Which school?

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Which school

  • UVA with 90,000
  • NYU- with 60,00
  • Chicago with 60,000
  • Columbia with none (emailed and they told me they won’t match
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Made a similar poll a few weeks ago but this one is updated with new financial info. Thanks for the advice!!! Let me know why you voted the way you did!
Want to end up in DC

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If you absolutely want DC I’d probably lean towards UChi but I honestly think it’s close to a tossup between UChi and UVA.

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strike columbia off your list. It’s not worht $60k more than NYU or Chicago.

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I voted UVA, but you could make a strong case for Chicago or NYU. Like the last poster said, Columbia shouldn’t even be a consideration when you have that much $ from peer schools.

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Why so many chicagos over NYUS?

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Personally, I’d be inclined to go UVA. Gotta factor in the high COL in big cities.

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See if UVA will bump it to 105k and call it a day

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FWIW, Chicago has a surprisingly low COL, the difference between Charlottesville and Chicago is pretty small.

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LOL WUT - They tore down cabrini green bro

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do the research, bruh.

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lol

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I think Chicago is worth an extra 30K (+interest) over UVA. At UVA, you better be above median to feel safe. Uchi because of its slightly better placement and smaller class gives you a little more breathing room. Plus UVA’s grading system and preselect OCI system suck and make it even more risky.

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I’d probably pick whichever of Chicago and UVA you like more. NYU’s not a bad choice either, but I believe Chicago’s enough cheaper that I’d take it over equal money at NYU (but I haven’t looked at this year’s COA numbers and I’m a 2L at Chicago, so take that for what it’s worth).

I’d also negotiate with both Chicago and UVA if you haven’t yet.

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UChi and UVA

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My general belief is that UChi is at least marginally better than NYU outside of NYC. Since you want DC, I’d lean that way.

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Well, Columbia can be easily crossed off, since the scholarship differential with NYU doesn’t make the choice sensible. Among the remaining 3, I’d likely go with UVA if DC is your goal. They are close to DC, have solid connections there, you get the biggest scholarship, lower COL, etc.

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this.

Plus it’s probably up to 5K cheaper per year after COL

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You should just visit UVA + Chicago and pick whichever you like better. I don’t think anybody can blame you for picking one over the other.

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there is no 60k scholly at nyu