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Chicago Kent $$$ vs Maryland Sticker
Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 10:05 pm
by tmw888
offered 30K per year from Chicago-Kent vs. sticker at MD. i currently live in Chicago and have contacts here. not necessarily interested in BigLaw.
boils down to prestige vs. convenience + money. the possibility of transferring factors in as well; obviously I'll have better chances transferring up from MD than from IIT.
Re: Chicago Kent $$$ vs Maryland Sticker
Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 10:08 pm
by megaTTTron
I say take the money.
What are your career prospects and regional preferences?
Re: Chicago Kent $$$ vs Maryland Sticker
Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 10:18 pm
by Luis Gomez
Go to IIT.
Re: Chicago Kent $$$ vs Maryland Sticker
Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 11:30 pm
by Barolo
No brainer. Chicago Kent is a cool program that has made you a handsome offer.
Maryland is on the decline. There isn't much of a prestige divide. Also, you like Chicago.
Follow the money.
Re: Chicago Kent $$$ vs Maryland Sticker
Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 11:32 pm
by tmw888
Originally from Virginia, been in Chicago last 5 years. Love Chicago, suspect I would love Baltimore as well. Management Consulting in health care sector for 3.5. While I'm not particularly interested in health care law, MD does have a top program in this area and my experience would undoubtedly benefit me if i chose to pursue it.
Career-wise I just don't think I could go back to sheer paperwork day in day out. I want to engage with clients and I want to be in court at least part of the time. Medical malpractice defense has been seeming more and more appealing, which indicates MD.
Honestly I guess I thought I would be getting into better schools, so letting go of even the slightly higher prestige factor at MD is rough.
Re: Chicago Kent $$$ vs Maryland Sticker
Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 11:36 pm
by tmw888
MD in decline- ya was super disappointed in the rankings drop after I'd already applied.
What's peoples' feeling on the transfer issue. Assuming I can nail 1st year at IIT (obviously a big if), possible to transfer to, say U of Minnesota, Notre Dame, or even a Michigan?
Re: Chicago Kent $$$ vs Maryland Sticker
Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 11:38 pm
by Kobe_Teeth
See ya at IIT...
Re: Chicago Kent $$$ vs Maryland Sticker
Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 12:11 am
by Barolo
Don't overestimate the value of specialty rankings.
Re: Chicago Kent $$$ vs Maryland Sticker
Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 12:16 am
by thinkbig
Barolo wrote:Don't overestimate the value of specialty rankings.
+1. But yeah... see you at IIT.
Re: Chicago Kent $$$ vs Maryland Sticker
Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 12:54 am
by JCougar
IIT.
Once you're outside the T25 or so, it's best to follow the money. I'd go to a TTT for free over a lower-ranked T1 at sticker.
With that said, Chicago-Kent is severely underrated anyways. It's pretty much a peer to Maryland, so this should be a no-brainer.
Re: Chicago Kent $$$ vs Maryland Sticker
Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 5:07 pm
by megaTTTron
JCougar wrote:IIT.
Once you're outside the T25 or so, it's best to follow the money. I'd go to a TTT for free over a lower-ranked T1 at sticker.
With that said, Chicago-Kent is severely underrated anyways. It's pretty much a peer to Maryland, so this should be a no-brainer.
/thread.