<p>First of all – kudos for your parents for saving up enough to sponsor 4 years of undergraduate work at the college of your choice. If there is CC perfect parenting prize, then they should win it. (So let them know how much you appreciate their good judgment and planning.)</p>
<p>Law school is expensive-- and you can’t count on merit scholarships then – so I’d be in the camp who would be encouraging Temple-- but I don’t know anything about the school or the program they are offering you, so that is simply based on the money. But if your goal is to make that $200K pay for both undergrad + law school, then it makes sense to economize. </p>
<p>But Penn State is a good choice, and still leaves you with an nice nest egg for law school. So if that seems to be the best fit… I think that’s definitely a reasonable option. After all, you might change your mind about law school along the way.</p>