Emory vs W&M vs becoming a hippie barista
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:28 pm
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So this is another lame Help Me Choose thread; I've been struggling with this decision for quite a while now and I've switched my decision way too many times to really be confident in my little ol' 0L opinion. I've taken a look at all LST reports, employment data spreadsheet courtesy of these forums, the Go-To rankings, etc., and I can't figure out for the life of me where I want to go.
My numbers: ~3.05-~3.15, 169. I guess I could retake (I've taken it twice) but I don't know if my options would change at all with that bum GPA. Don't really have any meaningful work experience / softs.
I've lived in Louisiana, Northern Virginia, New York, and Los Angeles and I generally have found that I like all those regions and have no real geographical preference. I prefer city-life generally but have lived in the quiet, quiet burbs for the past couple of years and I have no real complaints. My family lives in Virginia and my extended family lives in Los Angeles.
My career desire in general is to work in a city (any city), snap some thin necks, cash some fat checks, the usual. I might pursue an MBA afterwards to get into that saucy corporate/securities/m&a law sector, but I know that's a fanciful idea given this economy and the general labor glut.
Money stuff, COL of which is guesstimated / pulled from their websites:
Emory - 84k total scholarship = ~45k total tuition + ~50k total COL = ~95-100k total COA
W&M - 60k total scholarship = ~24k total tuition (instate) + ~35k total COL = ~60-65k total COA
Emory and W&M's stips are just to stay in good standing.
I will be financing my degree via some funds my parents were kind and foresightful enough to save up for my education; at most I will be taking out ~50k for Emory and not really anything above 5-10k for the W&'s. Even then, other people in my family have said they were willing to step in and help out so that 50k number for Emory isn't written in stone.
The biggest dilemma I have is that all three of them have vaguely similar and ominous employment statistics, with somewhat lurching variations every year in terms of placement into NLJ250/Fed/Govt. I've visited all three and have liked all the campuses, each with their very distinctive flair.
So this is another lame Help Me Choose thread; I've been struggling with this decision for quite a while now and I've switched my decision way too many times to really be confident in my little ol' 0L opinion. I've taken a look at all LST reports, employment data spreadsheet courtesy of these forums, the Go-To rankings, etc., and I can't figure out for the life of me where I want to go.
My numbers: ~3.05-~3.15, 169. I guess I could retake (I've taken it twice) but I don't know if my options would change at all with that bum GPA. Don't really have any meaningful work experience / softs.
I've lived in Louisiana, Northern Virginia, New York, and Los Angeles and I generally have found that I like all those regions and have no real geographical preference. I prefer city-life generally but have lived in the quiet, quiet burbs for the past couple of years and I have no real complaints. My family lives in Virginia and my extended family lives in Los Angeles.
My career desire in general is to work in a city (any city), snap some thin necks, cash some fat checks, the usual. I might pursue an MBA afterwards to get into that saucy corporate/securities/m&a law sector, but I know that's a fanciful idea given this economy and the general labor glut.
Money stuff, COL of which is guesstimated / pulled from their websites:
Emory - 84k total scholarship = ~45k total tuition + ~50k total COL = ~95-100k total COA
W&M - 60k total scholarship = ~24k total tuition (instate) + ~35k total COL = ~60-65k total COA
Emory and W&M's stips are just to stay in good standing.
I will be financing my degree via some funds my parents were kind and foresightful enough to save up for my education; at most I will be taking out ~50k for Emory and not really anything above 5-10k for the W&'s. Even then, other people in my family have said they were willing to step in and help out so that 50k number for Emory isn't written in stone.
The biggest dilemma I have is that all three of them have vaguely similar and ominous employment statistics, with somewhat lurching variations every year in terms of placement into NLJ250/Fed/Govt. I've visited all three and have liked all the campuses, each with their very distinctive flair.