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Assuming a goal of Biglaw in Chicago, NYC, DC, Philly.

Verity wrote:Assuming a goal of Biglaw in Chicago, NYC, DC, Philly.

For your goal, Michigan.

Logically, WashU.

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WashU wins!

Michigan. Even if your goal was St. Louis biglaw, you may still want to take Michigan.

Does WUSTL place well on the east coast?

interested in this...but im thinking for biglaw in TX and maybe CA

If you want Biglaw, I would say Michigan would give you the best opportunity to do so. As tempting as WUSTL at full scholly is, I can't see either WUSTL or Duke giving you a better opportunity at Biglaw than Michigan.

Verity wrote:Does WUSTL place well on the east coast?

Yes, if you're at the top of your class. They've been improving their connections to NYC, and they've recently started gunning for the DC market. But if your goal is BigLaw, WUSTL is going to lag significantly behind both Duke and Michigan. I say go to whichever of those two suits you better.

See what you can get out of Duke and Michigan (peer schools). Then visit all three. Remember that Michigan sends more grads to Chicago than Duke. Three excellent options, enjoy, and pay no attention to what anyone here says.

Somewhere in this middle, hopefully with money?

Reedie wrote:See what you can get out of Duke and Michigan (peer schools). Then visit all three. Remember that Michigan sends more grads to Chicago than Duke. Three excellent options, enjoy, and pay no attention to what anyone here says.

Are you saying Michigan and Duke are peer schools with WUSTL? Michigan and Duke won't even entertain the idea of giving OP money just because WUSTL is offering a full ride.

showNprove wrote:

Reedie wrote:See what you can get out of Duke and Michigan (peer schools). Then visit all three. Remember that Michigan sends more grads to Chicago than Duke. Three excellent options, enjoy, and pay no attention to what anyone here says.

Are you saying Michigan and Duke are peer schools with WUSTL? Michigan and Duke won't even entertain the idea of giving OP money just because WUSTL is offering a full ride.

No, I'm saying Michigan and Duke are peer schools with one another. Whether they will try to offer some money due to WUSTL scholarship, I don't know.

Reedie wrote:

showNprove wrote:

Reedie wrote:See what you can get out of Duke and Michigan (peer schools). Then visit all three. Remember that Michigan sends more grads to Chicago than Duke. Three excellent options, enjoy, and pay no attention to what anyone here says.

Are you saying Michigan and Duke are peer schools with WUSTL? Michigan and Duke won't even entertain the idea of giving OP money just because WUSTL is offering a full ride.

No, I'm saying Michigan and Duke are peer schools with one another. Whether they will try to offer some money due to WUSTL scholarship, I don't know.

Well you're in at Duke and WUSTL + $108K scholly. Want to be a guinea pig?

Verity wrote:Does WUSTL place well on the east coast?

No.

WUSTL is a midwestern school.

if you want east- then Michigan or Duke

Figure out what it is you want, then find out which school is the best to get you to your goals

Blindmelon wrote:

Verity wrote:Does WUSTL place well on the east coast?

No.

I'm not a WUSTL whore, but this is not credited.

34% of WUSTL grads go to New England, the Mid-Atlantic, or the South Atlantic (not sure which one encompasses DC). Obviously a school is always going to place best in the adjacent surrounding area, but beware of blatant anti-WUSTL trolling which is rampant.

Verity wrote:Assuming a goal of Biglaw in Chicago, NYC, DC, Philly.

It's amazing that WUSTL is tied in the voting with either of the other two schools assuming OP's only stated goal is biglaw in these four specific markets, none of which WUSTL is particularly competitive in for biglaw.

Muenchen wrote:

Blindmelon wrote:

Verity wrote:Does WUSTL place well on the east coast?

No.

I'm not a WUSTL whore, but this is not credited.

34% of WUSTL grads go to New England, the Mid-Atlantic, or the South Atlantic (not sure which one encompasses DC). Obviously a school is always going to place best in the adjacent surrounding area, but beware of blatant anti-WUSTL trolling which is rampant.

