Am I Making a Mistake? Pitt vs Temple
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 4:06 pm
I was accepted to University of Pittsburgh about two months ago with in-state tuition and $25k per year scholarship. I think it's a genuinely good deal. Comes to about $8,000 in tuition out of pocket. I've been gravitating towards Pitt because I have family connections to area. My whole family are Pittsburghers and I would feel right at home living/working in Pittsburgh. I love the city. To the T14 people: No, I am not going for free, but $8k a year + living expenses is what I paid for undergrad, so I consider it a good deal.
I sent in my seat deposit at Pitt Law last week.
Yesterday I was admitted to Temple. I've visited both schools, and I liked Temple much better as a school. I thought Temple would be a better choice for me for tax law (since they have the dual LLM program) and that Philly's legal employment prospects are better. Temple was my top pick all throughout the application process, but since I didn't get accepted until 3 days before their first seat deposit is due, I wasn't expecting to get in. Getting my acceptance there is making me rethink Pitt a little. However, I have no connections to Philadelphia the city and I would likely be more comfortable living in Pittsburgh, and I also have no clue what my scholarship amount at Temple will be, if anything, and I know that Pitt is cheap.
So here's the question: are the tax law employment prospects of Philadelphia / Temple significantly better than the tax law employment prospects of Pittsburgh / Pitt? Is there a significant advantage to considering Temple and moving to a city where I have no family ties, or is this simply a "do you want to work in Pittsburgh or Philadelphia?" question?
I sent in my seat deposit at Pitt Law last week.
Yesterday I was admitted to Temple. I've visited both schools, and I liked Temple much better as a school. I thought Temple would be a better choice for me for tax law (since they have the dual LLM program) and that Philly's legal employment prospects are better. Temple was my top pick all throughout the application process, but since I didn't get accepted until 3 days before their first seat deposit is due, I wasn't expecting to get in. Getting my acceptance there is making me rethink Pitt a little. However, I have no connections to Philadelphia the city and I would likely be more comfortable living in Pittsburgh, and I also have no clue what my scholarship amount at Temple will be, if anything, and I know that Pitt is cheap.
So here's the question: are the tax law employment prospects of Philadelphia / Temple significantly better than the tax law employment prospects of Pittsburgh / Pitt? Is there a significant advantage to considering Temple and moving to a city where I have no family ties, or is this simply a "do you want to work in Pittsburgh or Philadelphia?" question?