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Long story short, I was fortunate enough to get accepted to Cornell and Georgetown. As the time to make a decision approaches, I wish to hear valuable advices from fellow TLSers. I wish to study tax law, and, if possible, I wish to come back to California. Retake is not an option!

Thank you for your honest advices.

I'm betting that retaking is by far your best option (your reason not to isn't good enough, I promise), but Georgetown is clearly the superior of these two choices.

WokeUpInACar wrote:I'm betting that retaking is by far your best option (your reason not to isn't good enough, I promise), but Georgetown is clearly the superior of these two choices.

Thank you for your advice! Definitely will think about that.

WokeUpInACar wrote:I'm betting that retaking is by far your best option (your reason not to isn't good enough, I promise), but Georgetown is clearly the superior of these two choices.

Is GULC with 105k really a bad option?

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In a vacuum, Cornell is the better choice, even for CA, up until ~$20K/yr more scholly from Gtown. I would definitely take Cornell for significantly more $ over gulc. I wouldn't go more than $150K into debt at Cornell for bidding CA biglaw, since that outcome is unlikely either way. If NYC biglaw was an acceptance result, Cornell at higher CoAs might be more feasible.

Edit: just saw scholly figures in poll. Still would like CoAs, but Id go to GULC at that price difference.

toothbrush wrote:

WokeUpInACar wrote:I'm betting that retaking is by far your best option (your reason not to isn't good enough, I promise), but Georgetown is clearly the superior of these two choices.

Is GULC with 105k really a bad option?

No it isn't. That doesn't contradict what I said though.

it's between GULC and retake. Cornell should not even be an option in this poll.

tlsshin wrote:Long story short, I was fortunate enough to get accepted to Cornell and Georgetown. As the time to make a decision approaches, I wish to hear valuable advices from fellow TLSers. I wish to study tax law, and, if possible, I wish to come back to California. Retake is not an option!

Thank you for your honest advices.

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Retake

Retake.

If you insist on settling for something less than what's in your best interest, then GULC beats Cornell at these prices.

Easy choice here is GULC given there LLM in tax is one of the best and highly regarded, and it may be slightly easier to get back to Cali from GULC (though I could be wrong about that). Throw in the 2/3rd scholly and I don't see how you can go wrong (unless of course you screw up 1l, but that doesn't really have much to do with the school choice).

I wanted to vote for Cornell because I want you to be my classmate but seriously with 105k... GULC is probably the answer