Help Me Choose A West Coast School! Forum
- powerlawyer06
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Help Me Choose A West Coast School!
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- Grizz
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Re: Help Me Choose A West Coast School!
Need more specific details about which schools and how much $
- david.patel
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Re: Help Me Choose A West Coast School!
I would say go to the best school you get into regardless of $$. My friends at NYU cannot even find paid internships. If you go to Berkeley or Stanford you will have a much better shot at getting a job after graduation than if you went to a lesser school. The $20k is nothing in the big picture.
- Knock
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Re: Help Me Choose A West Coast School!
How are you waitlisted at SLS? According to the decision date graph they don't start waitlisting until late March/early April.powerlawyer06 wrote:Alright here is my situation. I want to live and work on the west coast and it would be nice to stay around here for law school but that is not mandatory.
I refuse to live or go to school in the Northeast. I don’t care if “Big Law” is there, I rather die then spend a winter in the northeast.
I have a full ride to two top fifty schools on the west coast, also 20k per year to a top 20 in L.A. (think UCLA or USC), I am in at Berkeley (no money yet and I don’t expect any), and I am waitlisted at Stanford.
My number one goal is to work for “Big Law” in the west if that is possible.
Assuming I don’t get into Stanford….Should I pay sticker at Boalt? Should I take money for a top 20 in LA? Should I take the full scholarship at the T50? Should I go to one of my east coast/midwest T14 admits?
Any advice (except about moving to the northeast) is appreciated!
Stats: URM/167/3.96
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- david.patel
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Re: Help Me Choose A West Coast School!
Our stats are pretty similar except I'm not a URM. Is this the outcome that you anticipated?powerlawyer06 wrote:Alright here is my situation. I want to live and work on the west coast and it would be nice to stay around here for law school but that is not mandatory.
I refuse to live or go to school in the Northeast. I don’t care if “Big Law” is there, I rather die then spend a winter in the northeast.
I have a full ride to two top fifty schools on the west coast, also 20k per year to a top 20 in L.A. (think UCLA or USC), I am in at Berkeley (no money yet and I don’t expect any), and I am waitlisted at Stanford.
My number one goal is to work for “Big Law” in the west if that is possible.
Assuming I don’t get into Stanford….Should I pay sticker at Boalt? Should I take money for a top 20 in LA? Should I take the full scholarship at the T50? Should I go to one of my east coast/midwest T14 admits?
Any advice (except about moving to the northeast) is appreciated!
Stats: URM/167/3.96
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Re: Help Me Choose A West Coast School!
Without knowing the particular law schools & scholarship offers, any advice offered is worth just about what you paid for it.
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