Hard Factors
[*] SC's annual tuition is 5k more than BU's.
[*] No benefit of "living at home" so my COL wud be about the same at both.
[*] Hesitant to take out that much more in private loans at SC.
[*] Current employment stats seem to indicate a 10% greater chance for BigLaw at SC than BU.
[*] BU/BC's recent slide in the rankings this year worries me of a possible long-term trend and just how it might negatively affect the national perception of these schools.
Soft Factors
[*] Bit of a prestige whore but I also figure its a negligible factor when discussing regional schools.
[*] Long time SoCal native with extensive legal ties in LA and OC.
[*] Fan of Boston (the city not its sport teams

[*] Not opposed to working in Boston/NYC or LA/OC for a few years if I luck out at BigLaw.
[*] If stuck w/ the mid- or small-firm option, wud likely search it out in Miami (luv the scene and a great place for me to put to use my multilingual skills in Spanish and Portuguese) but willing to return to SoCal if worse comes to worse.
[*] Ultimately interested in doing transactional work for Latin American companies and investors hoping to expand into the US (again Miami...)
Thoughts?