GULC vs. WUSTL
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:40 pm
from the midwest, no undergrad debt, no location preference, paying the remaining amount of tuition and living expenses with loans
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no T10 acceptances, unfortunatelyLawquacious wrote:The scales weigh in favor of GULC my friend. What about T10 acceptances though??
I think this is about right. It is a coinflip, IMO. Low debt and midwestern ties make WUSTL a solid choice, as long as you are comfortable staying here. GULC gives you better biglaw chances, but the bottom half of either school is a scary place to be. If you are cool with the midwest long-term, I'd say WUSTL. Otherwise, GULC.disco_stu wrote:Look at the ABA employment data. http://employmentsummary.abaquestionnaire.org/
Look only at the bar required, full time, long term jobs. Remove all school funded jobs. Remove all solo jobs. From there, remove all jobs you would find undesirable.
When I removed everything I found undesirable (I only looked at bar passage required, full time jobs. removed school funded jobs, removed solo, removed 2-10, removed "unknown", state and local clerkships, academia, and "employment unknown",)I found that both schools gave me about a 50% chance of finding a job I would find desirable.
GULC places a larger percentage of their class in big law. If you want a higher salary, go there. But you will also need big law / PI to pay off that larger debt. You will pretty much only have living expenses to pay at WUSTL, and the cost of living in St. Louis is much lower than in DC.
romothesavior wrote:I think this is about right. It is a coinflip, IMO. Low debt and midwestern ties make WUSTL a solid choice, as long as you are comfortable staying here. GULC gives you better biglaw chances, but the bottomdisco_stu wrote:Look at the ABA employment data. http://employmentsummary.abaquestionnaire.org/
Look only at the bar required, full time, long term jobs. Remove all school funded jobs. Remove all solo jobs. From there, remove all jobs you would find undesirable.
When I removed everything I found undesirable (I only looked at bar passage required, full time jobs. removed school funded jobs, removed solo, removed 2-10, removed "unknown", state and local clerkships, academia, and "employment unknown",)I found that both schools gave me about a 50% chance of finding a job I would find desirable.
GULC places a larger percentage of their class in big law. If you want a higher salary, go there. But you will also need big law / PI to pay off that larger debt. You will pretty much only have living expenses to pay at WUSTL, and the cost of living in St. Louis is much lower than in DC.half of either school75% at WUSTL is a scary place to be. If you are cool with the midwest long-term, I'd say WUSTL. Otherwise, GULC.