Duke Law c/o 2018 Forum

hodzdoh · Post by **hodzdoh** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:52 pm

just got my aid package today... grateful to have gotten anything at all, but i still feel underwhelmed.
they offered me 36k total. sad to say, but i guess this means i most likely won't be attending duke...

*did anyone receive any news from the negotiation front? how did that go, if you dont mind

drballison · Post by **drballison** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 4:22 pm

Does anyone know anything about California biglaw placement from Duke? I'm weighing sticker at Boalt v. a full ride at USC v. 38k/year at Duke right now.

idissent · Post by **idissent** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 4:30 pm

drballison wrote:Does anyone know anything about California biglaw placement from Duke? I'm weighing sticker at Boalt v. a full ride at USC v. 38k/year at Duke right now.

LST has ~6% of Duke grads going to California. USC has ~30% large firm score. If you definitely want to be in California, I think USC for free is a pretty good option.

hodzdoh · Post by **hodzdoh** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 4:35 pm

drballison wrote:Does anyone know anything about California biglaw placement from Duke? I'm weighing sticker at Boalt v. a full ride at USC v. 38k/year at Duke right now.

if you are deadset on practicing in CA, then i'd take USC fullride. because the only local competition in that huge legal market is from Berkeley and UCLA, not to mention USC probably has a better networking advantage compared to other T20s with regard to working in CA... but on the other hand i think graduating from Duke will allow you great degrees of freedom to work anywhere in the country. the 2013class statistic for Duke shows 6.7percent found jobs in CA (5th most popular location).

in short, i think Boalt at sticker is not worth... and USC if you are deadset on CA, but Duke if you wanna have every other option too in terms of location

NoLieAbility · Post by **NoLieAbility** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 5:52 pm

Anyone want to tell stories from the Open House?

idissent · Post by **idissent** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 5:58 pm

NoLieAbility wrote:Anyone want to tell stories from the Open House?

I got stuck talking to someone's mom for ~15 minutes at the faculty reception.

The King · Post by **The King** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 6:14 pm

betty_bojangles · Post by **betty_bojangles** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 9:15 pm

For those of you who tried negotiating - where did you send the email?

NutellaDipity · Post by **NutellaDipity** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 9:52 pm

idissent wrote:
NoLieAbility wrote:Anyone want to tell stories from the Open House?
I got stuck talking to someone's mom for ~15 minutes at the faculty reception.

Dean Hoye, is this you

Mack.Hambleton · Post by **Mack.Hambleton** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:55 pm

idissent wrote:
NoLieAbility wrote:Anyone want to tell stories from the Open House?
I got stuck talking to someone's mom for ~15 minutes at the faculty reception.

Did u get her number

UserNameHere · Post by **UserNameHere** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:03 pm

idissent wrote:
NoLieAbility wrote:Anyone want to tell stories from the Open House?
I got stuck talking to someone's mom for ~15 minutes at the faculty reception.

I thought that was you dancing in the cage at Shooters on Friday.

idissent · Post by **idissent** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:17 pm

Y'all, I thought she was a professor who just didn't get a name tag and then she tricked me into talking to her and you know sometimes you just end up at your own admitted students reception asking a middle-aged woman to point out which one is her child.

DetroitRed · Post by **DetroitRed** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:02 am

NoLieAbility wrote:Anyone want to tell stories from the Open House?

Not a story, per se, but Dean Levi is the man. I got the chance to talk to him at the faculty reception. Of the three LS deans I've met so far, he was by far my favorite.

Eladriel · Post by **Eladriel** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:53 pm

Scholarship came in the mail. $$ is tempting--largest T14 yet. PM for amount/stats.

And re: debate earlier in the thread, I didn't interview but I don't think that hurt me given the amount.

Mack.Hambleton · Post by **Mack.Hambleton** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:59 pm

Eladriel wrote:Scholarship came in the mail. $$ is tempting--largest T14 yet. PM for amount/stats.

And re: debate earlier in the thread, I didn't interview but I don't think that hurt me given the amount.

congrats!

motoman92 · Post by **motoman92** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 2:03 pm

hodzdoh wrote:just got my aid package today... grateful to have gotten anything at all, but i still feel underwhelmed.
they offered me 36k total. sad to say, but i guess this means i most likely won't be attending duke...

*did anyone receive any news from the negotiation front? how did that go, if you dont mind

I got my offer raised from $54K to $67.5K in response to a large offer from Georgetown. It never hurts to try.

strugglebus · Post by **strugglebus** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 2:41 pm

Withdrawing; hope the spare Mordecai goes to someone here!

UserNameHere · Post by **UserNameHere** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:05 pm

DetroitRed wrote:
NoLieAbility wrote:Anyone want to tell stories from the Open House?
Not a story, per se, but Dean Levi is the man. I got the chance to talk to him at the faculty reception. Of the three LS deans I've met so far, he was by far my favorite.

I second, third, and fourth this! Many of the admissions deans at schools have been really cool (not totally surprising), but Dean Levi is head and shoulders the most awesome Dean of the school I've encountered.

slurpy · Post by **slurpy** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 5:16 pm

Just got an email saying my appeal was denied. The only higher offer I had was from Cornell, which I think was not the strongest leverage. Plus my initial package from Duke was already quite generous - I just wanted to see if they could sweeten the deal. Still considering attending despite the denial.

whodatninja · Post by **whodatninja** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:58 pm

Anyone who's tried negotiating scholarships with Duke, who did you send the email to? Dean Hoye? Or someone else

motoman92 · Post by **motoman92** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 7:05 pm

whodatninja wrote:Anyone who's tried negotiating scholarships with Duke, who did you send the email to? Dean Hoye? Or someone else

I sent mine to admissions, and they directed me to the general financial aid email. I would send it there.

matlan72 · Post by **matlan72** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 4:21 pm

Sent in my seat deposit today! Officially looking forward to the fall at Duke!

idissent · Post by **idissent** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 4:29 pm

matlan72 wrote:Sent in my seat deposit today! Officially looking forward to the fall at Duke!

Congrats!

andthenIwaslike · Post by **andthenIwaslike** » Fri Apr 03, 2015 9:28 pm

UserNameHere wrote:
mgschiet wrote:
radio1nowhere wrote:Finally got back to school and picked up my Duke scholly letter. Pretty much the same as what NYU offered. Hmmm.
Which is pretty significant, considering the difference in the cost of living.
When a school with a high cost of living offers the same money as a school with low cost of living . . .

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/89/89dd7fe ... a5f6fe.jpg

I'm crying laughing at how accurate this is

Kip · Post by **Kip** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 1:58 pm

For those who tried negotiating with Duke, how long did it take them to get back to you? For those who had success, how much did they raise the amt?

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