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Pitt (14k/yr) Nova (not sure yet) PSU (10k/yr) Catholic (15k/yr)

Looking for biglaw or a job with decent pay and future prospects....

I am out of state. Would love to work in DC - but if the job is good other cities are ok.

Don't know if this would be relevant but I'm Asian.

Please be honest.

Thanks!

nooyyllib wrote:Looking for biglaw or a job with decent pay and future prospects....

Also, didn't you already post a topic about this?

yeah lol just trying to get as much input from TLS as possible. this doesn't mean i dont respect the other thread.

[strike]PA resident?[/strike]

Edit: nvm, just re-read your post. Pitt dominates the area, while the others are in very oversaturated markets (PSU doesn't really have a market). I'm not sure if it's tough to get residency in PA, but if possible, it would make Pitt much cheaper than either PSU or Nova, since PSU doesn't have in-state tuition. Of course, none of the degrees are super portable, so take geography into account as well.

Nova. For the area, I feel they have the better rep

I would tell the truth if this were in the proper forum.

Instead, I might be lying.

Or I might not be.

hmmm.

OP, i think you're making this more complicated than it is. The way i see it:

1. GW is probably your best option if u get off the waitlist--like u said, live at home and minimize debt the best u can.
2. If dinged at GW, you go to pitt because it is the cheapest of your remaining options--which are all peer schools in relatively the same region i.e. u could probably crack the philly and central pa market if u really wanted.

OR

3. u retake the lsat and apply next year. This is what u should do if u want big law.

I could be wrong, especially since I am not one of the people targeting the Philadelphia market, but I recall seeing a discussion of Villanova where people said its placement in Philly is great. Obviously Penn > Nova, but it seems like most Penn grads leave the city after graduation and that Nova and Temple grads stick around and do pretty well. If anyone can back me up on this, and (once they tell give you your aid package) it's not tens-of-thousands more expensive than Pitt, I'd probably lean toward Villanova.

jack duluoz wrote:OP, i think you're making this more complicated than it is. The way i see it:

1. GW is probably your best option if u get off the waitlist--like u said, live at home and minimize debt the best u can.
2. If dinged at GW, you go to pitt because it is the cheapest of your remaining options--which are all peer schools in relatively the same region i.e. u could probably crack the philly and central pa market if u really wanted.

OR

3. u retake the lsat and apply next year. This is what u should do if u want big law.

yeah, i completely understand option 3. but i already took it 2 times. i just can't see myself taking it another time. plus the prep i did for the past two times was ridiculous. I've done all the PTs out there so no question is "new". I went down the 2nd time i took the damned test.

maybe ill go into health law i dont even know.

cubswin wrote:I could be wrong, especially since I am not one of the people targeting the Philadelphia market, but I recall seeing a discussion of Villanova where people said its placement in Philly is great. Obviously Penn > Nova, but it seems like most Penn grads leave the city after graduation and that Nova and Temple grads stick around and do pretty well. If anyone can back me up on this, and (once they tell give you your aid package) it's not tens-of-thousands more expensive than Pitt, I'd probably lean toward Villanova.

yeah that was my assumption too. i have yet to year from Nova about the scholly situation. hoping it is close to Pitt's offer.

bump

jack duluoz wrote:OP, i think you're making this more complicated than it is. The way i see it:

1. GW is probably your best option if u get off the waitlist--like u said, live at home and minimize debt the best u can.
2. If dinged at GW, you go to pitt because it is the cheapest of your remaining options--which are all peer schools in relatively the same region i.e. u could probably crack the philly and central pa market if u really wanted.

OR

3. u retake the lsat and apply next year. This is what u should do if u want big law.

Given that I'm no expert on any of these schools, take my advice with a grain of salt, but to me the above is credited.

nooyyllib wrote:bump

Seriously?

totebags wrote:

nooyyllib wrote:bump

Seriously?

I like how this thread got bumped because someone objected to a previous bump.

