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Duke or Michigan for CA Public Interest or Biglaw??
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 6:58 pm
by ticklemesilly
I'm in at Michigan with 75K, hopefully can get that matched by Duke. I think I want to live in Northern CA in the future but want to keep my options open and have a mobile degree.
Also in at Cornell, Georgetown, Vanderbilt, U of Washington (around 140K), USC (got low-balled but around 105K), George Washington (low balled).
WL at Northwestern and Penn
Rejected from Berkeley during FR2 (crushing).
Still waiting on Virginia, NYU, Stanford, U Chicago, Columbia, and UCLA
Where would you go if you were me?
Re: Duke or Michigan for CA Public Interest or Biglaw??
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:02 pm
by KMart
Did you apply to UCLA or USC? If no, why not?
Re: Duke or Michigan for CA Public Interest or Biglaw??
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:21 pm
by Mack.Hambleton
UCLA/USC with $$$
Re: Duke or Michigan for CA Public Interest or Biglaw??
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:26 pm
by Hutz_and_Goodman
This makes no sense
Vanderbilt or u Texas for Montana public interest or big law?
You would be better off going to a CA school with a full ride.
Re: Duke or Michigan for CA Public Interest or Biglaw??
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:32 pm
by ballcaps
i don't understand your list of schools.
u washington? vanderbilt? are you actually targeting CA or what?
fyi michigan sends a higher proportion of grads to CA.
Re: Duke or Michigan for CA Public Interest or Biglaw??
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 6:59 am
by ticklemesilly
I want a mobile degree because I'm also interested in Washington D.C. or Atlanta. So I think USC is out, probably UCLA too.
Re: Duke or Michigan for CA Public Interest or Biglaw??
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:23 am
by pamphleteer
Michigan has a strong alum network in the Bay Area FWIW. Not sure how that actually translates into CA job prospects.
Re: Duke or Michigan for CA Public Interest or Biglaw??
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:01 am
by Tiago Splitter
Hutz_and_Goodman wrote:This makes no sense
Vanderbilt or u Texas for Montana public interest or big law?
You would be better off going to a CA school with a full ride.
Placement below USC/UCLA at the CA schools is pure shit. I would much rather have Michigan with 75k than Santa Clara or Hastings with a full ride
Re: Duke or Michigan for CA Public Interest or Biglaw??
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:05 am
by eriedoctrine
Michigan plummeted to #11. Duke shot up to #8. The choice is simple.
Re: Duke or Michigan for CA Public Interest or Biglaw??
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:08 am
by buckiguy_sucks
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Re: Duke or Michigan for CA Public Interest or Biglaw??
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:25 am
by Tiago Splitter
buckiguy_sucks wrote:Tiago Splitter wrote:Hutz_and_Goodman wrote:This makes no sense
Vanderbilt or u Texas for Montana public interest or big law?
You would be better off going to a CA school with a full ride.
Placement below USC/UCLA at the CA schools is pure shit. I would much rather have Michigan with 75k than Santa Clara or Hastings with a full ride
A UCD or UCI full ride isn't the same as a Santa Clara or Hastings full ride. But with given offers OP could probably negotiate more money out of USC and might get a decent offer from UCLA
Maybe but I'd still take 75k at Michigan. OP wants biglaw
Re: Duke or Michigan for CA Public Interest or Biglaw??
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:30 am
by buckiguy_sucks
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Re: Duke or Michigan for CA Public Interest or Biglaw??
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 12:37 pm
by ticklemesilly
buckiguy_sucks wrote:Tiago Splitter wrote:
Maybe but I'd still take 75k at Michigan. OP wants biglaw
+1 unless OPs goal is the or public interest part of the post
Thanks for everyone's advice. And I guess since I am keeping all options open I'm going to assume biglaw so it's not out of the question later.
Re: Duke or Michigan for CA Public Interest or Biglaw??
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 1:10 pm
by Tiago Splitter
buckiguy_sucks wrote:Tiago Splitter wrote:
Maybe but I'd still take 75k at Michigan. OP wants biglaw
+1 unless OPs goal is the or public interest part of the post
Definitely. But anytime I see "I want biglaw or public interest" I discount the public interest part
Re: Duke or Michigan for CA Public Interest or Biglaw??
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 2:36 pm
by reasonable person
eriedoctrine wrote:Michigan plummeted to #11. Duke shot up to #8. The choice is simple.
Re: Duke or Michigan for CA Public Interest or Biglaw??
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 2:42 pm
by arewevoting
reasonable person wrote:eriedoctrine wrote:Michigan plummeted to #11. Duke shot up to #8. The choice is simple.
I know this is just arguing semantics, but is dropping one spot really "plummeting"?