Advice!! - ND ($$) UNC ($) Davis ($$$) Forum

[cgiuffre]

The schools you are considering
Notre Dame (25k per year in scholarship)
UNC (12k per year in scholarship, but in-state 2nd and 3rd years)
UC Davis (35k per year in scholarship)

The total Cost of Attendance (approximate) of each. Tuition and Fees - Scholarship/year
Notre Dame: ~ 150k total for all 3 years
UNC: ~ 100k total for all 3 years
UC Davis ~ 100k total for all 3 years

How you will be financing your COA, i.e. loans, family, or savings
Loans

Where you are from and where you want to work, and other places where you have significant ties (if any)
From: California
Where I want to work: Pretty much open to everything. Obviously wouldn't mind ending up in California, but not opposed to moving to Indiana or North Carolina and seeing where life takes me.
Significant Ties: Undergrad at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, ties with with some attorneys in CA but nothing significant.

Your general career goals
Have always had the desire to pursue sports/entertainment law. Therefore, was always attracted to UNC Chapel Hill as they have a dual degree program with an MSA in Sports Administration. I have done a great deal of research on the competitive nature of sports law, and therefore, it may not be something that I want to pursue immediately following law school. I would love to be general counsel for any professional organization, but also open-minded to see what interests a legal education would spark and where those would take me.


Your LSAT/GPA numbers
GPA: 3.41 Political Science concentration in Pre Law, minor in Global Politics
LSAT: 165

How many times you have taken the LSAT
Too freakin many (3 times)



My deposit deadlines for all three schools are approaching quick and I honestly have no idea which school I would choose. I am graduating from my undergrad in June and so I have thought about taking a year off and applying earlier in the cycle to potentially receive more scholarship money and having a better idea of what I want to do, but do not have and do not know what I would do in that off year (any advice?) . But also have put in an unreal amount of work and investment into the LSAT and this application cycle that I'm much more (almost certainly) leaning towards attending 1 of these 3 schools next year. Thanks for any and all feedback

[Moneytrees]

ND is probably your best bet here, but none of those options are very good.

[lymenheimer]

I think youre underestimating your COAs. I have instate at unc, and a higher scholly, and that put me at 100k. Are you including interest accrual?