Help! Washington & Lee $$$ vs. Cornell Sticker Forum
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Help! Washington & Lee $$$ vs. Cornell Sticker
Maybe it's a dumb question, but, given the choice between a 2/3rds scholarship at Washington & Lee vs. sticker price at Cornell, what choice would you make?
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I'd think it depends a lot on where you want to practice.
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Thanks, I probably should have specified that. Probably the DC/Balt area. The only other option would be NYC.342848386278 wrote:I'd think it depends a lot on where you want to practice.
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Do you want BigLaw? If so, Cornell.
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- im_blue
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I'd take Cornell with $200k loans over W&L with $100k loans.
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+1, especially if practicing in NY is a possibility.im_blue wrote:I'd take Cornell with $200k loans over W&L with $100k loans.
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I know it's easy to get carried away with rankings (especially on this site), but I think it would be a mistake to ignore 2/3 scholarship. This is the difference between spending $40,000 versus $120,000 on law school.
W&L is a good school, though not a T14. If you want to practice in the Balt/D.C. area, try this: Go to the Web sites of several firms where you think you might want to work. Most will let you look up lawyers by the school they attended. Plug in W&L and see what you get.
Also, if W&L is giving you money, they must think you are a very strong candidate. I think being on the law review and in the top of your class would make you a strong candidate for all kinds of jobs.
W&L is a good school, though not a T14. If you want to practice in the Balt/D.C. area, try this: Go to the Web sites of several firms where you think you might want to work. Most will let you look up lawyers by the school they attended. Plug in W&L and see what you get.
Also, if W&L is giving you money, they must think you are a very strong candidate. I think being on the law review and in the top of your class would make you a strong candidate for all kinds of jobs.
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Going to law school expecting to/planning to/relying on being top of your class is a recipe for disaster.legalfingerscrossed wrote:Also, if W&L is giving you money, they must think you are a very strong candidate. I think being on the law review and in the top of your class would make you a strong candidate for all kinds of jobs.
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ThisTipTravHoot wrote:Going to law school expecting to/planning to/relying on being top of your class is a recipe for disaster.legalfingerscrossed wrote:Also, if W&L is giving you money, they must think you are a very strong candidate. I think being on the law review and in the top of your class would make you a strong candidate for all kinds of jobs.
OP, is there a grade req. on that W&L scholarship?
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Have you gotten into Cornell or is this a hypo? I would think if you had the numbers to get into Cornell you would get a full ride at W&L. I got nearly a full ride at W&L but was rejected at Cornell is why I say that.
With that said I would probably go to Cornell. That is not saying W&L is not a great school, it's reputation just isn't on par with Cornell's.
With that said I would probably go to Cornell. That is not saying W&L is not a great school, it's reputation just isn't on par with Cornell's.
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I think it's 3.0, but W&L has a high curve (3.335). Somewhere I read over 80% of people maintain their scholarship for all three years at W&L.kittenmittons wrote:ThisTipTravHoot wrote:Going to law school expecting to/planning to/relying on being top of your class is a recipe for disaster.legalfingerscrossed wrote:Also, if W&L is giving you money, they must think you are a very strong candidate. I think being on the law review and in the top of your class would make you a strong candidate for all kinds of jobs.
OP, is there a grade req. on that W&L scholarship?
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I believe that it is 80% of people maintain at least a 3.0 (you have to consider that some of these 20% that don't may not have received scholarships).LSATfromNC wrote:I think it's 3.0, but W&L has a high curve (3.335). Somewhere I read over 80% of people maintain their scholarship for all three years at W&L.kittenmittons wrote:ThisTipTravHoot wrote:Going to law school expecting to/planning to/relying on being top of your class is a recipe for disaster.legalfingerscrossed wrote:Also, if W&L is giving you money, they must think you are a very strong candidate. I think being on the law review and in the top of your class would make you a strong candidate for all kinds of jobs.
OP, is there a grade req. on that W&L scholarship?
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Thanks for all of the input everyone. I think that the issue in essence is whether or not Cornell is worth the substantially greater debt I would incur for the leap into T14-dom. I'd say with all thing considered at W & L, my debt after graduation would be $40k to $50k. At Cornell, I think the figure would be $120k to $150k.
If anyone else still wants to chime in, my interests are in international law and policy, although I am aware that that is extremely vague. So is the $80,000 to $100,000 in increased debt worth the jump up to Cornell?
To whoever asked, the scholly requirement is a 3.0.
And to whoever commented about the Cornell aspect being hypothetical, you're spot on. I'm just assuming that if I get in to Cornell, it'd be a sticker price. But I haven't gotten into Cornell yet (maybe I won't).
Thanks again for all of the help and I'd appreciate any more.
If anyone else still wants to chime in, my interests are in international law and policy, although I am aware that that is extremely vague. So is the $80,000 to $100,000 in increased debt worth the jump up to Cornell?
To whoever asked, the scholly requirement is a 3.0.
And to whoever commented about the Cornell aspect being hypothetical, you're spot on. I'm just assuming that if I get in to Cornell, it'd be a sticker price. But I haven't gotten into Cornell yet (maybe I won't).
Thanks again for all of the help and I'd appreciate any more.
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Cornell, especially for international law and policy
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Don't go to corny Corney. It's screaming to the World I couldn't get into the better Ivy League institutions so I went to the school of Alan Keyes.
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haha, Cornell, easy choice.
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- wakefield
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Cornell's tuition is something like $48k per year - you'd be closer to 200k in debt, I think.cpboy77 wrote:Thanks for all of the input everyone. I think that the issue in essence is whether or not Cornell is worth the substantially greater debt I would incur for the leap into T14-dom. I'd say with all thing considered at W & L, my debt after graduation would be $40k to $50k. At Cornell, I think the figure would be $120k to $150k.
If anyone else still wants to chime in, my interests are in international law and policy, although I am aware that that is extremely vague. So is the $80,000 to $100,000 in increased debt worth the jump up to Cornell?
To whoever asked, the scholly requirement is a 3.0.
And to whoever commented about the Cornell aspect being hypothetical, you're spot on. I'm just assuming that if I get in to Cornell, it'd be a sticker price. But I haven't gotten into Cornell yet (maybe I won't).
Thanks again for all of the help and I'd appreciate any more.
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Yeah, but it's Canadian money j/kwakefield wrote:Cornell's tuition is something like $48k per year - you'd be closer to 200k in debt, I think.cpboy77 wrote:Thanks for all of the input everyone. I think that the issue in essence is whether or not Cornell is worth the substantially greater debt I would incur for the leap into T14-dom. I'd say with all thing considered at W & L, my debt after graduation would be $40k to $50k. At Cornell, I think the figure would be $120k to $150k.
If anyone else still wants to chime in, my interests are in international law and policy, although I am aware that that is extremely vague. So is the $80,000 to $100,000 in increased debt worth the jump up to Cornell?
To whoever asked, the scholly requirement is a 3.0.
And to whoever commented about the Cornell aspect being hypothetical, you're spot on. I'm just assuming that if I get in to Cornell, it'd be a sticker price. But I haven't gotten into Cornell yet (maybe I won't).
Thanks again for all of the help and I'd appreciate any more.
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What?crm wrote:Cornell, especially for international law and policy
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