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Colorado, Penn or Duke |
| Message Name: |
Go to Duke/Penn |
| Date Posted: |
07/18/2001 |
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I have a full ride for all three years at Colorado, plus the bonus of being able to go to school in a great place like Boulder. However, I'm not sure that I want to commit to staying in CO after law school. I had a very competetive undergrad experience, so I would like to avoid a cut-throat atmosphere if possible. I like Penn, but I'm not sure if it's worth going a $125K in debt for. Same with Duke, especially since I think that I only want to go the corporate rought for about 5 years after school, and then go into politics. Is killing my options to go to CU and not have the debt hanging over my head? |
| Message: |
I would go to Duke or Penn. Those are top 10 schools, and if you do well academically, you will easily get a job with a large law firm and make a starting salary of $125,000 a year. This salary would make it easier for you to pay off your debt.
I'm not very knowledgable about the Colorado law school, but I'm guessing that most of its graduates work in Denver. If you don't want to restrict yourself to the Colorado area, then I would probably wouldn't go. If you want to be a politician in Denver, then a local law school would make more sense.
The downside of going to Duke or Penn is that if you finish in the bottom 50% of your class, your chances of getting a BIGLAW job will decline dramatically. You will then be stuck with a $125,000 debt and limited job prospects.
My advice: go to Penn or Duke and study really hard first year.
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