W%L vs W&M vs BC LAST MINUTE Forum

[BennyProfane]

Ok, so I have a 3.5/165 from a sub-Ivy college. Want to work in Boston, NY area, or DC/VA. Here are my options, don't say retake.

BC: 25K a year in tuition
William and Mary: 15K a year
Washington and Lee: 5K a year

I'm perfectly content with living in the middle of nowhere. Lee would be dirt cheap, but its recent drop in the USNews rankings is worrisome.

[timbs4339]

Ok, so I have a 3.5/165 from a sub-Ivy college. Want to work in Boston, NY area, or DC/VA. Here are my options, don't say retake.

BC: 25K a year in tuition
William and Mary: 15K a year
Washington and Lee: 5K a year

I'm perfectly content with living in the middle of nowhere. Lee would be dirt cheap, but its recent drop in the USNews rankings is worrisome.

What are your career goals?

[raininthedesert]

I can honestly say that I don't understand why W&L is even an option here. If the $10k per year between W&L is an issue than approach W&M and have them meet you half way. W&L is a terrible option if you are focused on employment.

My first choice would be BC if you can get tuition to $50K or less for 3 years because of its location and access to externships in a major market during the school year. W&M "as is" will work but I would still try to have them shave $5K per year off their tuition.

[objctnyrhnr]

If you like Boston, go to BC. William and Mary and W&L both place into saturated markets with many schools heavily placing into those markets, that are better.

BC you don't really have this issue.

Everybody is now realizing W&L is weak, so it is giving people tons of money. I still wouldn't go.

[BennyProfane]

Ok, so I have a 3.5/165 from a sub-Ivy college. Want to work in Boston, NY area, or DC/VA. Here are my options, don't say retake.

BC: 25K a year in tuition
William and Mary: 15K a year
Washington and Lee: 5K a year

I'm perfectly content with living in the middle of nowhere. Lee would be dirt cheap, but its recent drop in the USNews rankings is worrisome.

What are your career goals?

Job that pays for food, honestly. I open to corporate law but even BC only has 25% placement into 100+ lawyer firms. WL sucks in this regard, I understand

[silenttimer]

Ok, so I have a 3.5/165 from a sub-Ivy college. Want to work in Boston, NY area, or DC/VA. Here are my options, don't say retake.

BC: 25K a year in tuition
William and Mary: 15K a year
Washington and Lee: 5K a year

I'm perfectly content with living in the middle of nowhere. Lee would be dirt cheap, but its recent drop in the USNews rankings is worrisome.

What are your career goals?

Job that pays for food, honestly. I open to corporate law but even BC only has 25% placement into 100+ lawyer firms. WL sucks in this regard, I understand

I would strongly consider WL. Job numbers have not been great, but 5k/year is dirt cheap. As recently as 2011/2012, W&L's placement at NLJ 250 was in the top 25, and historically, it has been a strong regional school.

[LurkerShirker]

In terms of long term, full time JD required (non-school funded) jobs for the Class of 2013, W&L was slightly better than W&M.

[BigZuck]

Retake the LSAT and/or answer all the questions in the sticky at the top of the choosing forum you weirdo