Vandy ($50k) v. G (0) v. Cornell ($30k) Penn (0) for PI/Gov Forum

[whitman]

So you think Vandy just won't get me there at all?

[michigan_man]

you are getting some really shitty advice. go to penn, without reservation, over Vandy when they only gave you a $50k scholarship. The difference is all in the LRAPs:
Penn: http://www.law.upenn.edu/cpp/prospectiv ... llrap.html
Vanderbilt: http://law.vanderbilt.edu/academics/cli ... index.aspx

It isn't close. Go to Penn.

Side note to future readers: you should have applied to Michigan/UVa too since they are both provide better public interest support than Penn, but you might not have been accepted anyway (waitlisted at USC).

[whitman]

you are getting some really shitty advice. go to penn, without reservation, over Vandy when they only gave you a $50k scholarship. The difference is all in the LRAPs:
Penn: http://www.law.upenn.edu/cpp/prospectiv ... llrap.html
Vanderbilt: http://law.vanderbilt.edu/academics/cli ... index.aspx

It isn't close. Go to Penn.

Side note to future readers: you should have applied to Michigan/UVa too since they are both provide better public interest support than Penn, but you might not have been accepted anyway (waitlisted at USC).

Sorry I wasn't more clear. Waitlisted at UVA and Michigan.

[FiveSermon]

50k isn't worth it to pass up Penn for Vandy.

[Flips88]

Just saw that you added the PI/Gov't/env law part. Go to Penn. Vandy's LRAP is awful awful awful. Cap is $50k and at that point they only cover 20%. I'm also considering Vandy, but since I also want to do PI, their LRAP concerns me.

[DAisaka09]

So you think Vandy just won't get me there at all?

I think you can get there from Vandy, but your class rank might not matter as much if you are at Penn.

[whitman]

Just got $30,000 from Cornell. Should that be a consideration?

[southernsnapp]

Cornell should be a consideration. I couldn’t find the information online that they gave us at ASW about their loan assistance for public interest jobs, but you should definitely call and ask. I don’t want to put what I remember them saying up here in case it’s wrong, but if you want to know, then PM me.

[drylo]

Just got $30,000 from Cornell. Should that be a consideration?

It's whatever you want, of course, but it wouldn't be much for me to consider. Cornell is like $25k more expensive than Vandy (tuition only) anyway. That scholarship is basically equalizing tuition between Cornell and Vandy sticker.