Duke or UPenn Forum

[yantasticguy89]

Any feedback would be great thanks!

[rickgrimes69]

It's like a broken record at this point, but what's total COA for both? Where do you want to work? What do you want to do?

[justonemoregame]

COA, by itself, doesn't matter. Your total debt level at graduation does. Do you have significant debt from UG? Because the answer could be neither.

[rickgrimes69]

COA, by itself, doesn't matter. Your total debt level at graduation does. Do you have significant debt from UG? Because the answer could be neither.

Way to split hairs, buddy. Go back to your volleyball game.

[lawyerwannabe]

Any feedback would be great thanks!

Equal price and BigLaw desire = UPenn.

Signed: a Duke student.

[JamMasterJ]

unless Duke is significantly cheaper, Penn

[dpk711]

unless Duke is significantly cheaper, Penn

[FlightoftheEarls]

unless Duke is significantly cheaper, Penn

Will NYC firms go deeper in Penn's class than Duke's or something? Is Penn better for clerkship placement?

[rickgrimes69]

unless Duke is significantly cheaper, Penn

Will NYC firms go deeper in Penn's class than Duke's or something? Is Penn better for clerkship placement?

Yes.

[JamMasterJ]

unless Duke is significantly cheaper, Penn

Will NYC firms go deeper in Penn's class than Duke's or something? Is Penn better for clerkship placement?

Yes.

yes to the biglaw thing, not so much with clerkships

[JJW]

COL. Nothing is cheap in Philly. Nothing.

[JamMasterJ]

COL. Nothing is cheap in Philly. Nothing.

It looks like Duke is around 15K cheaper overall. Not enough IMO to choose it.

[HeavenWood]

COL. Nothing is cheap in Philly. Nothing.

Philly is a lot cheaper than NYC, DC, SF, LA, etc...

[quakeroats]

COL. Nothing is cheap in Philly. Nothing.

Philly is a lot cheaper than NYC, DC, SF, LA, etc...

it's more expensive than Durham. Still, you'll probably be better off at Penn.

[HeavenWood]

COL. Nothing is cheap in Philly. Nothing.

Philly is a lot cheaper than NYC, DC, SF, LA, etc...

it's more expensive than Durham. Still, you'll probably be better off at Penn.

Yes it's more expensive than Durham. But the statement "nothing is cheap in Philly" is objectively false.

[JJW]

COL. Nothing is cheap in Philly. Nothing.

Philly is a lot cheaper than NYC, DC, SF, LA, etc...

I would never use the word cheap attached to Philly. But yes, NYC, DC, SF, LA, Honolulu and the Hamptons are more expensive. Certainly nothing in the south comes close to Philly, not even WPB.

[TLSwag]

COA, by itself, doesn't matter. Your total debt level at graduation does. Do you have significant debt from UG? Because the answer could be neither.

Way to split hairs, buddy. Go back to your volleyball game.

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[TLSwag]

COL. Nothing is cheap in Philly. Nothing.

Philly is a lot cheaper than NYC, DC, SF, LA, etc...

I would never use the word cheap attached to Philly. But yes, NYC, DC, SF, LA, Honolulu and the Hamptons are more expensive. Certainly nothing in the south comes close to Philly, not even WPB.

what's the legal market like these days in honolulu?

[JJW]

COL. Nothing is cheap in Philly. Nothing.

Philly is a lot cheaper than NYC, DC, SF, LA, etc...

I would never use the word cheap attached to Philly. But yes, NYC, DC, SF, LA, Honolulu and the Hamptons are more expensive. Certainly nothing in the south comes close to Philly, not even WPB.

what's the legal market like these days in honolulu?

I wish I knew! If you are feeling lucky Call the Law Office of Mei Nakamoto.

[HeavenWood]

COL. Nothing is cheap in Philly. Nothing.

Philly is a lot cheaper than NYC, DC, SF, LA, etc...

I would never use the word cheap attached to Philly. But yes, NYC, DC, SF, LA, Honolulu and the Hamptons are more expensive. Certainly nothing in the south comes close to Philly, not even WPB.

Philly is inexpensive as far as East Coast cities go. It is quite possible to find a nice studio or one-bedroom close to campus for under $1,000. Not Jackson, MS cheap or even Pittsburgh, PA cheap, but far and away from bone-chillingly, Manhattan-esque expensive. Point being, the COL difference between Philadelphia and Chapel Hill is not so big that it should be a factor pushing the OP in one way or the other.

[JJW]

For $1K a month you could rent (or buy for that matter) a great home in Jackson. Plus garage parking is $1 a day. From a COL standpoint it’s too bad MS or FLA doesn’t have any T-14 schools. When people from the south ask me about Philly, cheap never comes to mind. I concede it is not Manhattan $$.

$136K in Philly is = to $100K in Durham. Of course, this is not so much about Philly as it is the South vs North.

[HeavenWood]

For $1K a month you could rent (or buy for that matter) a great home in Jackson. Plus garage parking is $1 a day. From a COL standpoint it’s too bad MS or FLA doesn’t have any T-14 schools. When people from the south ask me about Philly, cheap never comes to mind. I concede it is not Manhattan $$.

$136K in Philly is = to $100K in Durham. Of course, this is not so much about Philly as it is the South vs North.

Good Christ, I never said Philly compared in cost to most of the South. I'm simply stating that it's not awfully expensive compared to the US as a whole.

[justonemoregame]

COA, by itself, doesn't matter. Your total debt level at graduation does. Do you have significant debt from UG? Because the answer could be neither.

Way to split hairs, buddy. Go back to your volleyball game.

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COA and debt at graduation are two completely different things. HTH

[rickgrimes69]

COA, by itself, doesn't matter. Your total debt level at graduation does. Do you have significant debt from UG? Because the answer could be neither.

Way to split hairs, buddy. Go back to your volleyball game.

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COA and debt at graduation are two completely different things. HTH

Doesn't mean COA "doesn't matter." If he got a half scholly or more @ Duke and was considering sticker at Penn, it would be a pretty obvious choice regardless of his UG debt.

[justonemoregame]

I get what you're saying - figured OP would have included scholarship info. if there was any.