Northwestern vs Michigan vs NYU Forum

[chessman]

fairly straightforward...career interests unclear, but with an international focus...what are people's thoughts? (comments are welcome as well as votes).

[TTT-LS]

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[scribelaw]

Go to Northwestern. That's a great scholarship offer, and the differences in opportunities from these schools isn't that big.

[Veyron]

Isn't NYU like #2 in the country for (the nonexistant) field of Ilaw?

[TTT-LS]

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[big_blue79]

NU. $135k is too much to pass up for another T14 school. Counting that heavily on IBR or LRAP seems risky to me. Enjoy the lake front.

[reverendt]

That's virtually a fee ride at NU right?

Take it....a great school in a cool town....almost free. Can't beat it!

[Snoopy1216]

I read the poll/post really quickly and thought I was seeing NU=45k for a total of 3 years. In this scenario, I thought, "Ooh 45k is tough because NU is still an amazing school. And NYU is only 5 spots up in ranking."

BUT THEN I realized it said 45k PER YEAR; and, I thought, "This is by far the most stupid post. Free tuition from a bomb school or mounds of debt from one only 5 spots up."

Enjoy career options after graduation that aren't largely influenced by monthly payments of $10k Lol. But, def. congrats on the great choices!

[NayBoer]

I read the poll/post really quickly and thought I was seeing NU=45k for a total of 3 years. In this scenario, I thought, "Ooh 45k is tough because NU is still an amazing school. And NYU is only 5 spots up in ranking."

BUT THEN I realized it said 45k PER YEAR; and, I thought, "This is by far the most stupid post. Free tuition from a bomb school or mounds of debt from one only 5 spots up."

Enjoy career options after graduation that aren't largely influenced by monthly payments of $10k Lol. But, def. congrats on the great choices!

This was basically my reaction. 45k for 3 years is a tough choice. 45k per year is really not. If you want to pursue something outside biglaw, limited debt is the way to go.

[hooty86]

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[sumus romani]

Yeah, NU is the choice here. I accidentally voted for NYU b/c I thought that the aid was for all three years, and not a per-year number.

[twistedwrister]

I agree with TTT-LS. I wouldn't put too much stock in "specialty" rankings. By all accounts, NYU has some great international law classes/faculty, and the school continues to poach top profs from other schools (see http://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leit ... -2009.html, which mentions Jose Alvarez and Ryan Goodman moving to NYU from Columbia and Harvard, respectively).

However, $45 K a year certainly makes Northwestern, which is an amazing school in its own right, the best choice (IMO -- and I'm a 2L at NYU who loves the school).

[Renzo]

I am at NYU, and Mich. was a very close 2nd choice for me, but you'd be crazy to go anywhere but NU with that scholarship.

[chessman]

Thanks everyone for your input.