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Should I Stay or Should I Go

Poll ended at Sat Apr 16, 2016 1:31 pm

Transfer to a T14 school and deal with the financial ramifications.
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Stay at my current school and graduate in December.
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50%
 
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To Transfer or Not, That is the Question

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Mar 17, 2016 1:31 pm

For background info, I am at a T30 school and am ranked in the top 5. I want to transfer for a variety of reasons, but will be intentionally vague here so as not to identify myself. I have a smaller scholarship to my current school. Goals are still up in the air, but I'm interested in Biglaw or working in a USAO.

I would appreciate any input on one of two options:

1. Transfer into the T14, student loans be damned.
2. Stay at my current school and graduate in December
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Re: To Transfer or Not, That is the Question

Post by butlerraider1 » Thu Mar 17, 2016 1:49 pm

0 chance anyone can answer this adequately. Need way more information
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Re: To Transfer or Not, That is the Question

Post by clshopeful » Thu Mar 17, 2016 3:39 pm

Anonymous User wrote:For background info, I am at a T30 school and am ranked in the top 5. I want to transfer for a variety of reasons, but will be intentionally vague here so as not to identify myself. I have a smaller scholarship to my current school. Goals are still up in the air, but I'm interested in Biglaw or working in a USAO.

I would appreciate any input on one of two options:

1. Transfer into the T14, student loans be damned.
2. Stay at my current school and graduate in December
you graduate this december? Isn't it too late to transfer? Transferring is for 1Ls... you sound like you're a 2L +
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Re: To Transfer or Not, That is the Question

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Mar 17, 2016 3:52 pm

clshopeful wrote:you graduate this december? Isn't it too late to transfer? Transferring is for 1Ls... you sound like you're a 2L +
I wasn't very clear. I meant I would graduate in December of my 3L year, rather than in May. I am a 1L.
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Re: To Transfer or Not, That is the Question

Post by trmckenz » Thu Mar 17, 2016 4:02 pm

What doors do you want to remain open that you are afraid will be closed if you graduate from the T30?
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Re: To Transfer or Not, That is the Question

Post by rpupkin » Thu Mar 17, 2016 4:06 pm

If your primary goal is to work in big law in the region in which your current school is located, then don't transfer. If you want to work in big law in a different region, and if your current scholarship really is small, then go ahead and transfer.
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