$84K at BC vs. UVA sticker Forum

[oldschool123]

Is $84K at BC near enough to be worth considering over paying sticker at UVA?

FWIW i'm interested exclusively in environmental law (have a grad degree in environmental policy) and would like to work in PI/govt.

[empyreanrrv]

What is total CoA of each of these options? How much would be debt-financed?
Where do you want to work?
What are your stats?

UVA is probably TCR since 84k at BC will still put you ~100k in debt, but I would be nervous taking that option.

[dixon02]

I think UVA at sticker is pretty clearly better than BC with $84k. But the bigger question is whether either of these options are better than not going at all.

[oldschool123]

empyreanrrv:

Less than half (and probably closer to 1/3) of the total CoA would be debt-financed for UVA sticker

Ideally I'd like to work in PI/govt. in D.C. but am aware of how hard that market can be to crack

And my stats are 3.5x/171


dixon02:

I agree that that's the bigger question here. I'm still pretty much 50/50 on whether I want to go to law school in the first place. Also considering retaking in the summer and reapplying for next cycle, and in the meantime looking further for a job to get with my M.P.A. to see where that could lead (at the moment I just have some bullshit part-time job to make some money while I decide whether or not I could commit to something more serious at this time)

[thesealocust]

Is $84K at BC near enough to be worth considering over paying sticker at UVA?

FWIW i'm interested exclusively in environmental law (have a grad degree in environmental policy) and would like to work in PI/govt.

The job you want probably doesn't even exist. The market is abysmal, your desires are common, and the governments are facing massive budget cuts and hiring freezes.