Re: Buffalo 2010
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:27 pm
Replaced by Syracuse. lol.
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The scary thing is having students believe they are justified in paying tuition at SU. Watch the prospects talking about attending "at sticker" the up-and-coming Syracuse college of law.snowpeach06 wrote:Replaced by Syracuse. lol.
Hey! Joe Biden went there~ lolsawwaverunner wrote:The scary thing is having students believe they are justified in paying tuition at SU. Watch the prospects talking about attending "at sticker" the up-and-coming Syracuse college of law.snowpeach06 wrote:Replaced by Syracuse. lol.
Congrats! It looks like that is or is very close to the largest scholarship they're giving out this year. Which other schools are you considering?NYCbound96 wrote:I was accepted on Monday with $5k! Hoping everything works out so I can go...
Well Buffalo is my number one choice, the price can't be beat and there's so many other bonuses for me. Unfortunately it all depends on whether or not my boyfriend gets in there as well.sanpiero wrote:Congrats! It looks like that is or is very close to the largest scholarship they're giving out this year. Which other schools are you considering?NYCbound96 wrote:I was accepted on Monday with $5k! Hoping everything works out so I can go...
Well, I hope it works out for your boyfriend, then! I agree that cost of attendance at UB is really reasonable, especially given your scholarship. I don't attend, so I can't speak to my experience, but I do have friends who have attended. They seem to echo the sentiment I hear time and again: you're not going to come out making 100k+ unless you're top 5%, but there isn't a better school (outside T20, obviously) for those hoping to work in Buffalo or the surrounding area. There also seems to be a consensus that UB is "laid back" as law schools go and the faculty and staff are really friendly and accessible. WNY certainly isn't for everyone but if you want to work/live there, I don't think you can go wrong attending UB.NYCbound96 wrote:Well Buffalo is my number one choice, the price can't be beat and there's so many other bonuses for me. Unfortunately it all depends on whether or not my boyfriend gets in there as well.sanpiero wrote:Congrats! It looks like that is or is very close to the largest scholarship they're giving out this year. Which other schools are you considering?NYCbound96 wrote:I was accepted on Monday with $5k! Hoping everything works out so I can go...
Right now I've been accepted at St. John's as well which is my back up.
Still waiting to hear from Columbia, Fordham, Cardozo and have been WLed at Brooklyn. I already gave up my spots at Touro and Hofstra.
[strike]Are you going there for sure?[/strike] Sorry just went back and read through the thread... I assume from your posts that you already go there. Do you like it at Buffalo?
The laid back, no ranking thing is definitely one of it's selling points for me. I don't like that friendships are so strained at some other schools because of the competition. I was wondering, do you know of anyone who intends to work in the NYC or Long Island area after graduating UB? I'm a bit worried that my job prospects will take a hit because Buffalo is too regional.sanpiero wrote:Well, I hope it works out for your boyfriend, then! I agree that cost of attendance at UB is really reasonable, especially given your scholarship. I don't attend, so I can't speak to my experience, but I do have friends who have attended. They seem to echo the sentiment I hear time and again: you're not going to come out making 100k+ unless you're top 5%, but there isn't a better school (outside T20, obviously) for those hoping to work in Buffalo or the surrounding area. There also seems to be a consensus that UB is "laid back" as law schools go and the faculty and staff are really friendly and accessible. WNY certainly isn't for everyone but if you want to work/live there, I don't think you can go wrong attending UB.NYCbound96 wrote:Well Buffalo is my number one choice, the price can't be beat and there's so many other bonuses for me. Unfortunately it all depends on whether or not my boyfriend gets in there as well.sanpiero wrote:Congrats! It looks like that is or is very close to the largest scholarship they're giving out this year. Which other schools are you considering?NYCbound96 wrote:I was accepted on Monday with $5k! Hoping everything works out so I can go...
Right now I've been accepted at St. John's as well which is my back up.
Still waiting to hear from Columbia, Fordham, Cardozo and have been WLed at Brooklyn. I already gave up my spots at Touro and Hofstra.
[strike]Are you going there for sure?[/strike] Sorry just went back and read through the thread... I assume from your posts that you already go there. Do you like it at Buffalo?
The law school campus is in Amherst, a suburb of Buffalo. Amherst has consistently been ranked as one of the safest cities in America. While you attend law school, and possibly even during your career, you will never encounter Buffalo's most run-down, crime-ridden neighborhoods. If you included this to suggest Buffalo is without legal jobs, you are wrong. It is well-known that those who do well at UB do not have much of a problem finding a job working for firms or for the government in the Buffalo metro area. No one expects to become fabulously wealthy or land $150k associateships coming from UB. Every large inner-city has poverty. This doesn't make said cities unfriendly to law school grads.Iseethelight wrote:Cons: Buffalo is the second poorest city in the country after Detroit.
