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Hi, this is my first post here on TLS. I am currently in a dilemma and desperately seeking advice regarding which school would be a better chocie.

I have been accepted to University of San Diego and Chapman. Chapman has given me a very generous scholarship worth 80% of the tuition; however, USD is considerably higher in rank, which would open up BigLaw possibilities. I would like to work in Orange County eventually, which may or may not be relevant to this decision. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I would love to go to USD. However, take the $$$.

Chapman. They are up and coming and will be really helpful when getting an OC job.

Take the scholarship at Chapman. It's a good school located in the region where you ultimately want to work. Big Law may not be a strong possibility from Chapman, but it probably wasn't a strong possibility from USD either.

Thanks for the advice, everyone. I greatly appreciate the thoughtful responses. They have been very helpful and informative.

If anyone has additional information or suggestions, please share. Comments are welcomed.

Take the scholarship hands down. USD is a good school too but is not going to offer you much of a chance at big law either. You got to go to USC/UCLA/Stanford/Boalt for that.