Where to ED
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:45 pm
I have a 159, with a 3.68 and good softs, LORs, and a good personal statement. However, I do not know where to ED to this cycle. Would ND be a bad option? Any advice would be great!
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ND at sticker can be risky, with ND not being as much of a biglaw feeder as it was (23% I think?). This depends on your debt aversion though.At all? Why is that?
TCRbport hopeful wrote:Because its usually a binding agreement, and your LSAT isnt that strong, so youre going to end up getting stuck at a school with no money when you could potentially go to a slightly lower ranked school with money that has almost identical placement stats.
In most cases, going to the best school you can get into is a bad idea.CPM723 wrote:I am not a URM, and I am not too debt averse. I just wonder what the best ranked school I can get into with my numbers and possibly ED.
You need to apply to some TTs as well. Your LSAT is just simply not going to do you any favors in the top tier. I got dinged at IUB with a 166.top30man wrote:I would just blanket the Midwest/South t25-t50 without ed'ing necessarily. Im thinking schools like W&L, IU-B, SMU etc. See about $$$ to each.
If the placement difference isn't just marginal it is absolutely worth swallowing the debt to go to the best school you can.bport hopeful wrote:Because taking on huge amounts of debt at the best school you get into isnt better than going for cheap to a school with only marginally worse placement statistics
Also, this is bad adviceYou need to apply to some TTs as well. Your LSAT is just simply not going to do you any favors in the top tier. I got dinged at IUB with a 166.top30man wrote:I would just blanket the Midwest/South t25-t50 without ed'ing necessarily. Im thinking schools like W&L, IU-B, SMU etc. See about $$$ to each.
Why would you want to go to a TTT in such a saturated market? With your numbers I would at least shoot for a region not so utterly flooded with fresh faced law grads looking to do anything to find a gig.CPM723 wrote:I go to school in the midwest and live in the south. While I have considered taking a year off, I do not think I will do it. I have no desire for biglaw. I want to become an ADA after law school. I of course am applying to some 2nd tier schools, I have no doubts about the quality of my score, and know that I am not t-14 bound. However, would Loyola-Chicago be out of reach?
This is only true if the best school you can get into is in the top 20, and this isnt the case.L_SATire wrote:If the placement difference isn't just marginal it is absolutely worth swallowing the debt to go to the best school you can.bport hopeful wrote:Because taking on huge amounts of debt at the best school you get into isnt better than going for cheap to a school with only marginally worse placement statistics
Also, this is bad adviceYou need to apply to some TTs as well. Your LSAT is just simply not going to do you any favors in the top tier. I got dinged at IUB with a 166.top30man wrote:I would just blanket the Midwest/South t25-t50 without ed'ing necessarily. Im thinking schools like W&L, IU-B, SMU etc. See about $$$ to each.
I'm pretty sure that in the event that placement is better, even outside of the top 20 you should swallow the debt. It makes the difference of what market you'll ultimately end up in. Of course, this doesn't factor in as much since CPM doesn't want biglaw. If he did, it absolutely would. You can't deny that.bport hopeful wrote:This is only true if the best school you can get into is in the top 20, and this isnt the case.L_SATire wrote:If the placement difference isn't just marginal it is absolutely worth swallowing the debt to go to the best school you can.bport hopeful wrote:Because taking on huge amounts of debt at the best school you get into isnt better than going for cheap to a school with only marginally worse placement statistics
Also, this is bad adviceYou need to apply to some TTs as well. Your LSAT is just simply not going to do you any favors in the top tier. I got dinged at IUB with a 166.top30man wrote:I would just blanket the Midwest/South t25-t50 without ed'ing necessarily. Im thinking schools like W&L, IU-B, SMU etc. See about $$$ to each.
Im super surprised that this was only your second post, considering all the wisdom in it.L_SATire wrote: I'm pretty sure that in the event that placement is better, even outside of the top 20 you should swallow the debt. It makes the difference of what market you'll ultimately end up in. Of course, this doesn't factor in as much since CPM doesn't want biglaw. If he did, it absolutely would. You can't deny that.