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If you want small firm/local government, Villanova. If you want biglaw/clerk/fed gov/some prestigious PI, neither. UConn is out imo.

Winston1984 wrote:If you want small firm/local government, Villanova. If you want biglaw/clerk/fed gov/some prestigious PI, neither. UConn is out imo.

I'm fine with small firm/local government. I'm not a biglaw or bust kind of person. If I manage to do well enough to somehow have biglaw as an option, then I would consider it, but it's not an end all be all for me. Thanks for your input.

Am I reading it correctly that your COA at Villanova would be >100K? That is far too high of a cost for it to be a justifiable. You have a golden ticket; this is what you're going to spend it on?

UConn should be attended under almost no circumstances.

Nova is defensible b/c parents are footing the bill, you don't care enough about biglaw to base your decision on it, and want to work in PA.

^^ If any of that changes, don't go to Villanova. UConn shouldn't even be considered.

transferror wrote:Nova is defensible b/c parents are footing the bill, you don't care enough about biglaw to base your decision on it, and want to work in PA.

^^ If any of that changes, don't go to Villanova. UConn shouldn't even be considered.

Thanks, this is what I figured.

transferror wrote:Nova is defensible b/c parents are footing the bill, you don't care enough about biglaw to base your decision on it, and want to work in PA.

If OP had specific, attainable career goals she was gunning for from Nova, then I would probably agree with you.

zombie mcavoy wrote:

transferror wrote:Nova is defensible b/c parents are footing the bill, you don't care enough about biglaw to base your decision on it, and want to work in PA.

If OP had specific, attainable career goals she was gunning for from Nova, then I would probably agree with you.

That's fair. OP - when you say small firm/local gov't, what do you mean? Anything particular in mind?

Because the path to a small employment firm, for instance, is very different than say the path to a local District Attorney's Office. Knowing the difference and planning summers/externships/networking accordingly is important.