Iseethelight wrote:Extremely cold during the winter (roughly October-May)
False. Calculating a rough median starting private sector salary from US News' class of 2008 data, I arrive at 55k-65k. The median public sector salary was 55k for the class of 2008. Again, students don't go to UB planning to land $100k+ associateships. There's nothing wrong with a 55k starting salary when you've paid only $17k/year in tuition.Iseethelight wrote:starting salary is between 45k-55k
No, he's not.Iseethelight wrote:TO on the Bills
Sorry, I don't know anyone who has gone to NYC/LI from UB Law. I'm sure it's possible but I don't have any anecdotal evidence. They do claim to have ~1,700 alumni in the downstate region, so that can't hurt. Here's a list of NYC employers at which they've placed students in the past:NYCbound96 wrote:The laid back, no ranking thing is definitely one of it's selling points for me. I don't like that friendships are so strained at some other schools because of the competition. I was wondering, do you know of anyone who intends to work in the NYC or Long Island area after graduating UB? I'm a bit worried that my job prospects will take a hit because Buffalo is too regional.
Well networking isn't really a huge problem for me, I have about 6 lawyers in my family currently, and my grandmother is pretty well connected in politics down here so I don't think I'll have a huge problem only being able to network during the summers and winters. I'm mostly worried about coming out of someplace like St. John's with a buttload of debt and not being able to get a job vs coming out of UB with little/no debt and not really freaking out if I end up being unable to get a job right away.sanpiero wrote:Sorry, I don't know anyone who has gone to NYC/LI from UB Law. I'm sure it's possible but I don't have any anecdotal evidence. They do claim to have ~1,700 alumni in the downstate region, so that can't hurt. Here's a list of NYC employers at which they've placed students in the past:NYCbound96 wrote:The laid back, no ranking thing is definitely one of it's selling points for me. I don't like that friendships are so strained at some other schools because of the competition. I was wondering, do you know of anyone who intends to work in the NYC or Long Island area after graduating UB? I'm a bit worried that my job prospects will take a hit because Buffalo is too regional.
http://law.buffalo.edu/Career_Services/ ... e=nyc_list
About 20-21% of their CO 2008 (~40 students) found work in NYC. OTOH, about 50% found work in Buffalo.
I always tell people who are considering only schools outside the T20 to go to school in the region in which they'd like to work. And, I think this advice is sound in your circumstance, too. Think about how many more alumni of schools like St. John's, Brooklyn, Cardozo, etc. are practicing in NYC and LI. You also have three years to network in the region you want to work, if attending a school therein. And when I say "network" I don't confine myself to meeting strangers at social gatherings, through mutual friends, and at firm meet and greets. I also mean getting references from Professors, working at your school's clinics, externing with judges and the state/federal government, shadowing attorneys, working on law review, etc.
That said, I think your apprehensiveness about Buffalo's placement in NYC/LI is well justified. On the other hand, if you are not limited to downstate and plan to at least consider employment in WNY, I think Buffalo is an excellent choice.
In that case, I don't see any reason why you shouldn't go to UB.NYCbound96 wrote:Well networking isn't really a huge problem for me, I have about 6 lawyers in my family currently, and my grandmother is pretty well connected in politics down here so I don't think I'll have a huge problem only being able to network during the summers and winters. I'm mostly worried about coming out of someplace like St. John's with a buttload of debt and not being able to get a job vs coming out of UB with little/no debt and not really freaking out if I end up being unable to get a job right away.sanpiero wrote:Sorry, I don't know anyone who has gone to NYC/LI from UB Law. I'm sure it's possible but I don't have any anecdotal evidence. They do claim to have ~1,700 alumni in the downstate region, so that can't hurt. Here's a list of NYC employers at which they've placed students in the past:NYCbound96 wrote:The laid back, no ranking thing is definitely one of it's selling points for me. I don't like that friendships are so strained at some other schools because of the competition. I was wondering, do you know of anyone who intends to work in the NYC or Long Island area after graduating UB? I'm a bit worried that my job prospects will take a hit because Buffalo is too regional.
http://law.buffalo.edu/Career_Services/ ... e=nyc_list
About 20-21% of their CO 2008 (~40 students) found work in NYC. OTOH, about 50% found work in Buffalo.
I always tell people who are considering only schools outside the T20 to go to school in the region in which they'd like to work. And, I think this advice is sound in your circumstance, too. Think about how many more alumni of schools like St. John's, Brooklyn, Cardozo, etc. are practicing in NYC and LI. You also have three years to network in the region you want to work, if attending a school therein. And when I say "network" I don't confine myself to meeting strangers at social gatherings, through mutual friends, and at firm meet and greets. I also mean getting references from Professors, working at your school's clinics, externing with judges and the state/federal government, shadowing attorneys, working on law review, etc.
That said, I think your apprehensiveness about Buffalo's placement in NYC/LI is well justified. On the other hand, if you are not limited to downstate and plan to at least consider employment in WNY, I think Buffalo is an excellent choice.