Now it's getting interesting...
Accepted at the University of Wisconsin - Madison!!! I am still a bit shocked. This was one of the higher ranked schools I applied to. I had already come to terms with the fact that my chances were slim to none. I was pleasantly surprised.
For those who may not know, University of Wisconsin is ranked 32nd by the USNews. I don't want to be a rankings whore, but the reality is that in the end, they do merit attention. Rankings matter to firms, and firms have high salaries. Considering that I will have over $120k of debt after I graduate (not including my undergrad debt), this matters to me. Now this isn't to say that rankings/prestige are the most important factors. Clearly, if a school was ranked 30th and another school was ranked 35th, I think the difference is pretty inconsequential. However, the disparity between a 32nd school (UW) vs a 58th school (Temple) may be too much for me to take lightly.
After asking around and doing some more research, Ive learned a bit more about UW. Wisconsin is also one of the top public research universities in the country and supposedly has a gorgeous campus...in the summers. Winters are pretty rough. But more importantly, it seems as if UW grads stay in WI, primarily due to the fact that grads get admitted to the WI Bar (I dont know if this is good or bad - seems as if it would just breed laziness). It doesn't seem like WI grads go to the east coast firms much, most likely due to self-selection. However, they seem to be recruited highly by Chicago law firms.
But the question becomes - Am I ready/willing to drop everything and relocate to the mid-west? This is going to be very difficult decision to make in the next few months.
For those who may not know, University of Wisconsin is ranked 32nd by the USNews. I don't want to be a rankings whore, but the reality is that in the end, they do merit attention. Rankings matter to firms, and firms have high salaries. Considering that I will have over $120k of debt after I graduate (not including my undergrad debt), this matters to me. Now this isn't to say that rankings/prestige are the most important factors. Clearly, if a school was ranked 30th and another school was ranked 35th, I think the difference is pretty inconsequential. However, the disparity between a 32nd school (UW) vs a 58th school (Temple) may be too much for me to take lightly.
After asking around and doing some more research, Ive learned a bit more about UW. Wisconsin is also one of the top public research universities in the country and supposedly has a gorgeous campus...in the summers. Winters are pretty rough. But more importantly, it seems as if UW grads stay in WI, primarily due to the fact that grads get admitted to the WI Bar (I dont know if this is good or bad - seems as if it would just breed laziness). It doesn't seem like WI grads go to the east coast firms much, most likely due to self-selection. However, they seem to be recruited highly by Chicago law firms.
But the question becomes - Am I ready/willing to drop everything and relocate to the mid-west? This is going to be very difficult decision to make in the next few months.
posted by JammYP at 2:40 PM
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UW grads stay in WI because they are from WI. I think that somewhere around 60% are from there. WI also gets a lot of kids from California for some reason.
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