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Did anyone take CCN at sticker over lower ranked w/ scholly?

Post by docdoc » Wed May 06, 2015 2:56 pm

And if so, would you do it again? Are your outcomes significantly better than they would have been at the lower ranked school (also: are we talking MVP, lower T-14, T20, T, TT, etc.)?

CoA at NYU would be sticker.

CoA at the T20 (one of UT/UCLA/Vandy) would be about $150K (PROBABLY less since I used the school's estimates and my knowledge of the city tells me I can do it for cheaper). Its in the region I want to practice in, although I'm not obsessed with that region (as in, I'm not going to shed a tear if I don't come back). I don't have scholarship offers from any other T-14s.

I'm also a pretty serious PI gunner, so NYU's LRAP program is sexy.

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Post by TheDogWhisperer » Wed May 06, 2015 3:03 pm

no. you're the first with this dilemma. bjt seriously 150k at a top 20 is too much

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Re: Did anyone take CCN at sticker over lower ranked w/ scholly?

Post by Traynor Brah » Wed May 06, 2015 3:08 pm

150K is too much to be in debt for any of UCLA/UT/Vandy. I would vote for none of the above.

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Post by TasmanianToucan » Wed May 06, 2015 3:14 pm

If this was NYU at sticker vs. a lower T14 with $$$ we could have a real conversation, but that's not what we're talking about.

Plus you want PI.

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Post by Arboreal » Wed May 06, 2015 3:37 pm

NYU at sticker with a PI focus is maybe just barely defensible, but you better be DAMN sure you want PI. If I were in your current shoes, I would not go to law school at all.

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Re: Did anyone take CCN at sticker over lower ranked w/ scholly?

Post by BizBro » Wed May 06, 2015 7:54 pm

Arboreal wrote:NYU at sticker with a PI focus is maybe just barely defensible, but you better be DAMN sure you want PI. If I were in your current shoes, I would not go to law school at all.
I wouldn't go.

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Post by Hutz_and_Goodman » Wed May 06, 2015 8:05 pm

Lots of people have done this, almost all regret the decision

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Post by mylifeis24 » Wed May 06, 2015 8:32 pm

docdoc wrote:And if so, would you do it again? Are your outcomes significantly better than they would have been at the lower ranked school (also: are we talking MVP, lower T-14, T20, T, TT, etc.)?

CoA at NYU would be sticker.

CoA at the T20 (one of UT/UCLA/Vandy) would be about $150K (PROBABLY less since I used the school's estimates and my knowledge of the city tells me I can do it for cheaper). Its in the region I want to practice in, although I'm not obsessed with that region (as in, I'm not going to shed a tear if I don't come back). I don't have scholarship offers from any other T-14s.

I'm also a pretty serious PI gunner, so NYU's LRAP program is sexy.
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Re: Did anyone take CCN at sticker over lower ranked w/ scholly?

Post by Tiago Splitter » Thu May 07, 2015 10:17 am

Hutz_and_Goodman wrote:Lots of people have done this, almost all regret the decision
I don't know that I'd regret it if I had gone outside the T-14

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Re: Did anyone take CCN at sticker over lower ranked w/ scholly?

Post by docdoc » Thu May 07, 2015 12:09 pm

OP here.

I ended up getting a moderate scholly offer from NYU this morning, so the T20 is out, and I'm probably taking NYU.

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Re: Did anyone take CCN at sticker over lower ranked w/ scholly?

Post by PeanutsNJam » Thu May 07, 2015 1:37 pm

It's not the end of the world but you basically have to pay back a lower end Ferrari and then some, which sucks.

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Post by PariSiamo » Thu May 07, 2015 1:42 pm

PeanutsNJam wrote:It's not the end of the world but you basically have to pay back a lower end Ferrari and then some, which sucks.
Actually it doesn't seem that bad when you put it like that
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Re: Did anyone take CCN at sticker over lower ranked w/ scholly?

Post by Attax » Fri May 08, 2015 12:04 pm

PariSiamo wrote:
PeanutsNJam wrote:It's not the end of the world but you basically have to pay back a lower end Ferrari and then some, which sucks.
Actually it doesn't seem that bad when you put it like that
It does when you realize you could actually have the Ferrari instead.

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