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I ED'ed to Michigan last week, but it turns out my application never got processed through LSAC because my bank froze the debit card I used for the transaction. I cleared it up at the bank, had to explain that the charges they thought constituted suspicious activity on my account (charges to "ADWServices") were from a "game" I play online (a gambling site I deposit at really, but by calling it a game I wasn't lying).
Anyway, now that I've been given this second lease on life, I'm going to patiently wait until next month to submit my apps. I'm fairly confident that I will improve upon my best score on the LSAT by at least a few points and I'm ED'ing somewhere regardless of what I get anyway because of my so-so GPA and some other things.

Duke gave me a CRS fee waiver (non-PT but the one that encourages you to ED to Duke) yesterday. I was waitlisted when I applied as a college senior with the same waiver and didn't apply last year. I have never ED'ed to Duke before and I wonder if I should have two years ago.

So I was wondering- Which school would be better for me to ED to out of the two? I'm almost certainly ED'ing to one of them unless I can raise my score to ED to a T6. I'm from the Mid-Atlantic and Duke is in the South, but on the East Coast whereas Michigan is in the Midwest.

ED Duke
Pros:
-The thread on this site that posted the ED boost of each top school showed that Duke gives the strongest one.
Cons:
-I'm worried about the small class size negatively affecting my chances as well as having to compete with PT invites for seats.
-Higher medians than M although I don't really buy that.

ED Michigan
Pros:
-I would think that not a lot of people are going to want to spend their summer taking law classes.
-It's a great school and runs the tier above the tier that Duke runs (MVPB >>> DNCG of course).
Cons
-Worried that the in-state quota would make it a little difficult to get in.
-Don't know how not being from the Midwest would hurt my chances to get a job and get paid after LS if I wanted to work out there.


Want to help me out? If I can only raise my score a few points or not at at all I'm going to have do this in about a month. I'm leaning toward Michigan still just because of the prestige.

ED Strategy- Don't

ilikebaseball wrote:ED Strategy- Don't

Get real, man. That's that Baby Boomer talk.

Thought my advice would make us friends. That's more than likely what everyone else is gonna say

Dude u gotta be joking

must be flame. didnt take the time to read the op, just the first paragraph and the subject title.

Like every time I convince myself DaRascal might not be a troll he says something like this

DaRascal wrote:I'm leaning toward Michigan still just because of the prestige.

ilikebaseball wrote:Thought my advice would make us friends. That's more than likely what everyone else is gonna say

Yeah but your advice is off-topic. We talkin 'bout ED strategy. I hope they don't say that.

ilikebaseball wrote:must be flame. didnt take the time to read the op, just the first paragraph and the subject title.

Look @ post history, notorious troll

You guys realize that the decision to ED could change my life right?

DaRascal wrote:You guys realize that the decision to ED could change my life right?

Exactly why you shouldn't ED somewhere because of prestige.

It would be a bold move to ED Michigan -- and a prestigious move at that. You gotta follow your dreams here.

If your just trying to secure T14 I'd probably ED Mich in this scenario.

you should retake and go to med school

Michigan is not prestigious

Br3v wrote:If your just trying to secure T14 I'd probably ED Mich in this scenario.

That's what I've been thinking... looks like that debit card freeze wasn't a sign after all.

Rahviveh wrote:Michigan is not prestigious

To paraphrase Obi-Wan Kenobi: "[Michigan] is more prestigious than you can possibly imagine."

Don't worry, buddy, you can reapply this cycle and we can read each other's essays.

DaRascal wrote:

ilikebaseball wrote:Thought my advice would make us friends. That's more than likely what everyone else is gonna say

Yeah but your advice is off-topic. We talkin 'bout ED strategy. I hope they don't say that.

How is this off topic? Baseball has clearly given you the best advice in this thread regarding ED'ing. Unless you're just waiting for someone to affirm a decision that's not smart. Here Michigan is heads and duke is tails. I just flipped a coin. It's tails.

Maybe I don't want to make smart decisions! Maybe I want to be different!

(Storms out of thread, jumps on a Suzuki, and rides off down the highway)

If you set your mind on ED, then Michigan > Duke.
But why not Northwestern? If you have the number for Michigan ED, you'll probably have the number for NU ED, which will guarantee a 150k scholly, isn't that sweet

Troll. And employment wise Michigan is not better than Duke. I would even say that Duke has more lay prestige than Michigan. MVPB and DGCN don't mean anything. It is more like T6 > T7-13 > T14.

Some more info -- I'm from the NYC metropolitan area and I'm open to working anywhere, but I absolutely want to get out of here so I won't be applying to any area schools. I'm only planning to apply to M, B, D, N, and a couple of regional schools where I can get full rides if someone takes me hostage and doesn't let me raise my score in a few weeks.

Thanks for the advice though everyone! I think I have a clear idea of what to do now. Go up a few points or stay the same= ED Michigan, go up to 166+= ED Chicago, apply to decent T2's as a safety net.

Hmmm I don't buy that, JWood.