Duke or UPenn
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:27 am
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Way to split hairs, buddy. Go back to your volleyball game.justonemoregame wrote: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.
Equal price and BigLaw desire = UPenn.jyk316 wrote:Any feedback would be great thanks!
JamMasterJ wrote: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?dpk711 wrote:JamMasterJ wrote:unless Duke is significantly cheaper, Penn
Yes.FlightoftheEarls wrote:Will NYC firms go deeper in Penn's class than Duke's or something? Is Penn better for clerkship placement?dpk711 wrote:JamMasterJ wrote:unless Duke is significantly cheaper, Penn
yes to the biglaw thing, not so much with clerkshipsrickgrimes69 wrote:Yes.FlightoftheEarls wrote:Will NYC firms go deeper in Penn's class than Duke's or something? Is Penn better for clerkship placement?dpk711 wrote:JamMasterJ wrote:unless Duke is significantly cheaper, Penn
It looks like Duke is around 15K cheaper overall. Not enough IMO to choose it.JJW wrote:COL. Nothing is cheap in Philly. Nothing.
Philly is a lot cheaper than NYC, DC, SF, LA, etc...JJW wrote:COL. Nothing is cheap in Philly. Nothing.
it's more expensive than Durham. Still, you'll probably be better off at Penn.HeavenWood wrote:Philly is a lot cheaper than NYC, DC, SF, LA, etc...JJW wrote:COL. Nothing is cheap in Philly. Nothing.
Yes it's more expensive than Durham. But the statement "nothing is cheap in Philly" is objectively false.quakeroats wrote:it's more expensive than Durham. Still, you'll probably be better off at Penn.HeavenWood wrote:Philly is a lot cheaper than NYC, DC, SF, LA, etc...JJW wrote:COL. Nothing is cheap in Philly. Nothing.
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.HeavenWood wrote:Philly is a lot cheaper than NYC, DC, SF, LA, etc...JJW wrote:COL. Nothing is cheap in Philly. Nothing.
thisrickgrimes69 wrote:Way to split hairs, buddy. Go back to your volleyball game.justonemoregame wrote: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.
what's the legal market like these days in honolulu?JJW wrote: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.HeavenWood wrote:Philly is a lot cheaper than NYC, DC, SF, LA, etc...JJW wrote:COL. Nothing is cheap in Philly. Nothing.
I wish I knew! If you are feeling lucky Call the Law Office of Mei Nakamoto.TLSwag wrote:what's the legal market like these days in honolulu?JJW wrote: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.HeavenWood wrote:Philly is a lot cheaper than NYC, DC, SF, LA, etc...JJW wrote:COL. Nothing is cheap in Philly. Nothing.
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 wrote: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.HeavenWood wrote:Philly is a lot cheaper than NYC, DC, SF, LA, etc...JJW wrote:COL. Nothing is cheap in Philly. Nothing.
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.JJW wrote: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.
TLSwag wrote:thisrickgrimes69 wrote:Way to split hairs, buddy. Go back to your volleyball game.justonemoregame wrote: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.
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 wrote:TLSwag wrote:thisrickgrimes69 wrote:Way to split hairs, buddy. Go back to your volleyball game.justonemoregame wrote: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.
COA and debt at graduation are two completely different things. HTH