Tulane all the way man. Texas (particularly Dallas and Houston) are noted as placed where Tulane sends a ton of grads. Plus as far as Nd, do you really want to deal with that "educating a different kind of lawyer" morality bullsh-t? Plus, the winters are dreadful in Southbend. NO is cool, nice eather, the school itself is laid back and has a great rep. Once you get out of the t-10, 22 vs 32vs 40 don't mean sh-t as far as those rankings. Are you brilliant? Great, finish in the top 1% at Tulane and then transfer to Yale. Just my 2 cents, but it's kind of the process I've used...