Georgetown w/82.5k scholarship or GW/120k scholarship? Forum

[Tiago Splitter]

How does that work in situations where they require a seat deposit? I think Georgetown requires the intent-to-enroll by 4/1 and deposit by 5/1.

You can always sit on waitlists even after depositing.

[supersplittysplitter]

How does that work in situations where they require a seat deposit? I think Georgetown requires the intent-to-enroll by 4/1 and deposit by 5/1.

You can always sit on waitlists even after depositing.

Yea I don't think the intent to enroll is binding because it's not even a deposit. The intent to enroll form gives you a choice of sending a deposit by May 1 OR a binding deposit waiver form. So I think the intent to enroll is only binding if you submit the binding deposit waiver form as well.

Also if you search old GULC threads a bunch of other posts claim that the intent to enroll is not binding.

[JDcandidate2018]

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[zombie mcavoy]

Cornell. I would pay significantly more to go to Cornell over gtown; I wouldn't give gtown strong consideration at this point.

[brianiac]

Business Insider has Georgetown at #7. This means more long-term opportunity, and therefore greater earning potential. Also Georgetown has excellent placement in all corners of the legal universe. It does well with government, it does well with non-profits, it does well with firms. As one of the two DC Powerhouses, you'll be at the front of the line for DC jobs. But you really can't go wrong with either, Georgetown with $82.5k and GW with $120k are both excellent options.

[BigZuck]

Business Insider has Georgetown at #7. This means more long-term opportunity, and therefore greater earning potential. Also Georgetown has excellent placement in all corners of the legal universe. It does well with government, it does well with non-profits, it does well with firms. As one of the two DC Powerhouses, you'll be at the front of the line for DC jobs. But you really can't go wrong with either, Georgetown with $82.5k and GW with $120k are both excellent options.

At the front of the line ahead of...who? American?

[redsoxfan1989]

Georgetown Law is up to $105,000.

Take this back to Cornell and ask them. If they don't beat it, still Cornell for the jerbs.

[zombie mcavoy]

Business Insider has Georgetown at #7. This means more long-term opportunity, and therefore greater earning potential. Also Georgetown has excellent placement in all corners of the legal universe. It does well with government, it does well with non-profits, it does well with firms. As one of the two DC Powerhouses, you'll be at the front of the line for DC jobs. But you really can't go wrong with either, Georgetown with $82.5k and GW with $120k are both excellent options.

What? No?

The fact that you say OP should consider GW over an equivalent scholarship at Cornell should completely discount everything you said, but I'll spell out my other concerns.

Georgetown's placement sucks compared to essentially every T14, and Cornell has fantastic placement numbers. On top of that, OP stated he is, at worst, equally interested in NY as he is in DC. Thus in the only universe OP should consider GULC over Cornell is one where GULC offers enough money to overcome the difference in employment statistics; remember, GULC fails to place a full quarter of its class in biglaw/fedclerks compared to Cornell. It's not a small difference.

Here, GULC is offering significantly less money -- even after seeing Cornell's offer -- and requires OP to pay significantly more in COL. GULC should be completely off the table.

[TLSModBot]

I'm slightly less anti-GULC than zombie, but it's the CR in this case: every rank counts in the lower t14 for sure. I'm at GULC - I think it's fine but would have loved to have that much less stress at OCI.

Discussion point for the thread: is Cornell with $$ always better than NYU sticker?

[redsoxfan1989]

Discussion point for the thread: is Cornell with $$ always better than NYU sticker?

I made this choice and I don't regret it.

[Tiago Splitter]

Discussion point for the thread: is Cornell with $$ always better than NYU sticker?

I made this choice and I don't regret it.

Why do 1L's always say this? What's there to regret?

[redsoxfan1989]

Discussion point for the thread: is Cornell with $$ always better than NYU sticker?

I made this choice and I don't regret it.

Why do 1L's always say this? What's there to regret?

Thankfully nothing yet?

[WhiskeynCoke]

I think, at this point, I'm pretty much going for either Georgetown or Cornell. I'm going to use the 120k offer from Cornell to see if I can get Georgetown to move, then decide between those two offers. I contacted Georgetown to see if they would increase their offer; haven't heard back yet.

I also emailed Duke for an update to see if they were going to offer any money at all. Should hear back soon.

OP, do yourself a huge favor and stop considering GULC. Cornell gives you a FAR better chance of big law. GULC has a huge class size and you'll need significantly better grades there to be safe.

I'd say Cornell is worth at least $50k more than GULC. I'd rather pay off $150k in loans with big law, than face $100k as a strike out.

Ask yourself OP, do you want to feel safe at median going into OCI? Or would you rather be shitting your pants?

[TheOnePercent]

Ask yourself OP, do you want to feel safe at median going into OCI? Or would you rather be shitting your pants?

This. Do Cornell.

Penn/NU/Cornell are all undervalued in the marketplace (i.e. have most pronounced deltas in BL/FedClerk placement relative to mag rankings). Use 0L's ignorant reliance on USNWR rankings to your advantage by buying low on placement stats of annual "overperformers."

[TheOnePercent]

GW [is an] excellent option.

~63% of GW's 2012 class failed to land BL or clerkship.

[nealric]

I think, at this point, I'm pretty much going for either Georgetown or Cornell. I'm going to use the 120k offer from Cornell to see if I can get Georgetown to move, then decide between those two offers. I contacted Georgetown to see if they would increase their offer; haven't heard back yet.

I also emailed Duke for an update to see if they were going to offer any money at all. Should hear back soon.

OP, do yourself a huge favor and stop considering GULC. Cornell gives you a FAR better chance of big law. GULC has a huge class size and you'll need significantly better grades there to be safe.

I'd say Cornell is worth at least $50k more than GULC. I'd rather pay off $150k in loans with big law, than face $100k as a strike out.

Ask yourself OP, do you want to feel safe at median going into OCI? Or would you rather be shitting your pants?

I think the anti-GULC stuff in TLS is a bit overstated, but I would give Cornell the edge here so long as you want to practice in the North East. Disclaimer: I'm a GULC (and biglaw) alum. For what it's worth, I wouldn't necessarily consider median at Cornell safe.

[Tiago Splitter]

For what it's worth, I wouldn't necessarily consider median at Cornell safe.

It probably wasn't when you went through hiring but it is these days. Cornell has absolutely killed it with hiring in recent years, and upwards of 10% of the class, all of whom are presumably at least above median, transfer out to higher ranked schools (8 to NYU alone last year!).

But you're right that its NYC-centric and the only way to take advantage of that strong placement is to interview with lots of NYC firms.

[nealric]

For what it's worth, I wouldn't necessarily consider median at Cornell safe.

It probably wasn't when you went through hiring but it is these days. Cornell has absolutely killed it with hiring in recent years, and upwards of 10% of the class, all of whom are presumably at least above median, transfer out to higher ranked schools (8 to NYU alone last year!).

But you're right that its NYC-centric and the only way to take advantage of that strong placement is to interview with lots of NYC firms.

Yes, but when I was choosing a law school anybody from a T14 got biglaw as long as they could avoid insulting the interviewer's mother. You never know what next year's market will be like.

[Tiago Splitter]

I mean I guess if you want to make decisions based on recessions that happen once every seventy years go for it.