Attend Penn vs. withdraw and reapply Forum

[I Used to Be a Spy]

Thanks for the advice. Decision made.

[sinfiery]

Goals with JD?
What would you do in the year off?
Where do you want to work?
Savings? Age? Rough Family wealth estimation?

[blsingindisguise]

Are you pretty set on/ok with starting out in biglaw assuming you get it? If so I say go. You have a very good shot at biglaw and you can pay down a lot of your debt in a few years, then go on to do what you want. Reapply and aim for HYS only if you really want to up your shot at academia, SCOTUS clerkships, that sort of thing.

[I Used to Be a Spy]

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[InferenceOptional]

I think you'd have better options if you wait. HYS would be nice. The thought of not having to be above median is valuable, and you may get HYS.

[SportsFan]

I'll be a 2L at Penn. I like Penn a lot. Reapply next year and go to HYS or CCNMVPB for free.

[sinfiery]

I'll be a 2L at Penn. I like Penn a lot. Reapply next year and go to HYS or CCNMVPB for free.

This.

Given your goals and chances at HYS or CCN with the same scholarship amounts, you should reapply.

You have a chance everywhere and are all but in at HLS which should give you something scholarship wise. CLS/NYU would likely offer 50-75k with a chance at the butler at CLS (half tuition) and named scholarships (full ride) at NYU.

UChi this cycle would give you a full ride if accepted but now that the ruby is gone, its hard to say going forward what will happen.
If not YP'd, everyone but Berkeley and possibly Penn will offer you a full ride for the rest of the T14.

Your goal should be HLS.


This is the best way to maximize placement whilst minimizing risk.

But if you just don't want to work another year and begin law school, UPenn @ that price is a great option. Just not for someone with your numbers.

[I Used to Be a Spy]

I'll be a 2L at Penn. I like Penn a lot. Reapply next year and go to HYS or CCNMVPB for free.

This.

Given your goals and chances at HYS or CCN with the same scholarship amounts, you should reapply.

You have a chance everywhere and are all but in at HLS which should give you something scholarship wise. CLS/NYU would likely offer 50-75k with a chance at the butler at CLS (half tuition) and named scholarships (full ride) at NYU.

UChi this cycle would give you a full ride if accepted but now that the ruby is gone, its hard to say going forward what will happen.
If not YP'd, everyone but Berkeley and possibly Penn will offer you a full ride for the rest of the T14.

Your goal should be HLS.


This is the best way to maximize placement whilst minimizing risk.

But if you just don't want to work another year and begin law school, UPenn @ that price is a great option. Just not for someone with your numbers.

Thanks for the advice. That's the way I'm leaning, but of course there's a lot of pressure from family, and friends to take the money at Penn and run.

Sub question, if they're able to increase the $$$ at what point would you say it's worth it to just go. I'm thinking around the 120K mark the opportunity cost of not going starts to outweigh the potential benefits, but I'd be interested in what the rest of you think.

[AC Vegas]

Just go. Threads like this are dumb. If you can get into Penn your smart enough to figure out what to do without asking a bunch of people on the Internet.

[SportsFan]

I'll be a 2L at Penn. I like Penn a lot. Reapply next year and go to HYS or CCNMVPB for free.

This.

Given your goals and chances at HYS or CCN with the same scholarship amounts, you should reapply.

You have a chance everywhere and are all but in at HLS which should give you something scholarship wise. CLS/NYU would likely offer 50-75k with a chance at the butler at CLS (half tuition) and named scholarships (full ride) at NYU.

UChi this cycle would give you a full ride if accepted but now that the ruby is gone, its hard to say going forward what will happen.
If not YP'd, everyone but Berkeley and possibly Penn will offer you a full ride for the rest of the T14.

Your goal should be HLS.


This is the best way to maximize placement whilst minimizing risk.

But if you just don't want to work another year and begin law school, UPenn @ that price is a great option. Just not for someone with your numbers.

Thanks for the advice. That's the way I'm leaning, but of course there's a lot of pressure from family, and friends to take the money at Penn and run.

Sub question, if they're able to increase the $$$ at what point would you say it's worth it to just go. I'm thinking around the 120K mark the opportunity cost of not going starts to outweigh the potential benefits, but I'd be interested in what the rest of you think.

I mean, I think you're at a point where its not a bad decision to go. It'd just be a better decision to wait a year and go to HYS or get a full ride somewhere.

[blsingindisguise]

If you do want clerkship -> academia you have to be prepared to gun for it, even from HYS. It doesn't just happen cause you kinda feel like it.

[hephaestus]

Just go. Threads like this are dumb. If you can get into Penn your smart enough to figure out what to do without asking a bunch of people on the Internet.

I disagree. I'd reapply, especially since OP has a legitimate job lined up for next year.

[I Used to Be a Spy]

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[I Used to Be a Spy]

The poll is a 50-50 tie. I didn't know there were any questions the TLS community was evenly divided on