UVA v Penn v Duke Forum
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RandomLawStudent14
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UVA v Penn v Duke
Up to this point I have received scholarship offers from UVA (120k), Penn (~95k), and Duke (90k) while I am still waiting on financial aid packages from Chicago and Northwestern. Should I begin negotiating with Penn and Duke using my offer from UVA or wait until I hear back from the Chicago schools? Any help/thoughts would be appreciated.
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Otunga
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Re: UVA v Penn v Duke
Depends on goals but on its face UVA simply because of the bigger scholarship. If you're set on NYC biglaw, then an argument can be made for Penn, but I reckon an argument can be made for Penn either way. I'd personally choose UVA, anyway, but Penn is a good choice too.
As for negotiating, I've heard suggested as a fellow 0L that negotiating multiple times (so multiple emails or whatever) is a viable strategy. In other words, you could use your UVA offer to sway Penn and Duke, and then wait on a potential offer from Chicago (I'm not sure a Northwestern offer would make a difference for Penn, but possibly with Duke.) to use that offer for the following negotiation round.
As for negotiating, I've heard suggested as a fellow 0L that negotiating multiple times (so multiple emails or whatever) is a viable strategy. In other words, you could use your UVA offer to sway Penn and Duke, and then wait on a potential offer from Chicago (I'm not sure a Northwestern offer would make a difference for Penn, but possibly with Duke.) to use that offer for the following negotiation round.