I am an unabashed Pitt troll. Fantastic city, great school which completely owns a top-25 legal market. I think it's by far your best choice, particularly considering your scholarship.

Plus, spending weekends on the South Side and the fall watching Steelers games isn't too shabby.

Kretzy wrote:I am an unabashed Pitt troll. Fantastic city, great school which completely owns a top-25 legal market. I think it's by far your best choice, particularly considering your scholarship.

Plus, spending weekends on the South Side and the fall watching Steelers games isn't too shabby.

You couldn't pay me enough to watch the Steelers play. Bleh

CardinalRules wrote:

totebags wrote:

nooyyllib wrote:bump

Seriously?

I like how this thread got bumped because someone objected to a previous bump.

Is it really a bump if it's one minute later?

DukeHopeful wrote:

Kretzy wrote:I am an unabashed Pitt troll. Fantastic city, great school which completely owns a top-25 legal market. I think it's by far your best choice, particularly considering your scholarship.

Plus, spending weekends on the South Side and the fall watching Steelers games isn't too shabby.

You couldn't pay me enough to watch the Steelers play. Bleh

I haven't missed a game in 7 years, and don't plan to while in Palo Alto next year either. Hell, I'm even a Pirates fan, and we haven't had a winning season since '91.

Even if you aren't a Steelers fan, PGH is an awesome city.

Kretzy wrote:

DukeHopeful wrote:

Kretzy wrote:I am an unabashed Pitt troll. Fantastic city, great school which completely owns a top-25 legal market. I think it's by far your best choice, particularly considering your scholarship.

Plus, spending weekends on the South Side and the fall watching Steelers games isn't too shabby.

You couldn't pay me enough to watch the Steelers play. Bleh

I haven't missed a game in 7 years, and don't plan to while in Palo Alto next year either. Hell, I'm even a Pirates fan, and we haven't had a winning season since '91.

Even if you aren't a Steelers fan, PGH is an awesome city.

Wait, you're from Pittsburgh? I thought that you were from Colorado?

Haha, I just had to get that in there since the OP asked for honesty and I'm too much of a Ravens fan. That said, Dan Marino was my childhood idol, and perhaps the greatest thing to ever come out of Pitt.

CardinalRules wrote:

Kretzy wrote:

DukeHopeful wrote:

Kretzy wrote:I am an unabashed Pitt troll. Fantastic city, great school which completely owns a top-25 legal market. I think it's by far your best choice, particularly considering your scholarship.

Plus, spending weekends on the South Side and the fall watching Steelers games isn't too shabby.

You couldn't pay me enough to watch the Steelers play. Bleh

I haven't missed a game in 7 years, and don't plan to while in Palo Alto next year either. Hell, I'm even a Pirates fan, and we haven't had a winning season since '91.

Even if you aren't a Steelers fan, PGH is an awesome city.

Wait, you're from Pittsburgh? I thought that you were from Colorado?

Born on the north side of Pittsburgh, moved out west as a teenager. HS and college in Colorado. My entire family is from Allegheny County, PA, though.

Die-hard Pittsburgh sports fan at heart. Steelers, Pens, Pirates, even Pitt football and basketball. PGH doesn't have a basketball team, so I root for the Nuggets.

I am a fan of Hines Ward though.....

nooyyllib wrote:I am a fan of Hines Ward though.....

Ugh, Hines Ward is such a tool. Anyone who has that shit-eating grin on their face all game and gets manicures before every game qualifies as a tool.

Now that I've done my Baltimore trolling duty for the night, I'm out.

DukeHopeful wrote:

nooyyllib wrote:I am a fan of Hines Ward though.....

Ugh, Hines Ward is such a tool. Anyone who has that shit-eating grin on their face all game and gets manicures before every game qualifies as a tool.

Now that I've done my Baltimore trolling duty for the night, I'm out.

assuming you are a ravens fan, the shit eating grin is a little better than thugs and criminals.....