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I'm already leaning towards one side of this dilemma, but I wanted to run it by here for more information (and the lawls).

USC has admitted me and offered a yearly $18,000 scholarship, provided that I stay a full-time law student (no grade level requirements or anything like that)

Fordham just admitted me. They haven't given me an aid package yet, but I'm assuming they'll give me a good scholarship too, especially if I try to haggle them with what USC is offering me.

This is independent of any additional financial aid I might be receiving from the government?

I'm not trying to read too much into the law school rankings, but I do think it says a lot that USC is ranked 12 schools higher than Fordham. Rankings may be flawed, but I don't know if they're flawed that much.

Thoughts?

Since I can't type the name of the school today without it showing up as "paradise", let's say it's the Jesuit law school in New York City.

Hahaha o man this is hilarious.

I think if you want the west coast go to USC, if you want the east coast go to Fordham.

they're both Tier 1 schools outside the T-fourteen, and the geographical separation means that they feed into completely different markets. Just worry about the COA and where you want to practice.

Why in the world would you choose USC over this??

COA?

askhos wrote:COA?

Cost of Attendance?

I don't think this is an East Coast v West Coast decision. There is too much difference between the schools to let USC go under any set of circumstances - let alone with an $18k annual scholarship. If for some strange reason you find yourself thinking of that place in NY, visit USC before making the mistake of your life.

That picture looks closer to what you could find near USC than Fordturkey.

USC places 11% better in NLJ250 and sounds like it'll be cheaper.

erniesto wrote:That picture looks closer to what you could find near USC than Fordturkey. :your attempt at humor is the most laughable thing about your post; sadly, it is not that laughable:

USC places 11% better in NLJ250 and sounds like it'll be cheaper.

says the person attempting to get banned.

USC's location is not as enviable as UCLA's, IMO, but I would trade either to be where my school is. USC does place well on the west coast, and it's a good school, but it's not going to outplace Ford.ham in NYC, if that's what the OP wants. I can see very different kinds of people being happy at these two schools, so I would absolutely visit if you can.