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[rinkrat19]

NU has been telling people there's no money left for like 2 months now. It's gonna be sticker.

[Samara]

You should ask WUSTL for more money, but unless you get an obscene amount of money or you don't want biglaw, you should almost certainly go to NU.

[Icculus]

I was just admitted off the waitlist at NU, and have filled out my financial aid applications and am waiting to hear back. Wash U has given me 18k a year, so I'm not really sure what to do if NU comes back at sticker.

Should I immediately let Wash U know and ask for more money? Or should I wait until I hear from NU on any potential aid? My numbers are 170, 2.8, 4 years work experience.

Do you want the St. Louis area? Go to WUSTL.
Do you want anywhere else, like Chi or NYC? Go to NU.

And remember even with 18K/year, you're still looking at 150K+ in loans, in my opinion that 60K difference is worth the advantages NU gives you.

[Doorkeeper]

Do you want the St. Louis area? Go to WUSTL.
Do you want anywhere else, like Chi or NYC? Go to NU.

And remember even with 18K/year, you're still looking at 150K+ in loans, in my opinion that 60K difference is worth the advantages NU gives you.

This.

[Flips88]

Yet another Northwestern homer who also thinks Northwestern is worth $54k more than WUSTL

[dixon02]

Yet another Northwestern homer who also thinks Northwestern is worth $54k more than WUSTL

Either a Northwestern homer or someone with both of the following: a) access to employment and salary data and b) a high school math education

[Ohiobumpkin]

I was just admitted off the waitlist at NU, and have filled out my financial aid applications and am waiting to hear back. Wash U has given me 18k a year, so I'm not really sure what to do if NU comes back at sticker.

Should I immediately let Wash U know and ask for more money? Or should I wait until I hear from NU on any potential aid? My numbers are 170, 2.8, 4 years work experience.

Do you have connections to St. Louis? If not, I would recommend you go NU.

[CanadianWolf]

NU over WashUStL with $18,000 per year. WUSTL should increase the scholarship offer in light of the Northwestern acceptance. According to lawschoolnumbers.com, WashUStL might offer you $28,000 per year scholarship for your 170/2.8.

[3ThrowAway99]

NU. And go there even if you want to end up in St. Louis.

[3ThrowAway99]

WashUStL might offer you $28,000 per year scholarship for your 170/2.8.

With 28k scholly (and if you want to end up in St. Louis/mid-west for sure) then it is getting closer, but even then I'd probably take NU. Job prospects at NU are exponentially better than at WUSTL and NU places nationally.

[Teflon_Jeff]

NU. Need 30k+ per year to put WUSTL in the conversation.

[Icculus]

Yet another Northwestern homer who also thinks Northwestern is worth $54k more than WUSTL

And someone who asked Romo this exact same question before I made my decision to withdraw from WUSTL and ride out the wait list at NU. He told me to take WUSTL over NU only if I could negotiate the cost to no more than 100K in loans, and even then it was risky. But yes, I am biased and freely admit that.