George Washington v. Washington and Lee Forum

[DogSitting]

Perfect!

Thanks!

[DogSitting]

George Mason just offered me a scholarship!!! My tuition would only be $5k a year....

[lavarman84]

Wait out this admissions cycle and retake the LSAT.

[20170322]

George Mason just offered me a scholarship!!! My tuition would only be $5k a year....

Are you only considering schools with "George" or "Washington" in the name?

[DogSitting]

Wait out this admissions cycle and retake the LSAT.

Lmao

[cavalier1138]

Wait out this admissions cycle and retake the LSAT.

Lmao

I love that you still think this advice isn't serious.

[Thomas Hagan, ESQ.]

W&L 100%.

Even if it were GULC at sticker and William and Mary with your W&L scholarship, I would still tell you to avoid paying full price.

GW is a great school but definitely not worth putting yourself $300,000+ in debt upon graduation.

[poptart123]

Thanks. I actually had looked up the cost of attendance of Washington and Lee previously. A decent legal education that will enable me to graduate with a less than $100k still seems like a great option. Especially with how solid the Washington and Lee alumni network is in the D.C. area. The thing about cost of attendance is that you have a lot of wiggle room in keeping costs down. George Washington for instance calculates $1,900 a month for rooming based on their on-campus rates. However, you can easily and assuredly find a place for much cheaper than that, potentially knocking out as much as $10k a year in expenses.

10K for DC will likely mean living outside the city with a commute and multiple roommates fyi

[DogSitting]

I love how you still think I might listen to your crappy advice

Wait out this admissions cycle and retake the LSAT.

Lmao

I love that you still think this advice isn't serious.

[DogSitting]

Thank you so much for your thoughts!

W&L 100%.

Even if it were GULC at sticker and William and Mary with your W&L scholarship, I would still tell you to avoid paying full price.

GW is a great school but definitely not worth putting yourself $300,000+ in debt upon graduation.

[cavalier1138]

I move that the OP to check back in after OCI at W&L to let everyone know about his awesome biglaw SA.

[Thomas Hagan, ESQ.]

I move that the OP to check back in after OCI at W&L to let everyone know about his awesome biglaw SA.

Not everyone goes to law school looking to do Biglaw.
If OP want's to do Biglaw, then I'll agree with you 100%

[cavalier1138]

I move that the OP to check back in after OCI at W&L to let everyone know about his awesome biglaw SA.

Not everyone goes to law school looking to do Biglaw.
If OP want's to do Biglaw, then I'll agree with you 100%

This OP has skirted the issue, but the repeated references to how it can't just be the T14 that gets people biglaw jobs and the "good salary" talk makes it pretty clear what their goals are.

[trebekismyhero]

To echo what someone else said, you should apply to UIUC. With a 168 you would almost certainly get a full ride and have a way better shot at big law in Chicago than you would DC big law from W&L and Chicago is a city you listed. At the very least it would be good leverage for getting additional money from other schools. For having 5 years to plan, your applications seem kind of haphazard.

[guynourmin]

To echo what someone else said, you should apply to UIUC. With a 168 you would almost certainly get a full ride and have a way better shot at big law in Chicago than you would DC big law from W&L and Chicago is a city you listed. At the very least it would be good leverage for getting additional money from other schools. For having 5 years to plan, your applications seem kind of haphazard.

this is the second best advice you have received in this thread (behind retake). Since you're not retaking, you should apply to Illinois immediately. It will give you a better chance at biglaw than either w&l or george mason and will be as cheap or cheaper than mason.

[DogSitting]

I move that the OP to check back in after OCI at W&L to let everyone know about his awesome biglaw SA.

Not everyone goes to law school looking to do Biglaw.
If OP want's to do Biglaw, then I'll agree with you 100%

People are obsessed with BigLaw here. Lol. I mentioned I would at least like the possibility of competing for a BigLaw job and people jumped on that. There are plenty of jobs that offer good salaries without being BigLaw. I'm just not so interested in public service type jobs necessarily.

My big pull towards George Mason now that I've been offered such a big scholarship is the ability to network a bit while in school and also the fact I would have an absurd burden of debt upon graduation. I've definitely switched my gears toward George Mason now because of their offer. They have solid employment statistics and it seems like hard work can get you a decent job from here.

Thanks for your level minded input! I really appreciate hearing that

[lavarman84]

I love how you still think I might listen to your crappy advice

Wait out this admissions cycle and retake the LSAT.

Lmao

I love that you still think this advice isn't serious.

But you've given the same advice that you call "crappy" to other people in this forum. Why is it crappy for you but good for them?

[DogSitting]

Just trolling at that point to prove how crappy such advice is.

I love how you still think I might listen to your crappy advice

Wait out this admissions cycle and retake the LSAT.

Lmao

I love that you still think this advice isn't serious.

But you've given the same advice that you call "crappy" to other people in this forum. Why is it crappy for you but good for them?

[cavalier1138]

...it seems like hard work can get you a decent job from here.

For the benefit of others (since you're clearly only reading the posts that seem to fall in line with your insane worldview): this is not how it works. You can work as hard as you like at George Mason, but if you don't have the grades or connections, you won't get that decent job (at least not by your standards of getting a job with a good salary).

[DogSitting]

Thanks buddy

...it seems like hard work can get you a decent job from here.

For the benefit of others (since you're clearly only reading the posts that seem to fall in line with your insane worldview): this is not how it works. You can work as hard as you like at George Mason, but if you don't have the grades or connections, you won't get that decent job (at least not by your standards of getting a job with a good salary).

[amta]

1) has someone linked the trap school article yet?
2) stop complaining after opening yourself up.
3) rigo is very correct about WUSTL

[timbs4339]

What do you mean by good salary?

[DogSitting]

What do you mean by good salary?

$70k would bring contentment. Haha

[UVA2B]

What do you mean by good salary?

$70k would bring contentment. Haha

That sounds reasonable in theory, but then when you consider the bimodal nature of legal hiring, it's not particularly likely from anywhere. Hopefully this NALP related data gives you pause, because it should. There are peaks at $160k (presumably will be at $180k for the next classes with last summer's bump), and ~$45k which are likely public defenders, small firms, etc. This is The Nature of the Legal Profession, and that's why you should look at the employment numbers of a given school through that lens, meaning Biglaw will get you significantly more than your goal of $70k, while other work like small firm, government, etc. will likely be closer to that $45k peak. This is our reality.



http://www.nalp.org/class_of_2014_salary_curve

[DogSitting]

Thanks a lot. I'll be looking more into that

What do you mean by good salary?

$70k would bring contentment. Haha

That sounds reasonable in theory, but then when you consider the bimodal nature of legal hiring, it's not particularly likely from anywhere. Hopefully this NALP related data gives you pause, because it should. There are peaks at $160k (presumably will be at $180k for the next classes with last summer's bump), and ~$45k which are likely public defenders, small firms, etc. This is the nature of the legal profession, and that's why you should look at the employment numbers of a given school through that lens, meaning Biglaw will get you significantly more than your goal of $70k, while other work like small firm, government, etc. will likely be closer to that $45k peak. This is our reality.



http://www.nalp.org/class_of_2014_salary_curve