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NYU is my dream school and I want to work in big law/international law firm or maybe for an international organization (less likely)
My options are GW with 120K and NYU sticker.
My dad will give 10k per year.
I have to commit tonight.
Any advice?

Retaking or waiting a cycle is not an option

Nachoo2019 wrote:http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 1&t=206299

This redirects me to Georgetown law estimator. Not sure how this helps...

confusedgirl wrote:

Nachoo2019 wrote:http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 1&t=206299

This redirects me to Georgetown law estimator. Not sure how this helps...

Weird because it is the link to this:

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Postby TLS Moderators » Mon Mar 18, 2013 6:48 am

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-The schools you are considering
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-How you will be financing your COA, i.e. loans, family, or savings
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confusedgirl wrote:

Nachoo2019 wrote:http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 1&t=206299

This redirects me to Georgetown law estimator. Not sure how this helps...

NYU at sticker is a lot.. But where do you want to work?

Under no circumstances is it worth sticker.

So your only options are GW or NYU? I'd be very curious to see how that happened.

Without more information, though, it's impossible to say what your best course is. My guess is that it's a retake. And I know, I know. You said that was "impossible". It's not.

However, since you clearly already know that's the right choice and don't want to acknowledge it, I'd pick NYU. It's more debt, but you actually have a shot at the job(s) you want.

Edit: Now that I glanced at your post history, holy shit. Retake the LSAT. You are wasting a phenomenal GPA that will get you significant money at NYU if you break into the 170s with your LSAT. Retaking that test could be worth $100,000+ for you.

confusedgirl wrote:NYU is my dream school and I want to work in big law/international law firm or maybe for an international organization (less likely)
My options are GW with 120K and NYU sticker.
My dad will give 10k per year.
I have to commit tonight.
Any advice?

Retaking or waiting a cycle is not an option

Unfortunately, for your goals neither of these are particularly great options. If I had to choose between the two though, my vote would be for GW with 120k.

GW's employment numbers aren't the greatest (66%) and their BigLaw score is only 32%, so it would be unwise to assume you'll get BigLaw. On the other hand, there are worse fates than not getting BigLaw. If you can make it out with a manageable debt load and land a legal job at a smaller firm, life would probably be decent. If you're dead-set on BigLaw, then you might want to take a step back for a moment and figure out exactly what's motivating you to get a law degree. If your primary goal is to be a lawyer and not hate your job, GW is the better choice; if your goal is primarily money and prestige, then going to law school anywhere might not be the right choice. It would be useful to know what your total COA estimate is for GW though.

If you go to NYU at sticker, you'll be in BigLaw for the better part of a decade before you break even. You seem to have very general BigLaw goals (and there's nothing wrong with that), but it also sounds as if you probably aren't extremely familiar with the details of what BigLaw work actually entails. Make sure you understand exactly what you're getting into when you ask for BigLaw and don't just say you want it because the paycheck sounds nice (since a lot of it will go to your loans for quite a few years). Even if I'm wrong and you're very familiar with BigLaw and know you want it, the debt is still going to be crazy and more than I personally would be comfortable with. Having 250k+ in loans should strike terror into anyone, so don't sign up for that with a vague notion that you'll just pay it off in a couple years and not have to worry about it. Who knows...maybe you'd love BigLaw; but that's a massive six-figure gamble that'll cost you ten years of your life if you're wrong.

I know you don't want to hear it, but "retake" is probably your best option if you truly have your heart set on BigLaw.

Hell no.
Your other option isn't that great either. Why no middle ground between GW and NYU? What about Cornell, for instance?

You certainly are a confused girl if you think either option is good.

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NO - How will you plan on paying back 300K+ if/when you get pushed out of big law in 2-3 years?

Get better/cheaper options.

Even HLS is not worth sticker. Your return on investment from law school will likely be extremely poor - possibly worse than if you threw the money in the stock market.

Also, normal people do strike out at NYU purely because of grades. While most are fine, if you are at the bottom 15% and on full debt, you might have trouble.

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