U Iowa, Boston College, U Colorado, or Tulane with $$? Forum

[bbrown90]

$20,000 to Tulane or sticker at BU or Iowa? Colorado also an option, I am open to location. But it's cold as balls. And/Or, which schools are you deciding between?

Any thoughts would be much appreciated. I haven't received scholarship information from any of the others yet.

[Frothingslosh]

Where are you from and where do you want to practice? these schools are all over the place.

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[DportIA]

Iowa 3L here. Plz don't come with no scholarship money. Otherwise I LOL for your financial future.

[thechinaman12]

None of these places make sense. Where are you from? Where do you want to work? Why are you looking at 4 regional schools in 4 different markets?

Personally, If forced to choose, I would attend Tulane w/ $ out of all these options - but it seems like a stupid decision either way. My vote is to retake.

[A. Nony Mouse]

Colorado's actually probably warmer than Boston or Iowa.

[Rigo]

Colorado's actually probably warmer than Boston or Iowa.

100% accurate. Average January high in Boulder is 47 degrees & the low is 22 degrees.
That's balmy by Boston and Iowa standards.

[bbrown90]

Where are you from and where do you want to practice? these schools are all over the place.

In order to receive the best feedback in this forum, please provide as much of the following information in your original post as possible:

-The schools you are considering
-The total Cost of Attendance (COA) of each. COA = cost of tuition + fees + books + cost of living (COL) + accumulated interest - scholarships.
-How you will be financing your COA, i.e. loans, family, or savings
-Where you are from and where you want to work, and other places where you have significant ties (if any)
-Your general career goals
-Your LSAT/GPA numbers
-How many times you have taken the LSAT

From Atlanta. 160 LSAT, 3.9 GPA. Took the LSAT once.

Considering Tulane, U of Colorado- Boulder, U of Iowa, Boston College. I haven't heard back from Cornell yet, which is of course a reach but just took a shot.

The lion's share of law school will be financed by loans, and I want to go into criminal and family law.

I want to get out of the south. New Orleans is a special place though with a great culture, so that's why I looked at Tulane. I have some family in Colorado, Iowa's legal writing is outstanding and my short visit in Iowa City was great. Boston, in terms of location, is I think the best, but Iowa is ranked higher.

Honestly, I am pretty open. I wouldn't consider all of these to be 'regional' schools, either. They are all tier 1 schools...?

[hdaze]

Colorado's actually probably warmer than Boston or Iowa.

100% accurate. Average January high in Boulder is 47 degrees & the low is 22 degrees.
That's balmy by Boston and Iowa standards.

Yeah, don't come to Iowa if you're worried about cold. Tomorrow, the low will be -14, with a wind chill of -35 degrees.

[bbrown90]

Seriously??? Damn.

[A. Nony Mouse]

Also, they're all regional schools.

[Rigo]

You should retake with that 3.9, OP. You can easily nab full rides to these schools if you improve that LSAT.
Also, it's not smart going to regional schools in very insular markets that you have no ties to.

[arewevoting]

My first question is are you talking Boston College or Boston University? BC and BU are different schools, different prestige.

But more importantly, RETAKE the LSAT. Don't go this cycle, work for another year and half and make some money, get your score up. You cannot waste that impeccable GPA.

[chuckbass]

$20,000 to Tulane or sticker at BU or Iowa? Colorado also an option, I am open to location. But it's cold as balls. And/Or, which schools are you deciding between?

Any thoughts would be much appreciated. I haven't received scholarship information from any of the others yet.

Lol at BC in thread title, but BU in post

[ilikebaseball]

Dude, 3.9? If you're fully intent on one of these schools, score 5 points higher and get full rides. Or, score 8-10 points higher and go virtually anywhere you want

[Rigo]

Even if you get your LSAT up a mere 2 points, that's a full-ride at UIUC (and likely Iowa).
Speaking of, apply to Illinois (UIUC). You might as well since it's no less random for someone from Atlanta and is arguably a better school in terms of cost per outcomes.

Champaign is cold though.

