<p>I have been accepted to Georgetown, and I've been accepted to William and Mary and offered an $18,000 a year scholarship there, on top of only paying in-state tuition. Should I go for the higher ranked school and a horrendous amount of debt, or a smaller name school for only $8,000 a year?</p>
<p>Examine the financial impact of paying for Georgetown, include interest rate and time necessary to pay back the loans and you will see that you will have a better quality of life going to W&M</p>
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<p>No lawyers, but interesting reading anyway.</p>
<p>Do you know where you want to live after law school?</p>
<p>Before making the decision, I would talk to students at each school (not the shills of the law school itself) about the employment outlook post-graduation.</p>
<p>That is why I asked about where OP wants to live. I can tell you that if you want to leave the region, you need to graduate from W&M at the top of the class and be a member of the law review - not “a” law review, but “the” law review. DC can be tough for top W&M grads. If you want to practice in the tidewater, Richmond or northern Virginia, you are in better shape. If you see yourself in DC, New York, other major east coast cities or west coast cities, then Georgetown will open a lot more doors. Again, you will still have to do very, very well there. Don’t assume you will be able to get better grades at W&M. You won’t find grade inflation there.</p>