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voted Fordham b/c the numbers for the rest of the schools worth attending make my eyes bleed
lol. fair enough
Why is the Fordham COA so low? Did they really give you 60K per year? Or maybe 30K per year plus someone will be providing you room and board in NYC? Curious.
Guessing the latter since their tuition is under 50k a year.
who the hell is choosing things other than fordham
At the very least Duke over Mich
Same COA
ties to the south open up NYC and mid/biglaw in those areas plus clerkship regional favor for you (I know nothing about this but that seems reasonable)
I think Fordham is the only financially reasonable choice.
Of all those schools I think Duke is probably the best bang for your buck as far as T14s at sticker go. But I wouldn’t do it.
I would probably do WUSTL if I were you. Ties to the Midwest and good school at a reasonable price.
This is a nice thread with plenty of fiscally sound advise. Fordham or WUSTL depending on location preference.
Not voting because I think you need to spend the next 2 months desparately trying to get scholly money from all of the above and then re-evaluate.
Pass on T-14 for ~300K debt everyday of the week and twice on sundays.
We can’t tell you what to do. If you don’t know where you want to practice or what you want to practice, then the only thing left is cost. But you are perfectly willing to take on massive debt.
I think in the past you have advised others that taking on massive debt is fine in some instances, so go for it. Roll those dice and go to Michigan. (Sorry if I have you mixed up with someone else.)
You really haven’t given us a single factor to help you make this decision. If it were me or if I were advising a friend, I guess I would say Fordham because of the low cost and because I am familiar with the city. But you don’t mention if you like NYC and would want to stay here after graduating. This makes it difficult because I can’t say that Fordham will help you get a job outside of the city.
Honestly, I think you need to think for yourself if you can narrow your goals and focus. If not, and you don’t care about owing debt, whether you get biglaw or not, then go wherever you like the best, which seems to be Michigan.
But this OP doesn’t mind the debt so is that a consideration here?
-Career goals: pretty wide open. Would be more than happy I think with a federal clerkship/biglaw. Would also be fine with PI. I have a very strong international background. I am most qualified for and would prefer an int’lly-focused position, but I am not banking on getting one.
OP, you can’t say you haven’t decided on your career choice when you take on 250k worth of debt. There is only one job that allows you to repay that debt (or PI if you want to do that for 10 years).
OK thanks. Fordham most definitely. Most of the others involve massive debt. You say you don’t mind the debt for Michigan et al, but I think you’ll change your mind if you have 200K or more hanging over you and you don’t snag a Biglaw job (which is certainly possible). That’s a nightmare scenario and I don’t think you should flirt with it.
Fordham with only 50K debt is a good outcome for someone who wants out of the midwest and would be “more than happy” with biglaw.
You have a couple of others on the list that involve less than 200K debt, but they’re more expensive than Fordham without dramatically better job placement.
Do you have prior ties to Middle TN? If not, your chance at Nashville biglaw is effectively 0 whether you do Duke or Mich. ATL wants high grades, even from T14. Even the midsize firms like Parker Hudson or AGG aren’t falling all over themselves to hire median Dukebros
Just saw this. I would take the named scholarship and the preferential treatment that comes with it and run to Fordham. No question in my mind.