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Full ride at SCU vs Transfer to Berkeley at Sticker
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:27 pm
by hopefulIPgirl
I already have a big law job in the field I want to practice in (patents).
Transferring would mean spending 3 hours commuting, giving up a well-paid job and going 100K debt. Alternatively, I finish up school part-time with a full scholarship, no debt and keep my big law job.
Re: Full ride at SCU vs Transfer to Berkeley at Sticker
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 10:53 pm
by mojangles
hopefulIPgirl wrote:I already have a big law job in the field I want to practice in (patents).
Transferring would mean spending 3 hours commuting, giving up a well-paid job and going 100K debt. Alternatively, I finish up school part-time with a full scholarship, no debt and keep my big law job.
obvious transfer situation.
Re: Full ride at SCU vs Transfer to Berkeley at Sticker
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 10:56 pm
by Doorkeeper
You have a non-legal job at a biglaw firm? Unless they have given you the contract to join the firm when you graduate from Santa Clara, transfer to Berkeley.
Re: Full ride at SCU vs Transfer to Berkeley at Sticker
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 11:00 pm
by c3pO4
if you were at berkeley, and somebody gave you a biglaw job and 100k cash to go to SCU, would you do it?
Re: Full ride at SCU vs Transfer to Berkeley at Sticker
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 11:09 pm
by hopefulIPgirl
Doorkeeper wrote:You have a non-legal job at a biglaw firm? Unless they have given you the contract to join the firm when you graduate from Santa Clara, transfer to Berkeley.
I do patent prosecution, which is a legal job (though the litigators may disagree). Barring a major disaster, I should keep the job after I graduate and make more money doing the same thing.
Re: Full ride at SCU vs Transfer to Berkeley at Sticker
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 11:11 pm
by hopefulIPgirl
c3pO4 wrote:if you were at berkeley, and somebody gave you a biglaw job and 100k cash to go to SCU, would you do it?
Yes. I'd also have an awesome story to tell if someone asked me why I transferred to SCU.
Re: Full ride at SCU vs Transfer to Berkeley at Sticker
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 3:07 am
by c3pO4
hopefulIPgirl wrote:c3pO4 wrote:if you were at berkeley, and somebody gave you a biglaw job and 100k cash to go to SCU, would you do it?
Yes. I'd also have an awesome story to tell if someone asked me why I transferred to SCU.
well, then you have your answer
. FWIW SCU seems to be highly respected in the silicon valley patent world