BLS vs Hofstra ($$)

[mrsocko523]

I was just accepted to Brooklyn law school and now face a bit of a decision.  Should I go to the higher ranked school or go to the lower ranked school that is offering me money?  Will my post-law school options be significantly higher if i attend brooklyn rather than hofstra? 

any help is appreciated

Frank

[little_old_lady]

Brooklyn is the better school but I don't think it's worth $30K in tuition.  You will need to rank pretty high in your class to do that much better from Brooklyn than Hofstra.  And Brooklyn is a very competitive school so the odds are against doing well there.  Big firms do not go very deep in the Brooklyn class.  I have friends at Brooklyn, some of whom were ranked in the top 15% who were unable to get into biglaw.  I know of someone ranked in the top 11% who only got one offer.  Plus it is hard to get on a journal at Brooklyn.  Brooklyn's a huge school but only has three journals, the same number as lots of smaller schools.  My friends did not make it onto a journal and they were ranked around the top 15%. 

[scolomon]

i am in the exact same shoes except brook law has me waitlisted full time (they said i had a great chance of getting in though, and i was toward the top of the waitlist)
I am gonna go to hofstra though because they are offering me a scholarship.
Brooklyn isnt that much better, the location is better though
Hofstra career services say biglaw extends offers to people in the top 15% of their class and had data to back it up
So that is good enough for me
hofstra it is

[NerdyLaw]

I second scolomon... Hofstra with money should beat BLS with no money. Did you get the obigatoy $12K too? It's tempting isn't it? If you plan on working in New York, Hofstra is definately the better choice.

[jgruber]

But cousin Vinny went to Brooklyn.

[scolomon]

Watch cousin vinny again. He didn't go to brooklyn law, he went to brooklyn institute or something similar

Touche jgruber

Score one for the Scolomonster

[abmarz]

Yeah, Vinny went to something like "Brooklyn Academy of Law" -- not the same as BLS

[NerdyLaw]

I would be honored to go to the same school as Vinny. I hear chicks like Marrisa Tome really like guys from Brooklyn Academy of Law...