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NU ($$) vs CU ($$)

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 6:05 pm
by gimmedanger
Bumping because this is all I have been thinking about for days and I can't get the scale to weigh on one or the other.

The estimates are conservative since i am married and my spouse will be helping with rent/food/other.

Northwestern COA: 150K
CU: COA: $70K


I'm from Colorado and would like to return there once school is finished. I wouldn't mind doing CO "big law", am interested in environmental law but realistic about its prospects. also interested in immigration. The grisly 50% employment rate at CU gives me pause and I question the sanity of paying for odds like that, even though Colorado is the goal.

Is northwestern actually portable in this case with my ties, or am i better off staying in CO, despite the lower ranking? I

Re: NU ($$) vs CU ($$$) vs. UT ($$)

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:39 pm
by Winston1984
TX is out. Would you rather have biglaw or work in CO? If you take NU, assume working in Chi/NY.