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Texas vs. Vanderbilt vs. Retake
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 11:54 am
by El Principe
Schools: Texas, Vanderbilt
Total Cost of Attendance: Texas - 100K | Vanderbilt - 150K
Financing: Loans
Ties/Location: From Texas, family in Dallas and Houston, only want to work in Texas.
Career Goals: BigLaw --> In-House or Fed Gov
GPA/LSAT: 3.6 / 158
Other Info: URM. K-JD (December Grad). I've only taken the LSAT once. Studying for a retake will be hard because I work odd/unpredictable hours, and I don't get paid much, so supporting myself financially's going to be another problem in and of itself.
Re: Texas vs. Vanderbilt vs. Retake
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 11:59 am
by BVest
Stats?
Re: Texas vs. Vanderbilt vs. Retake
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 12:01 pm
by El Principe
BVest wrote:Stats?
I updated op
Re: Texas vs. Vanderbilt vs. Retake
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 12:01 pm
by Kool-Aid
Retake...In most cases if you think you should, you should! Save yourself from the regret later.
Re: Texas vs. Vanderbilt vs. Retake
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 12:06 pm
by BVest
I'm not ordinarily a retake evangelist, but I think yours is a clear case in favor of it.
Re: Texas vs. Vanderbilt vs. Retake
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 12:40 pm
by Otunga
Retake. If you have 158 and Texas at reasonable COA, you could be at HYS with a solid improvement. If not, do Texas, but obviously be good with small law before committing there.
Re: Texas vs. Vanderbilt vs. Retake
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 5:54 pm
by El Principe
Otunga wrote:Retake. If you have 158 and Texas at reasonable COA, you could be at HYS with a solid improvement. If not, do Texas, but obviously be good with small law before committing there.
I don't have a problem with small law, but I would clearly have a problem working small law with 100K debt.
Re: Texas vs. Vanderbilt vs. Retake
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 5:59 pm
by Yea All Right
Retake, if you get a better score then you will get into really good schools, judging by the options you already have with a 158.
If you choose not to retake, then pick Texas over Vanderbilt.
Re: Texas vs. Vanderbilt vs. Retake
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:06 pm
by Pneumonia
Unless you studied more than a year, retake is extremely credited here.
Re: Texas vs. Vanderbilt vs. Retake
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:09 pm
by BigZuck
I would retake for HYS
Vanderbilt makes absolutely no sense here. 100K for UT is a lot and chances of big law are iffy but URM+Texan should help somewhat.
Re: Texas vs. Vanderbilt vs. Retake
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:15 pm
by Nomo
El Principe wrote:Otunga wrote:Retake. If you have 158 and Texas at reasonable COA, you could be at HYS with a solid improvement. If not, do Texas, but obviously be good with small law before committing there.
I don't have a problem with small law, but I would clearly have a problem working small law with 100K debt.
Then you have to retake. Because these options leave a very high likelihood of small law with 100k of debt.