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You should really consider retaking. I mean, you could get 180

ED NU is hugely preferable to ED NYU every day of the week and four times on sundays

the difference in placement power is way too marginal to justify more than a few tens of thousands in debt.

with your numbers, ED Northwestern is no guarantee, but with the steep tuition discount if you got in it would be by far your best option.

Yea, it seems as if consensus is that ED to NYU would be the wrong move. I applied to NYU RD yesterday and am making my decision on what to do with NU in terms of ED or not. I've played around with the numbers a bit, and it seems as if that if I don't apply to NU ED but get in to some other schools, I would be getting much less scholarship money like 30-60k ish type money from maybe NYU or Michigan/U Penn.

Is the reputation difference between each school a large factor? In other words, does a degree from a school like NYU or Columbia, or even U Penn or Michigan, open up more big law job opportunities relative to a degree from Northwestern or enable one to make more money in the long term (by moving higher up in a firm)? I'm also pretty sure this is irrelevant for this decision but if it helps anyone in terms of more info, i'm also very much looking to obtain a job relating to big law litigation. My ideal place to work would be New York, and I know all of these schools have graduates who work there.

shamallama wrote:Yea, it seems as if consensus is that ED to NYU would be the wrong move. I applied to NYU RD yesterday and am making my decision on what to do with NU in terms of ED or not. I've played around with the numbers a bit, and it seems as if that if I don't apply to NU ED but get in to some other schools, I would be getting much less scholarship money like 30-60k ish type money from maybe NYU or Michigan/U Penn.

ED NU. I got more money than that from CLS and I wish I had the right numbers or whatever to ED NU. It's a solid, solid choice.

most other T14 schools i have heard take the average of your scores.

No one does this anymore; why would they since they only report the highest score for ranking purposes.

ED to NULS is a no-brainer with your goals; NULS places well into Chicago and into NYC (like most of the rest).

(The only reason why you might hold out is for a low chance at HLS or Wachtell or a boutique firm which only recruit from the T6.)

serious ed nu frenzy this year
sure, go for it
but let's not kid ourselves here, nu isn't just handing out $150k schollys to every applicant who cracks the lsat 75th
haven't seen anyone get it with a 3.4
but i guess you have nothing to lose

$150k falls in the half-to-full tuition category; NU is 6th out of 14 in % of students with that distinction (12%)
9.9% of the class gets an award of $90k or higher
medians for c/o 2017 are 168/3.75

ed data from previous years (caution: small sample. nu, while more generous than some t14s, is middle of the pack when it comes to these big awards. the data is more promising than it appears due to selection bias):
3.84/172 - Admit w/ $150k
3.84/171 - Admit w/ $150k
3.83/171 - Admit w/ $150k
3.69/172 - Admit w/ $150k
3.67/172 - Admit w/ $150k
3.66/171 - Admit w/ $150k
3.65/172 - Admit w/ $150k
3.60/173 - Admit w/ $150k
3.55/174 - Admit w/ $150k
3.49/170 - Deferred to RD -> WL
3.48/174 - Admit w/ $150k
3.30/171 - Deferred to RD -> WL -> Admit
3.09/175 - Deferred to RD -> WL -> Admit
2.90/174 - Deferred to RD -> Admit
2.54/173 - Deferred to RD -> WL -> Admit

$56,134 1L tuition
(3.64% tuition cost inflation per year)
$58,177 2L tuition
$60,295 3L tuition
grand total:
$174,606
subtract scholarship
$24,606 (pre-interest and fees) + COL

Sure, I understand it's not guaranteed and the data suggests it will be tough. On the other hand, i'm pretty confident all other aspects of my application except my GPA are pretty strong and it seems like the only way I could hope to get big money on that level from a T14 school.

go for it
think of it as playing the lotto