Columbia/UVA $/Northwestern $$ Forum

[lawschool55]

Thank you in advance.

-The total Cost of Attendance (COA) of each. COA = cost of tuition + fees + books + cost of living (COL) + accumulated interest - scholarships. Here is a helpful calculator.

Columbia $250k, UVA $190K, Northwestern $130K

-How you will be financing your COA, i.e. loans, family, or savings

The amounts above are loan totals including interest at repayment (thanks LS22)

-Where you are from and where you want to work, and other places where you have significant ties (if any)

DC, NYC, my only ties are in a western state (not California)

-Your general career goals

See how long I can last in Biglaw then fed government/in-house/midsize firm in home market. I am pretty open. Also interested in fed clerkships.

-Your LSAT/GPA numbers

173/3.5x

-How many times you have taken the LSAT

Three

I visited CLS and UVA and could see myself at both although I liked CLS/NYC much more. Columbia has been my goal for a while now, but wholly sh*t that's a lot of money.

[Nelson]

Enjoy Northwestern.

[michellemarie]

COLUMBIA, w/o question. You will get a better job and be able to quickly pay of your loan. 250K will seem like pennies with a great job out of Columbia

[californiauser]

COLUMBIA, w/o question. You will get a better job and be able to quickly pay of your loan. 250K will seem like pennies with a great job out of Columbia

lol.

Enjoy Northwestern OP

[bjsesq]

COLUMBIA, w/o question. You will get a better job and be able to quickly pay of your loan. 250K will seem like pennies with a great job out of Columbia

Go ahead and get AIDS.

[PrideandGlory1776]

Northwestern by a mile

[michellemarie]

COLUMBIA, w/o question. You will get a better job and be able to quickly pay of your loan. 250K will seem like pennies with a great job out of Columbia

Go ahead and get AIDS.

[bjsesq]

COLUMBIA, w/o question. You will get a better job and be able to quickly pay of your loan. 250K will seem like pennies with a great job out of Columbia

Go ahead and get AIDS.

Die rich, then.
COLUMBIA

1. Troll alt
2. You won't be around long.

Have fun; go ham, etc.

[tho]

Northwestern seems like TCR. I'm a 0L though.

[Pishee77]

Northwestern!

[jbagelboy]

At these costs I'd do NU.

Still, I feel like everyone's been overplaying their debt at CLS. What's your grant amount? Try to make an independent calculation cause the sticker is misleading.