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3.45/174 (3.96 after 2.3 freshman year.) Generic state school for UG. No WE.

Applied on 11/1 to: Chicago (ED), Stanford, Columbia, NYU, UVA, Duke (w/ why duke,) UCLA, Texas, CU-Boulder.

W/L - In?

Sorry, I clarified what I meant.

BeachedBrit wrote:Sorry, I clarified what I meant.

Just messing with you. I'm not good with these predictions though, so I'll just bump your thread and hope someone else dives in.

Personally, I would have ED'd to Columbia (with those numbers, you would have a decent chance). My guess is out at HYS, possible at Columbia (now with RD), in at Chicago, and good chances everywhere else in the top 14, except Berkeley.

MW

You will probably get in ED at Chicago and will have to withdraw all of the other apps, so there isn't much point in predicting outcomes for those schools.

^^ +1 That would be my best guess, too.

Yea, you'll get into Chicago. The question is, why did you ED there?

Can OP withdraw his ED app? Perhaps he underestimated his chances at other schools.

JazzOne wrote:Can OP withdraw his ED app? Perhaps he underestimated his chances at other schools.

lol that would look great. heeeeeey so remember that time i really wanted to get in? well i still *sort of* want to get in, but i like morningside heights a lot better than hyde park, so... yea

lawschoollll wrote:

JazzOne wrote:Can OP withdraw his ED app? Perhaps he underestimated his chances at other schools.

lol that would look great. heeeeeey so remember that time i really wanted to get in? well i still *sort of* want to get in, but i like morningside heights a lot better than hyde park, so... yea

I'm just saying that if he has scholarship opportunities elsewhere, he might want to go ahead and burn that bridge. I wouldn't pay sticker for C.

lawschoollll wrote:

JazzOne wrote:Can OP withdraw his ED app? Perhaps he underestimated his chances at other schools.

lol that would look great. heeeeeey so remember that time i really wanted to get in? well i still *sort of* want to get in, but i like morningside heights a lot better than hyde park, so... yea

I accidentally did ED thinking it was Early Indecision. My bad.

Wheeeeelp. *stretches*

JazzOne wrote:

lawschoollll wrote:

JazzOne wrote:Can OP withdraw his ED app? Perhaps he underestimated his chances at other schools.

lol that would look great. heeeeeey so remember that time i really wanted to get in? well i still *sort of* want to get in, but i like morningside heights a lot better than hyde park, so... yea

I'm just saying that if he has scholarship opportunities elsewhere, he might want to go ahead and burn that bridge. I wouldn't pay sticker for C.

I can see that. At the same time, if OP wanted to make sure he/she stayed in T6, and definitely prefers UC to CLS or NYU, it might have made sense to ED, even though RD probably would have been fine. I ended up doing this with NYU.

NYC_7911 wrote: even though RD probably would have been fine

3.48/173 WL->out at UC. better safe than sorry.

I see nothing wrong with ED to UofC for OP, its a great school and there was a not insignificant chance they wouldn't have got in RD. I almost ED'd to UofC, we'll see if I regret not doing it later.

I don't mean to derail this thread, but I can't help but wonder if it is worth it to pay sticker at any school outside of HYS.

In any case, if you are happy paying sticker, I don't think you made a mistake going ED.

mrmangs wrote:I don't mean to derail this thread, but I can't help but wonder if it is worth it to pay sticker at any school outside of HYS.

In any case, if you are happy paying sticker, I don't think you made a mistake going ED.

My opinion is that the only school worth sticker is Y. I thought about applying to transfer to H, and then I calculated the debt I would incur at H. Then I barfed.

JazzOne wrote:

mrmangs wrote:I don't mean to derail this thread, but I can't help but wonder if it is worth it to pay sticker at any school outside of HYS.

In any case, if you are happy paying sticker, I don't think you made a mistake going ED.

My opinion is that the only school worth sticker is Y. I thought about applying to transfer to H, and then I calculated the debt I would incur at H. Then I barfed.

If you want biglaw outside of TX i think you made a mistake.

the whole "nothing below this at sticker" debate seems silly to me. if you miss biglaw, is $80k any less suffocating than $150k or $210k? they're all incredibly daunting.

IAFG wrote:the whole "nothing below this at sticker" debate seems silly to me. if you miss biglaw, is $80k any less suffocating than $150k or $210k? they're all incredibly daunting.

In a word, yes.

bdubs wrote:

JazzOne wrote:

mrmangs wrote:I don't mean to derail this thread, but I can't help but wonder if it is worth it to pay sticker at any school outside of HYS.

In any case, if you are happy paying sticker, I don't think you made a mistake going ED.

My opinion is that the only school worth sticker is Y. I thought about applying to transfer to H, and then I calculated the debt I would incur at H. Then I barfed.

If you want biglaw outside of TX i think you made a mistake.

I wanted biglaw in Texas, and it worked out fine. I'm from Texas, and I have a full-ride at Texas. It just didn't make sense to sign away $100K for a Harvard degree (assuming I could have gotten in, of course). I would have given up Law Review, unless I wanted to do the write-on at UT, AND Harvard, without knowing yet whether I was accepted for transfer.

IAFG wrote:the whole "nothing below this at sticker" debate seems silly to me. if you miss biglaw, is $80k any less suffocating than $150k or $210k? they're all incredibly daunting.

I'm going to have about $30-40K. That's an import coupe. $150K+? That's a fuckin' mortgage. No thanks.

IAFG wrote:the whole "nothing below this at sticker" debate seems silly to me. if you miss biglaw, is $80k any less suffocating than $150k or $210k? they're all incredibly daunting.

I think psychologically, yes, but there is no universal risk/reward calculation running in everyone's head. Financially there is a big difference though, no matter your mental state.

mrmangs wrote:

IAFG wrote:the whole "nothing below this at sticker" debate seems silly to me. if you miss biglaw, is $80k any less suffocating than $150k or $210k? they're all incredibly daunting.

I think psychologically, yes, but there is no universal risk/reward calculation running in everyone's head. Financially there is a big difference though, no matter your mental state.

i am just saying, if you don't have an LRAP-eligible job or biglaw, that loan payment is going to be unthinkably oppressive either way, so it makes sense to improve your chances by paying sticker at CCN/MVP/whatever rather than $90k at GW.

IAFG wrote:

mrmangs wrote:

IAFG wrote:the whole "nothing below this at sticker" debate seems silly to me. if you miss biglaw, is $80k any less suffocating than $150k or $210k? they're all incredibly daunting.

I think psychologically, yes, but there is no universal risk/reward calculation running in everyone's head. Financially there is a big difference though, no matter your mental state.

i am just saying, if you don't have an LRAP-eligible job or biglaw, that loan payment is going to be unthinkably oppressive either way, so it makes sense to improve your chances by paying sticker at CCN/MVP/whatever rather than $90k at GW.

Yeah, in that example, you're right. But where the decisions get difficult is with a full ride. Or, as in my case, with a stipend? They're paying me? Oh hell yeah.