As referenced above in the poll, USC will be offering $60,000 total with no gpa contingency and UCI will be offering $120,000 total with 2.0 GPA contingency.
Info:
-Want to work in socal, prefer LA > OC but honestly don’t care if I end up working in the OC.
-Would like to work biglaw first 2-3 years and eventually open my own practice.
-If USC → no housing costs (commuting is feasible); If UCI → pay for housing.
Specifically, I am interested in what you think the significance of the additional $60,000 being offered by UCI is, if at all.
If you think any other information is necessary for you to contribute a vote, let me know.
2L at UCI here. After spring OCI, we have about 25 2Ls going to law firms. Bear in mind that, while this number is slightly below the 1/3 number boasted by USC, there are still quite a few UCI students who have no interest in big law. Also, at OCI last year we had probably equal number of LA firms as OC firms represent. My classmates received offers in LA from: Jones Day, Gibson, OMM, Milbank, Kirkland, Alston, etc. Those are just the ones that I know of personally; most people didn’t talk about their offers, only where they accepted (we encourage a culture of not talking too much about grades/job offers/etc). There might be a few others that I am forgetting (and that doesn’t include offers from V100s in OC, SF, and elsewhere).
EDIT: I faced a similar dilemma, though I had a full scholly from each.
USC is a winner here since they gave you a decent scholarship and you are saving money on housing. If it was sticker @ USC vs $120K at UCI, that would be different.
What you should realize however is that neither of these schools give you a “great” chance of biglaw. Even if you choose USC, I would moderate your expectations and make sure you’re “OK” with another type of presumably lesser paying legal work in the event you aren’t in the top 1/3 of the class.
Liquid, weren’t you saying UCI is garbage three days ago? You should be telling OP to retake and reapply to chapman, since its miles ahead of UCI as the best school in OC, and will be a peer with USC.
The cost of USC is still pushing $200k with a $60k scholarship. I don’t think OP should attend a school with a 31% chance at biglaw for around $200k. I would probably retake and reapply if only to get more scholarship money out of UCLA and USC next cycle.
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