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MistakenGenius wrote:I hate when idiots say "hands down" when we don't even have all the information we need.

[color=#B000FF]Mods[/color] wrote:-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.
-How you will be financing your COA, i.e. loans, family, or savings
-Places where you have significant ties (if any)
-Your general career goals
-Your LSAT/GPA numbers
-How many times you have taken the LSAT

Nova wrote:answer these questions

[color=#B000FF]Mods[/color] wrote:-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.
-How you will be financing your COA, i.e. loans, family, or savings
-Places where you have significant ties (if any)
-Your general career goals
-Your LSAT/GPA numbers
-How many times you have taken the LSAT

The Dark Kite wrote:

Nova wrote:answer these questions

[color=#B000FF]Mods[/color] wrote:-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.
-How you will be financing your COA, i.e. loans, family, or savings
-Places where you have significant ties (if any)
-Your general career goals
-Your LSAT/GPA numbers
-How many times you have taken the LSAT

-I'll be using my savings and my parents will be helping me out if I go to Illy. I'll be taking out loans if I go to Michigan because none of us can afford the COA of Mich at sticker.

-I worked in NYC's financial district in the legal sector for a couple of years and have made pretty good contacts at some of the bigger firms downtown but probably not strong enough to email for a job

-I'd like to work in big law for a bit/eventually make my way into a general counsel's office for a reputable business

-I'm not retaking the LSAT. I see the value in that suggestion and recognize it as a go-to on TLS, but I've thought long and hard about it and there's no way I'm taking a third year off. I'm already 100% set on attending law school in 2014.

francesfarmer wrote: You did not answer the first question.

unodostres wrote:how can you be deadset on not waiting another year that can benefit you for the rest of your life?

The Dark Kite wrote:

francesfarmer wrote: You did not answer the first question.

Missed it! Sorry:

COA at Illy over 3 years will come to ~$50k versus MICH which will be ~$200k.

The Dark Kite wrote:

unodostres wrote:how can you be deadset on not waiting another year that can benefit you for the rest of your life?

Because I am. And you'll just have to take that on its face because I'm not looking to get into that discussion here. Thank you.

unodostres wrote:

The Dark Kite wrote:

unodostres wrote:how can you be deadset on not waiting another year that can benefit you for the rest of your life?

Because I am. And you'll just have to take that on its face because I'm not looking to get into that discussion here. Thank you.

good luck then. wrong choice thou

MistakenGenius wrote:I hate when idiots say "hands down" when we don't even have all the information we need. What are your goals? Numbers?

The Dark Kite wrote:

francesfarmer wrote: You did not answer the first question.

Missed it! Sorry:

COA at Illy over 3 years will come to ~$75k versus MICH which will be ~$225k.

MistakenGenius wrote:

transferror wrote:

MistakenGenius wrote:I hate when idiots say "hands down" when we don't even have all the information we need. What are your goals? Numbers?

Name a situation where Michigan at sticker makes sense over a full ride at Illinois for someone who wants to be in Chicago...

I agree I should've known LSAT/GPA/number of takes first, but come on dude

I've got a damn respiratory virus and am in a shit mood today. I'm sorry for calling you an idiot. That was overboard. OP, I don't know what to tell you. I wanted to know more because I suspected this was the case. Illinois is likely not going to get you where you want to be, but Michigan has become one of the worst performing T14s and it's difficult to justify sticker there. Here are your two options, you go to Illinois without too much debt, but you only have a 25% chance of achieving your goals. Or you go to Michigan, have a much higher chance of reaching your goals, but will be crippled by debt and forced into certain jobs. You should retake and we all know you don't have any good enough excuse other than laziness, but since you're content to fuck yourself over, I'm going to say Michigan. You might be crushed with debt for a while, but at least you'll have a reasonable shot at your goals. It doesn't matter if you don't have much debt if you're not able to do what you want to do with your JD.