NYU vs. Columbia vs. Chicago ($) for a future prosecutor Forum
- thunderflesh
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NYU vs. Columbia vs. Chicago ($) for a future prosecutor
I'll keep this pithy: I got into all of CCN. I want to be a prosecutor, so I've been assuming that I'll be taking advantage of LRAP. Given that Columbia and NYU's LRAP programs are better than Chicago's, I'd narrowed my choices down to CLS and NYU.
Then today Chicago e-mailed me with a $21,000 scholarship ($7,000 / year). How much should this change things?
Then today Chicago e-mailed me with a $21,000 scholarship ($7,000 / year). How much should this change things?
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- Law Sauce
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Re: NYU vs. Columbia vs. Chicago ($) for a future prosecutor
it would change things for me, but since you are set on LRAP, decide based on which is best. 7 a year doesn't change it all that much since a good LRAP should eliminate much more than 21 thousand after your 10 years or whatever. Pick the school you like the best.
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Re: NYU vs. Columbia vs. Chicago ($) for a future prosecutor
If you like NYU or Columbia better, and they don't initially give you financial aid, ask them to match Chicago's offer.
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Re: NYU vs. Columbia vs. Chicago ($) for a future prosecutor
i'd go to columbia just for its all around awesomeness, but i'm a snob. i don't think 21,000 is a dealbreaker, though it is nice
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Re: NYU vs. Columbia vs. Chicago ($) for a future prosecutor
Agreed, but I'm biased.paulinaporizkova wrote:i'd go to columbia just for its all around awesomeness, but i'm a snob. i don't think 21,000 is a dealbreaker, though it is nice
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Re: NYU vs. Columbia vs. Chicago ($) for a future prosecutor
$21,000 a year, then consider Chicago, but for $7,000 a year select either NYU or Columbia depending upon which feels better to you.
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Re: NYU vs. Columbia vs. Chicago ($) for a future prosecutor
Edited OP to clarify; it's 21K total, 7K a year.CanadianWolf wrote:$21,000 a year, then consider Chicago, but for $7,000 a year select either NYU or Columbia depending upon which feels better to you.
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Re: NYU vs. Columbia vs. Chicago ($) for a future prosecutor
I've thought about asking CLS to match, but I'm not sure I have a very strong bargaining position at 172/3.63. As it is, I'm a pretty marginal candidate numbers wise, at all three schools (I suspect my softs were what got me into CLS/NYU; I'm not a URM).stayingclassy wrote:If you like NYU or Columbia better, and they don't initially give you financial aid, ask them to match Chicago's offer.
But I suppose that it never hurts to ask, right?
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Re: NYU vs. Columbia vs. Chicago ($) for a future prosecutor
I think Chicago's CoL is lower, so you'd be saving ~$13k a year (edit: I thought the gap was wider). That being said, I still took less $$ at CLS over Chicago.
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Re: NYU vs. Columbia vs. Chicago ($) for a future prosecutor
7k/yr on the front side isn't enough to make up for the much better LRAP at both NYU and CLS.
(TBF, I'm also biased--I hated UChi when I visited)
(TBF, I'm also biased--I hated UChi when I visited)
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Re: NYU vs. Columbia vs. Chicago ($) for a future prosecutor
I am very interested in this issue also.Renzo wrote:7k/yr on the front side isn't enough to make up for the much better LRAP at both NYU and CLS.
(TBF, I'm also biased--I hated UChi when I visited)
Would $ 75,000 from Chicago be enough to tip the scales? Haven't gotten money from NYU or CLS yet but don't expect as much as Chicago was good enough to give me. Appreciate your thoughts
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Re: NYU vs. Columbia vs. Chicago ($) for a future prosecutor
Depends how much you plan to borrow, and how sure you are that you're going to take a low-paying public interest job. NYU and CLS will both repay more loans, but you'll have less loans in the first place with that scholly, and if you end up in a federal job or in private practice, you'd be glad you took the scholarship.bellamy wrote:I am very interested in this issue also.Renzo wrote:7k/yr on the front side isn't enough to make up for the much better LRAP at both NYU and CLS.
(TBF, I'm also biased--I hated UChi when I visited)
Would $ 75,000 from Chicago be enough to tip the scales? Haven't gotten money from NYU or CLS yet but don't expect as much as Chicago was good enough to give me. Appreciate your thoughts
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