WUSTL ($114,000 scholarship) vs. Michigan (sticker) Forum

[jsullivan24882]

I really do not know which one I should choose. I do not have any preference as far as region of the country goes. I basically just want to work in biglaw when I graduate. Thanks in advance for any help or insight.

[wolverine2014]

Go Blue!

[Hannibal]

Biglaw or bust, there's no question.

[verdandi]

Made this choice. Went with the Wolverines. Job opportunities, at the very least, seem far superior @ Mich than at WUSTL, especially if (1) you don't perform as well in law school as you hope, and (2) the economy decides to take another dive.

[jwrash]

If you are set on biglaw, go to Michigan. It's not even close.

[patrickd139]

If you are set on biglaw, go to Michigan. It's not even close.

[Informative]

If you want biglaw, midlaw, clerkship, et al. then go to Michigan.

If you want gov't or public interest, then go to WUSTL.

[bk1]

If you want gov't or public interest, then go to WUSTL.

Wut?

[raeq63]

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[2011Law]

I'd be happy to pay sticker at Michigan, but being able to graduate from a school like WUSTL with only ~60k debt is pretty awesome, and to me would beat out Michigan with ~180k debt. Maybe I'm completely wrong, but if you can land a good job coming out of Mich, you can probably do it coming out of WUSTL. But if something goes wrong and you can't get a biglaw job, at least the debt is manageable.

[Grizz]

No Vandy/UCLA/Tex?

[2011Law]

No Vandy/UCLA/Tex?

+1 on that. My answer was just between the options you gave, an intermediate option might be even better.

[jsullivan24882]

I got waitlisted at Vandy. I didn't apply to UT or UCLA. In hindsight I wish I had applied to UT.