<p>Go where you can go for the least cost, while at the same time have a moderately satisfying social life and more importantly can excel academically.</p>
<p>For my undergrad (you can see where that was), the following are all true:
- I did not pay a penny, in fact I have $5000 in a bank account that is nothing but scholarship overflow. This includes all costs, including tuition room + board.
- I was in a major (mass communication) that I enjoyed and excelled at.
- I went to an amazing sports school, which being a big sports fan was a nice bonus.
- I stood out and had fantastic relationships with professors, culminating in one of the most complimentary LORs I’ve ever seen.
- Graduating in 3 years</p>
<p>And I cruised into a T14 law school. (You can easily see which one if you look at my post history)</p>
<p>Absolutely true story:
My father’s friend has a daughter who is attending Harvard. She is majoring in government or something like that. When my father was talking to him, he said his daughter’s career prospects were fairly bleek as she did not build the credentials (not to mention the 200K+ they spent) to be admitted at a potentially lucrative graduate school, while the prospects for someone with a Bachelor’s in gov’t does not have too many options.</p>
<p>It feels like I played the game and won.</p>
<p>This post applies to people who are sure they want to go to law school. From the OP’s career goals, getting a JD from a school that has a public interest loan forgiveness program seems to be ideal.</p>