120K at UCLA or 45K at Michigan for SF PI Law Forum

[wamanda]

For future reference, all you 0L's: UCLA fights for you.

They just countered Michigan's offer with another $30K. I think they are paying me to attend now?

Must say, I am leaning back toward UCLA. I will update when I make the final decision, but seeing as Michigan is known not to negotiate, I kind of don't see what could change my mind.

Thanks for the opinions, everyone!

[bk1]

Congrats on the UCLA offer, that's insane. I definitely would take the UCLA offer.

[ahduth]

For future reference, all you 0L's: UCLA fights for you.

They just countered Michigan's offer with another $30K. I think they are paying me to attend now?

Must say, I am leaning back toward UCLA. I will update when I make the final decision, but seeing as Michigan is known not to negotiate, I kind of don't see what could change my mind.

Thanks for the opinions, everyone!

Damn, nice. I probably should've told them about my offers. I might still have passed at 150k, but that's a pretty sweet deal. As long as you're absolutely sure you don't want to work outside California, UCLA seems like a slick situation.

[wamanda]

For future reference, all you 0L's: UCLA fights for you.

They just countered Michigan's offer with another $30K. I think they are paying me to attend now?

Must say, I am leaning back toward UCLA. I will update when I make the final decision, but seeing as Michigan is known not to negotiate, I kind of don't see what could change my mind.

Thanks for the opinions, everyone!

Damn, nice. I probably should've told them about my offers. I might still have passed at 150k, but that's a pretty sweet deal. As long as you're absolutely sure you don't want to work outside California, UCLA seems like a slick situation.

Honestly, at this level of aid, I'm not as concerned about being stuck in California. I mean, coming out of law school with no debt, my options will be a lot more open in general. I mean, shit, I don't even have to be a lawyer!

[313D313]

For future reference, all you 0L's: UCLA fights for you.

They just countered Michigan's offer with another $30K. I think they are paying me to attend now?

Must say, I am leaning back toward UCLA. I will update when I make the final decision, but seeing as Michigan is known not to negotiate, I kind of don't see what could change my mind.

Thanks for the opinions, everyone!

Damn, nice. I probably should've told them about my offers. I might still have passed at 150k, but that's a pretty sweet deal. As long as you're absolutely sure you don't want to work outside California, UCLA seems like a slick situation.

Honestly, at this level of aid, I'm not as concerned about being stuck in California. I mean, coming out of law school with no debt, my options will be a lot more open in general. I mean, shit, I don't even have to be a lawyer!

As much as i love Michigan (top choice), the amount of aid is a very enticing and i am not sure i would be able to pass on that. Either way, best of luck. You have two very good options.

[wamanda]

For those of you wondering, I chose UCLA. That offer was way too good to pass up. I also learned that I likely wouldn't qualify for federal loan forgiveness, so Michigan's LRAP wouldn't mean much to me. In the end, I remembered that complete financial freedom would likely have a greater impact for me than geographic freedom. Thus, UCLA.

Thanks again, everyone! This thread definitely helped.

[crumpetsandtea]

For those of you wondering, I chose UCLA. That offer was way too good to pass up. I also learned that I likely wouldn't qualify for federal loan forgiveness, so Michigan's LRAP wouldn't mean much to me. In the end, I remembered that complete financial freedom would likely have a greater impact for me than geographic freedom. Thus, UCLA.

Thanks again, everyone! This thread definitely helped.

Wow! Congratulations!!!!