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I'm shooting for big law. Impressed with Michigan's prestige but is it worth the debt?

KG89 wrote:I'm shooting for big law. Impressed with Michigan's prestige but is it worth the debt?

Potentiallly egregious Anti-Catholicism trolling.

KG89 wrote:I'm shooting for big law. Impressed with Michigan's prestige but is it worth the debt?

Michigan sends about 50% of their grads to biglaw right now and Notre Dame send much much less. I'd guess like 15%, though not sure if that's right. The answer is clear if you're shooting for biglaw.

lolschool2011 wrote:

KG89 wrote:I'm shooting for big law. Impressed with Michigan's prestige but is it worth the debt?

Potentiallly egregious Anti-Catholicism trolling.

WTF?

vanwinkle wrote:

lolschool2011 wrote:

KG89 wrote:I'm shooting for big law. Impressed with Michigan's prestige but is it worth the debt?

Potentiallly egregious Anti-Catholicism trolling.

WTF?

"The University of Notre Dame is an independent, national Catholic university located in Notre Dame, Ind."

If you pay full sticker price at Michigan, then you will need biglaw; but if you attend Notre Dame with a 50% scholarship, then other career options become viable.

From my understanding, Notre Dame will most likely confine you to the midwest.

Also, the cultures of each school (other than college football) are very different

lolschool2011 wrote:

vanwinkle wrote:

lolschool2011 wrote:

KG89 wrote:I'm shooting for big law. Impressed with Michigan's prestige but is it worth the debt?

Potentiallly egregious Anti-Catholicism trolling.

WTF?

"The University of Notre Dame is an independent, national Catholic university located in Notre Dame, Ind."

...okay...

WTF?

lolschool2011 wrote:

vanwinkle wrote:

lolschool2011 wrote:

KG89 wrote:I'm shooting for big law. Impressed with Michigan's prestige but is it worth the debt?

Potentiallly egregious Anti-Catholicism trolling.

WTF?

"The University of Notre Dame is an independent, national Catholic university located in Notre Dame, Ind."

What's your point? It'd better be a good one to convince me you're not trolling.

If your goal is Biglaw go with Michigan, any T14 really, over ND.

ITE I think ND LR people were having trouble getting big law, Go to Michigan

lolschool2011 wrote:

KG89 wrote:I'm shooting for big law. Impressed with Michigan's prestige but is it worth the debt?

Potentiallly egregious Anti-Catholicism trolling.

What does my question have to do with Anti-Catholicism???

However, I do think it might be more helpful for me to rephrase the question: Is my quality of life expected to be better coming out of Michigan $200,000 in debt with BigLaw, or would I be better off coming out of ND with half the debt but less employment opportunities? While the BigLaw salary is certainly enticing, how much is it really worth under and extra $100,000 in debt? How many years (with current interest rates in mind) do you guys think it would take for me to pay that off?

Appreciate the feedback!

i voted Michigan so that you can bow out via withdrawal at Notre Dame and I can get accepted in your absence.. better for your biglaw aspirations anyway! win-win? yes.

CanadianWolf wrote:If you pay full sticker price at Michigan, then you will need biglaw; but if you attend Notre Dame with a 50% scholarship, then other career options become viable.

Careful, though. 50% scholly at ND will still cost OP ~$110k. (61k tuition + 51K other). Don't know if paying $60k less really opens up other options, particularly when the debt is six figures.

Sorry, UM is $7k more per year. My fault. Point stands though.

KG89 wrote:

lolschool2011 wrote:

KG89 wrote:I'm shooting for big law. Impressed with Michigan's prestige but is it worth the debt?

Potentiallly egregious Anti-Catholicism trolling.

What does my question have to do with Anti-Catholicism???

However, I do think it might be more helpful for me to rephrase the question: Is my quality of life expected to be better coming out of Michigan $200,000 in debt with BigLaw, or would I be better off coming out of ND with half the debt but less employment opportunities? While the BigLaw salary is certainly enticing, how much is it really worth under and extra $100,000 in debt? How many years (with current interest rates in mind) do you guys think it would take for me to pay that off?

Appreciate the feedback!

If you get BigLaw out of ND, the extra 100,000 for Michigan is not worth it. If you don't, it is.

to be more specific, no one can say because this has to do with chances - you can come out of ND with less debt, but if you don't get a job you want you'll probably wish you went to Michigan. no one knows how much the extra 100,000 is worth because you haven't even gone to LS yet, much less graduated

paulinaporizkova wrote:

KG89 wrote:

lolschool2011 wrote:

KG89 wrote:I'm shooting for big law. Impressed with Michigan's prestige but is it worth the debt?

Potentiallly egregious Anti-Catholicism trolling.

What does my question have to do with Anti-Catholicism???

However, I do think it might be more helpful for me to rephrase the question: Is my quality of life expected to be better coming out of Michigan $200,000 in debt with BigLaw, or would I be better off coming out of ND with half the debt but less employment opportunities? While the BigLaw salary is certainly enticing, how much is it really worth under and extra $100,000 in debt? How many years (with current interest rates in mind) do you guys think it would take for me to pay that off?

Appreciate the feedback!

If you get BigLaw out of ND, the extra 100,000 for Michigan is not worth it. If you don't, it is.

to be more specific, no one can say because this has to do with chances - you can come out of ND with less debt, but if you don't get a job you want you'll probably wish you went to Michigan. no one knows how much the extra 100,000 is worth because you haven't even gone to LS yet, much less graduated

Protip: this scenario slants heavily towards Michigan as a result of what you just said.

Fresh wrote:From my understanding, Notre Dame will most likely confine you to the midwest.

Also, the cultures of each school (other than college football) are very different

Both campuses also resemble Hogwartz, Michigan moreso though.