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So far I've been WLd at UVA, Duke, and GULC. This is somewhat frustrating because I'm at or above median for these schools (also great LORs and not horrible PS). I'm in at UCLA with 90k (30/year), still waiting for scholly offers from Vandy, Cornell, and USC. I assume that if I got in off the WL, I'd be paying sticker at these schools. My question is: is it even worth trying to get off any of these waitlists? I will be taking out loans to pay for tuition, but my parents have agreed to help with COL. Total debt out of UCLA will be ~60.5k; sticker at other schools ~140k...
ETA:80k from Vandy today.

Do you have any idea what you want to do post law school? Where you want to be, etc?
All of that would be helpful in offering you advice as it can make a huge difference as to where you want to target your education.

travman90 wrote:Do you have any idea what you want to do post law school? Where you want to be, etc?
All of that would be helpful in offering you advice as it can make a huge difference as to where you want to target your education.

1.) COA or biglaw (will settle for midlaw)
2.) Born and raised in SoCal, wouldn't mind ending up in CA. But I'm open to other markets (particularly NYC, Boston, Chicago).

If you want any shot at the East Coast, I would definitely stay on these waitlists (preferably UVA and Duke, but you can't be picky). Also, I know some schools give money to those accepted off the waitlist, you might want to do some digging to see if any of these schools do that.

Doorkeeper wrote:If you want any shot at the East Coast, I would definitely stay on these waitlists (preferably UVA and Duke, but you can't be picky). Also, I know some schools give money to those accepted off the waitlist, you might want to do some digging to see if any of these schools do that.

I would think that cornell would be better for the East Coast than GULC...

If you want to be on the west coast you should go to UCLA with that scholarship. Did you apply to Boalt?

chiwachiwa wrote:If you want to be on the west coast you should go to UCLA with that scholarship. Did you apply to Boalt?

Yes, I'm under faculty review... expecting the worst, hoping for the best.

bump... new scholarship info in OP.