177 Cornell vs.75 NYU vs.40 CLS vs.15 Harvard vs.90/120 Penn Forum

[ALawStudent]

Which do you think I should take? I prefer to stay in NYC, but that Cornell money is a pretty sizable amount to turn down. I tried renegotiating with NYU, but that failed. I have yet to try using the NYU offer with Columbia, but I'm not sure it will do anything, we'll see.

Ithaca is really annoying, but is it worth it?

[quiver]

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[03152016]

impressed you managed to get nyu to offer 400 times more than cornell

[CaptainJapan]

impressed you managed to get nyu to offer 400 times more than cornell

this is one of those times your tar perfectly punctuates your post

[kingpin101]

Which do you think I should take? I prefer to stay in NYC, but that Cornell money is a pretty sizable amount to turn down. I tried renegotiating with NYU, but that failed. I have yet to try using the NYU offer with Columbia, but I'm not sure it will do anything, we'll see.

Ithaca is really annoying, but is it worth it?

Have you even lived in Ithaca?

[ALawStudent]

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-How you will be financing your COA, i.e. loans, family, or savings
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-Your general career goals
-Your LSAT/GPA numbers
-How many times you have taken the LSAT

-Columbia, Harvard, Cornell, and NYU
-COA, Probably 200K Columbia, 230K Harvard, 63K Cornell, 165K at NYU. I expect my parent will cover living, so debt would be that minus 60K.
-From NYC, want to work in NYC
-Big law, then unknown.
-173/4.1
-Once

[arklaw13]

Cornell for nearly free when you want NYC biglaw is about as open and shut as it could be.

[03152016]

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. Here is a helpful calculator.
-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

-Columbia, Harvard, Cornell, and NYU
-COA, Probably 200K Columbia, 230K Harvard, 63K Cornell, 165K at NYU. I expect my parent will cover living, so debt would be that minus 60K.
-From NYC, want to work in NYC
-Big law, then unknown.
-173/4.1
-Once

oh dear. no, those numbers will be higher. at least for cls, hls, and nyu
use this: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 1&t=225195

[quiver]

Cornell for nearly free when you want NYC biglaw is about as open and shut as it could be.

100% this.

[Mack.Hambleton]

if your parents are covering COL youll likely graduate cornell with money in the bank

[03152016]

lol anyone voting hls sticker vs full ride cornell for nyc biglaw should explain themselves itt

[Mack.Hambleton]

lol anyone voting hls sticker vs full ride cornell for nyc biglaw should explain themselves itt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEGy_asxL2U

[jingosaur]

Cornell is a damn good school. Damn good.

[ALawStudent]

Well I also have an established social group in NYC. I know no one at Cornell.

And I'm worried about prestige a little. But it's hard to say no to that money if I'm not at least getting 100K from NYU or Columbia.

[kingpin101]

Well I also have an established social group in NYC.

which you can contact after three years at Ithaca.

And I'm worried about prestige a little.

You shouldn't.

[Rigo]

100% Cornell.

[jbagelboy]

Email Charles DeRubeis just the following: is that the best you can do?

Seriously, you're getting scammed by NYU and CLS with those numbers. And H at sticker is out of the question. You should have a half ride at minimum, probably $100k+. It's probably clear to fin aid that you come from money, but driven by merit alone you should be seeing a lot more from a greater selection of schools.

While Cornell is a great school, I do understand some of the hesitation since with a 173/4.1 you're also eligible for a Levy, Mordecai, Vanderbilt, Butler.

As everyone's suggested, clearly it would be error to give up the full ride for chump change just to stay in the city. But the reality is you should have more attractive offers -- or something like full tuition at Penn -- so I'd keep pushing.

[FloridaCoastalorbust]

cornell easily. though i'd go to harvard cuz i'm an idiot.

[Pragmatic Gun]

You will make friends at whatever law school you go to if you're worried about having social circle. Furthermore, I don't think it is a betrayal if you leave your social circle for Ithaca.

[elterrible78]

Cornell, and this is one of the easiest poll questions I have ever seen on this site. Although for a lot of people social life is important during law school, I doubt it should be many people's top priority and, as others have said, you'll make plenty of friends at Cornell. In the long run, you'll just end up with a larger group of friends and contacts (assuming your NYC people don't bail on you for going to Ithaca, and if they do, they weren't your friends). If you want to do big law in NYC, you'd be insane to pay so much more for CLS or NYU, and I don't think Harvard is even in the running here.

[arewevoting]

Cornell, no question.

I understand your hesitations about Ithaca, but Collegetown is actually kind of cool, cool enough for you to find some friends and fun when you need to. Plus the geography or whatever you want to call it really is pretty amazing. It's obviously not NYC, but it appears you'll be living there the rest of your life anyway (and likely both summers in law school). Coming from NYC the weather should be a non-factor, or at least negligible.

Congrats on the great offer!

[ALawStudent]

UPDATE: Penn offered me a potential 90,000 merit after offering 30,000 in need based, not sure if the merit will destroy need based, but what do you think of this vs. Cornell?

[kingpin101]

If it's 90k total than no, Cornell at full is better. If it's 120k, then it could be defensible but still not rational.

[ALawStudent]

If it's 90k total than no, Cornell at full is better. If it's 120k, then it could be defensible but still not rational.

Do you know if Penn need-based aid is separate from merit aid?

[Rigo]

If it's 90k total than no, Cornell at full is better. If it's 120k, then it could be defensible but still not rational.

Do you know if Penn need-based aid is separate from merit aid?

Yes.