There's a good chance I'm going to wind up at DePaul... I got shot down by OSU in a heartbeat. So naturally, I want to say take the better school and go with OSU.
Then again alot may just be location - I think OSU had a 161 median and DePaul a 160? I'm from Chicago so...
Are you an Ohio resident?? (also plays into definition of the totals for tuition - you know this...)
HOWEVER, I'm tempted to say that in general the Big Ten schools are all
somewhat similar in status (except for Northwestern ---higher--- and MSU and Penn St ---lower--- than the norm); and therefore OSU people might even have an upper hand in the Chicago market.
DePaul does have that alumni network and ppl there are pragmatic about lining up jobs it looks like... and of course keep in mind you don't have to
start doing biglaw in order to wind up there a couple years, or several years, down the line --- there is certainly lots of great experience very valuable to the biglaw scene that is outside of its boundaries. This
might be a very good argument for DePaul's superiority due to Chicago connections - although maybe its not the right attitude to figure on "settling" for outside of the top 10% if you
really want the highest paying job straight out of the gate.
ALso, it is worth noting U of Illinois places much better than DePaul in Chicago's big firms. (but, if you revert to scores, U of I probably tops OSU significantly, but in terms of ranking they are both within like 20 places....ARGH!?!)
I'm stuck. Ah, who knows... this is a good question if you want to practice in Chicago eventually.
I'll say either (1) go with the school you feel more comfortable with or (2) default to OSU.
EDIT: Never mind this is all pointless if you are saying location is not a factor. Well, I guess I'm not sure what your factors are then, or your ultimate objective
