Northwestern or Emory with 20K/year? Forum

[Micdiddy]

It might be someone's lucky day as yesterday I gave up my spot to go to the University of Virginia.

Good luck to you all and have fun in Emory - seemed like a great and fun school, but I couldn't turn down UVA.

Threads over. Assuming OP is paying sticker he made a bad choice and will have to live with it. Oh well, we can't win them all.

[03152016]

It might be someone's lucky day as yesterday I gave up my spot to go to the University of Virginia.

Good luck to you all and have fun in Emory - seemed like a great and fun school, but I couldn't turn down UVA.

Threads over. Assuming OP is paying sticker he made a bad choice and will have to live with it. Oh well, we can't win them all.

This is sad. There but for the grace of god go i

[bjsesq]

Northwestern is not worth it at sticker. Not even close.

[bkraut1]

If your goal is biglaw, NU seems like the winner here. But $240k in debt, idk. If you were applying with a 3.1/172, it might be a defensible choice. But given that you could study hard for four months, try to raise the LSAT to a 170, and apply Northwestern ED full-ride (which you would likely get), I don't see how your current plan makes sense.

^ +1

If you're NYC BigLaw or bust then NW is the obvious choice. Emory won't get you back to NYC unless you are well above median, plus the school is way overpriced even with a 20k/yr scholarship. The best decision is to take a gap year, retake the LSAT in October and reapply. With a 3.91 you're doing yourself a great disservice by settling for a 161.

[norkanite]

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