Is Virginia worth the cost at sticker? Forum

tlsforumid · Post by **tlsforumid** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:08 pm

Hey everybody. If I had the option for Vanderbilt with 40,000 scholarship (for a 3 years tuition total of 105,000), Duke with 20,000 (for a 3 years tuition total of 140,000) or virginia at sticker (160,000) which should I choose? Thanks.

midwest17 · Post by **midwest17** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:09 pm

Do you actually have these options? Has Duke started sending out financial aid offers?

tlsforumid · Post by **tlsforumid** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:13 pm

I had them last year

tlsforumid · Post by **tlsforumid** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:14 pm

Couldn't go to law school yet-family comes first. Couple deaths and one big disease with an immediate family member made me need to stick around for a while

bound · Post by **bound** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:35 pm

I think it really depends on what your end goal is. Do you want big law?

Winston1984 · Post by **Winston1984** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:52 pm

I would think it would just come down to preference between Duke and UVA if the cost amount is correct.

WahooLaw24 · Post by **WahooLaw24** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:04 pm

If those numbers are correct, there is a case for Virginia if you prefer it. But is Duke really normally $40K more expensive than UVA?

splitsplat · Post by **splitsplat** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:18 am

tlsforumid wrote:Couldn't go to law school yet-family comes first. Couple deaths and one big disease with an immediate family member made me need to stick around for a while

How interesting. Because a month ago you said you didn't had not taken the LSAT yet...

BigZuck · Post by **BigZuck** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:21 am

splitsplat wrote:
tlsforumid wrote:Couldn't go to law school yet-family comes first. Couple deaths and one big disease with an immediate family member made me need to stick around for a while
How interesting. Because a month ago you said you didn't had not taken the LSAT yet...

Lulz

Anyway, UVA isn't worth 20K more than Duke in this universe or any other unless you have some super compelling reason to need to be in Charlottesville. They're peers.

If these are really options then Duke is the obvious choice.

TigerDude · Post by **TigerDude** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:02 pm

Hopefully you are also looking at total cost of attendance, because $160k sounds low.

tlsforumid · Post by **tlsforumid** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 11:28 am

splitsplat wrote:
tlsforumid wrote:Couldn't go to law school yet-family comes first. Couple deaths and one big disease with an immediate family member made me need to stick around for a while
How interesting. Because a month ago you said you didn't had not taken the LSAT yet...

Not really interesting. More like sad. There are five people from my family using this forum id.

AllTheLawz · Post by **AllTheLawz** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 11:43 am

Unless someone is paying your living expenses, sticker is more like $225,000. Not even HYS is worth it at that cost. I'm looking at ~$143k total debt at graduation and that is going to cost me nearly 5 years of $3k/month loan payments. Add about 3 more years of $3k/month to that in your case.

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