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[pochacco]

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[thebobs1987]

What kind of law do you want to do? Where would you rather live? What are your stats

[mountaintime]

none of those options is great from a purely financial / career point of view. go to wisconsin. the other schools aren't any better than wisconsin, so you may as well minimize your debt.

[Ditka747]

none of those options is great from a purely financial / career point of view. go to wisconsin. the other schools aren't any better than wisconsin, so you may as well minimize your debt.

A 72% employment score isn't better than 57%?

[rad lulz]

none of those options is great from a purely financial / career point of view. go to wisconsin. the other schools aren't any better than wisconsin, so you may as well minimize your debt.

A 72% employment score isn't better than 57%?

64% after you take out school funded jobs bro

[Ditka747]

none of those options is great from a purely financial / career point of view. go to wisconsin. the other schools aren't any better than wisconsin, so you may as well minimize your debt.

A 72% employment score isn't better than 57%?

64% after you take out school funded jobs bro

True. However, Illinois offers a decent shot of getting into a good market, the others don't. <--This is the opinion of a 0L. I will differ to the vets now.

[thebobs1987]

none of those options is great from a purely financial / career point of view. go to wisconsin. the other schools aren't any better than wisconsin, so you may as well minimize your debt.

A 72% employment score isn't better than 57%?

64% after you take out school funded jobs bro

True. However, Illinois offers a decent shot of getting into a good market, the others don't. <--This is the opinion of a 0L. I will differ to the vets now.

Illinois will put the OP in Chicago. But the OP hasn't said where they really want to be and they have ties to FL.

[McAvoy]

You need to provide more details. Hold a gun to my head, Wisconsin, but what do you want to do with your life?

UF and IU are out of the question. Illinois is probably too expensive for the ROI. If you're fine with hustling for a small law gig and ending up spending the next decade in Bumpkinville, Wis., you still have way too much debt here, but Wisconsin isn't the worst option. Retaking would be a much better option.

ETA: Just realized you're a Florida resident. If you don't mind me asking, how the hell did you get a UW scholarship to make the total COA this low? Budgeting 20K a year COL in Madison, they would have offered you basically a full ride. They offer OOS full rides to people with T6 numbers only... Something's not right here.

[pochacco]

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[thebobs1987]

What kind of law do you want to do? Where would you rather live? What are your stats

I’m not dead set on a field of law or a geographic area. As for my stats, they’re irrelevant at this point.

They're not irrelevant until you start school. If you don't know what you want to do or where you want to go, why do you want to be a lawyer?

I'd say figure those two crucial things out first before going to law school

[isuperserial]

Are you figuring in cost of living? If the numbers you've provided include COL then congratulations and I totally think Illinois is your best bet, objectively speaking and assuming you honestly don't care where you work or what you do.

That being said, I have a sneaking suspicion that you took the annual tuition x3, subtracted your scholarships, and gave us the number. In that case, holy shit do not go to law school with those prospects, or if you really want to then retake and try again next year. Honestly even if you reapplied next year with your same numbers I'm sure you could get into like Rutgers with a full ride or something. That would be preferable to your current situation.

[cron1834]

What, exactly, is your connection to the Midwest? I'll never understand why people just apply RANDOMLY to schools. It's like you just looked at last year's NCAA bracket and closed your eyes. I would pick Illinois of these options, but then again I'm from Illinois and my folks are nearby.

[pochacco]

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[isuperserial]

Are you figuring in cost of living? If the numbers you've provided include COL then congratulations and I totally think Illinois is your best bet, objectively speaking and assuming you honestly don't care where you work or what you do.

That being said, I have a sneaking suspicion that you took the annual tuition x3, subtracted your scholarships, and gave us the number. In that case, holy shit do not go to law school with those prospects, or if you really want to then retake and try again next year. Honestly even if you reapplied next year with your same numbers I'm sure you could get into like Rutgers with a full ride or something. That would be preferable to your current situation.

Yes, I figured in living expenses for the academic year.

LST has UF at 148k in-state, including COL. Your number is below that. Are you living at home if you go there?