gilbilya wrote:For those of you who have deposited, mind sharing your reasons for picking NU over other schools via pm or out here? Pretty conflicted at this point
I chose NU over Michigan/UVA at equal cost, because of a few reasons.
1) I wanted to stay in Chicago
a) I have a SO in Chicagoland
b) I really like the city and will likely practice here.
2) I was pretty impressed by ASW: the facilities, admitted students, and current students seem great.
3) NU's clinics are more oriented towards areas of law I want to pursue. A good few of Michigan's clinics just did not seem very interesting to me.
4) The students are older on average, and I think that's a good complement to me being on the younger side
5) $8,000 1L summer funding that I don't have to pay back (have to pay back $4,000 1L summer funding at Michigan if you do 2L BL)
6) I'm marginally more comfortable with the employment outcomes at NU and prefer NU's LRAP
Basically a ton of very medium-sized/small things that added up to make it a pretty obvious choice for me.