Parents Which Would You Choose For the All Around College Experience?

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<p>I’d pick University of Delaware. Great school, great town, not overwhelming like Penn St, and doesn’t blow your entire budget.</p>

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<p>UDel would not be worth $66K more than Temple. You could take that money and put it towards a house.</p>

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<p>Penn State should be your choice. The problem with Temple is the neighborhood. It totally sucks. Straight ghetto. And why do you think Penn State’s University Park campus is called famously “Happy Valley?” There’s a reason, bro’. </p>

<p>Besides, I work with a guy who went from Penn State to Harvard Law, so the academics are there too. Of the schools you listed, you’re nuts if you don’t pick Penn State.</p>

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<p>Actually, financial considerations are very important. The amount saved by the OP’s parents is impressive, but it is intended to cover both UG and grad school. The graduate programs the OP is interested in do not offer much in the way of financial aid and cost far more than the typical Ph.D. program (many of which offer multi-year stipends). On this basis alone, I would suggest Temple, with Penn State as the second choice.</p>

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<p>Please stop with this suburban misguided garbage. The neighborhood is fine. Also, there are plenty of Temple grads at Harvard, Penn, etc. for law school.</p>

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<p>Fact check from Harvard Law School website: There are “283 undergraduate institutions represented by all students enrolled in the JD program at HLS for the 2009-2010 school year.” Temple is not one of these 283. See link below:</p>

<p>[Undergraduate</a> Colleges](<a href=“http://www.law.harvard.edu/prospective/jd/apply/undergrads.html]Undergraduate”>http://www.law.harvard.edu/prospective/jd/apply/undergrads.html)</p>

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<p>I meant who have gone to Penn, Harvard, etc.</p>

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<p>I don’t think the money makes enough difference between Penn State and Temple. OP’s estimate of the cost of Penn State is $90,000, leaving $110,000 in the nest egg for law school. Cost of attendance at top law schools is around $50,000 a year. That might mean ending up the entire education with $40,000 of debt, which wouldn’t be intolerable for a person with a law degree.</p>