city, race, colour, caste and other random group identities. I agree that getting into Jindal is much easier than getting into an NLU, and honestly, NLU people deserve the praise for cracking a pretty hard exam. But beyond that, at the end of the day it’s just a college - Jindal and NLS. It’s the decisions that one makes after they get into a college that matters. :)
All the best for your internship!
For eg if there are two students one from jindal and one from GLC, by default the GLC kid will have a privilege because its a fact that literally anyone can get into jindal. Last school is definitely not the only, but the first thing we look into to assess someone. Sorry but its a fsxr
Be honest and tell me which T2 NLU comes anywhere close to JGLS. I don't think any NLU except NLS, Nalsar and NLU Delhi (and probably NUJS) can match the impact or influence of Jindal Global Law School.
You might met the bottom 20% kids of Jindal. The day you meet the top guys, I guarantee you won't stand anywhere.
Be humble my friend.