[bbrown90]

$20,000 to Tulane or sticker at BU or Iowa? Colorado also an option, I am open to location. But it's cold as balls. And/Or, which schools are you deciding between?

Any thoughts would be much appreciated. I haven't received scholarship information from any of the others yet.

Lol at BC in thread title, but BU in post

BC

[Pumpkin-Duke of Pie]

Just LOL @ wasting that beautiful GPA on those schools. If you've got the time and energy to attend any of those schools, you've got the time and energy to get a job, practice your butt off, and retake the LSAT. However, if you don't want to be T-14 bound with serious scholarship money, all else being equal, I'd take Tulane for the money and the weather.

[bbrown90]

I thought about re-taking, but the score I got was consistent with all of my practice tests. I studied for 6 months and took a class... that test just killed me. I don't know if I could reasonably expect to do much better, according to what I've read. Maybe 2 points higher, but is that worth waiting another year?? BAH.

Have any of you seen a giant score increase the second go round?

[ilikebaseball]

I thought about re-taking, but the score I got was consistent with all of my practice tests. I studied for 6 months and took a class... that test just killed me. I don't know if I could reasonably expect to do much better, according to what I've read. Maybe 2 points higher, but is that worth waiting another year?? BAH.

Have any of you seen a giant score increase the second go round?

ya, someone just made a thread not long ago where they increased 9 points. I personally jumped 5 points (remember, that's only one extra month of studying, so it shows that the experience was more important to me than the extra knowledge I gained in a mere month). How many LG questions did you miss?

[Rigo]

I thought about re-taking, but the score I got was consistent with all of my practice tests. I studied for 6 months and took a class... that test just killed me. I don't know if I could reasonably expect to do much better, according to what I've read. Maybe 2 points higher, but is that worth waiting another year?? BAH.

Have any of you seen a giant score increase the second go round?

You should retake even if you don't want to wait a year. At the very least, apply (as you've done) and sign up to retake in February.
If you do worse, then no harm done.
If you do better, profit. Two LSAT points (especially from 160 to 162) is NOTHING, yet could mean the difference between a lot of debt and full-tuition scholarships. Not retaking shows poor judgment.

[ilikebaseball]

I thought about re-taking, but the score I got was consistent with all of my practice tests. I studied for 6 months and took a class... that test just killed me. I don't know if I could reasonably expect to do much better, according to what I've read. Maybe 2 points higher, but is that worth waiting another year?? BAH.

Have any of you seen a giant score increase the second go round?

You should retake even if you don't want to wait a year. At the very least, apply (as you've done) and sign up to retake in February.
If you do worse, then no harm done.
If you do better, profit. Two LSAT points (especially from 160 to 162) is NOTHING, yet could mean the difference between a lot of debt and full-tuition scholarships. Not retaking shows poor judgment.

ya dude. They give you 3 shots for a reason. With your GPA, you might as well use every one of em

[Pumpkin-Duke of Pie]

I thought about re-taking, but the score I got was consistent with all of my practice tests. I studied for 6 months and took a class... that test just killed me. I don't know if I could reasonably expect to do much better, according to what I've read. Maybe 2 points higher, but is that worth waiting another year?? BAH.

Have any of you seen a giant score increase the second go round?

Not me personally, but an acquaintance of mine jumped 3 points his second time taking the test. Really you've got nothing to lose by retaking one more time just to make sure that's the best you can do. If you don't do any better, the schools will just take your best score anyway. In the interim, if you haven't done so already, practicing with the official LSAT prep books and/or looking into a different class could help.

[bbrown90]

True. But February is late in the game... should have done it earlier.

[ilikebaseball]

True. But February is late in the game... should have done it earlier.

February isnt at all. You already have your acceptances. If you hadn't even applied it would be, but to get more $$$ its not late. People were literally negotiating for more money in June and July last year. Some people weren't even committing until 2 weeks before school. (Dont do that, btw). I think you could work your ass off, study SMART, and figure out a way to get a ton of money from these places

[Rigo]

February administration is full of people retaking solely for money. It's not late if using it for scholly negotiations.