Placing 34% doesn't mean much when you have no idea what they're doing in that region. WUSTL isn't a bad school by any means, but median isn't exactly knocking down Boston's door.

WUSTL.

Everybody's "goal" is "biglaw on the east coast." The odds of one doing well enough to reach that goal, at any school except for YHS, make paying sticker a huge risk. Especially when you've got a full ride sitting on the table.

Is the slightly better chance of getting biglaw over WUSTL really worth that much to you?

Muenchen wrote:34% of WUSTL grads go to New England, the Mid-Atlantic, or the South Atlantic (not sure which one encompasses DC).

Definitely New England.

Blindmelon wrote:

Muenchen wrote:

Blindmelon wrote:

Verity wrote:Does WUSTL place well on the east coast?

No.

I'm not a WUSTL whore, but this is not credited.

34% of WUSTL grads go to New England, the Mid-Atlantic, or the South Atlantic (not sure which one encompasses DC). Obviously a school is always going to place best in the adjacent surrounding area, but beware of blatant anti-WUSTL trolling which is rampant.

Placing 34% doesn't mean much when you have no idea what they're doing in that region. WUSTL isn't a bad school by any means, but median isn't exactly knocking down Boston's door.

But simply saying saying no is such an oversimplification. OP should also always take placement stats with a grain of salt because of the self-selection of people school schools. People who choose WUSTL are usually people who don't want to work in Boston anyway, and vice versa with people who choose BU/BC.

Exactly. Then why choose WUSTL? Given the top of the class does extremely well (even in DC actually), what does the median student who doesn't want to work in the Midwest do?

I had luck negotiating for money with Michigan. Definitely give it a try, especially since you have such a huge offer from a decent school.

quadsixm wrote:WUSTL.

Everybody's "goal" is "biglaw on the east coast." The odds of one doing well enough to reach that goal, at any school except for YHS, make paying sticker a huge risk. Especially when you've got a full ride sitting on the table.

Is the slightly better chance of getting biglaw over WUSTL really worth that much to you?

This is the best advice you can get OP.

While everybody at Duke and Michigan are killing each other to try to get one of those coveted spots so they can MAYBE pay it off after working themselves to death over the next 10 years, you can rest assured that you won't need a biglaw job to pay off your loans.

NU_Jet55 wrote:

quadsixm wrote:WUSTL.

Everybody's "goal" is "biglaw on the east coast." The odds of one doing well enough to reach that goal, at any school except for YHS, make paying sticker a huge risk. Especially when you've got a full ride sitting on the table.

Is the slightly better chance of getting biglaw over WUSTL really worth that much to you?

This is the best advice you can get OP.

While everybody at Duke and Michigan are killing each other to try to get one of those coveted spots so they can MAYBE pay it off after working themselves to death over the next 10 years, you can rest assured that you won't need a biglaw job to pay off your loans.

But for the OP's stated goals, WUSTL definitely isn't a better choice than Duke/Michigan.

NU_Jet55 wrote:

quadsixm wrote:WUSTL.

Everybody's "goal" is "biglaw on the east coast." The odds of one doing well enough to reach that goal, at any school except for YHS, make paying sticker a huge risk. Especially when you've got a full ride sitting on the table.

Is the slightly better chance of getting biglaw over WUSTL really worth that much to you?

This is the best advice you can get OP.

While everybody at Duke and Michigan are killing each other to try to get one of those coveted spots so they can MAYBE pay it off after working themselves to death over the next 10 years, you can rest assured that you won't need a biglaw job to pay off your loans.

This is just stupid; you're fighting the hypothetical.

OP asked: "Where would you go for biglaw in these four markets?"
Your response: Oh, OP, don't even worry! Go to WUSTL so you don't have to worry about biglaw!

If we're sticking with this line of thought, here's my recommendation: OP, go to University of New Mexico School of Law. It dominates its market, the COA is going to be much lower, and the scenery is beautiful. This is the best advice you can possibly get.