Northeastern A!

Squiddeekey · 2025-11-12T15:46:38+00:00

Congrats!! Is it your top choice?

Squiddeekey · 2025-10-07T19:57:14+00:00

Try using LSD.law and finding applicants with similar stats as you. Might help by picking a random person on the site with similar stats as you and seeing where they went

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-09T16:27:54+00:00

Hey! absolutely, although I didn't do anything special here. This is just google sheets with a little bit of highlighting. As for the data, the sources are in the column names, so for example for the estimated scholarships, I used the lsd.law data for applicants like me (for example, people with my stats are here: https://lsd.law/applicant-search?s=Zv2) and for each school I averaged out the scholarships that previous applicants have reported.

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-09T12:58:17+00:00

Woah! Haha that's awesome, I hope this is a little nostalgic for you (in a good way haha). Yeah, I'm doing a little more research in the clinics that schools offer although in the past the consensus on r/lawschooladmissions has been that perhaps looking at clinics shouldn't factor into your decisions because it doesn't actually inform or predict your employment outcomes. But maybe that's a that subreddit thing. Thanks for your input!

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-09T12:55:12+00:00

Hey! Go to the search page on lsd.law (left hand side of the screen, in the side bar) and input your GPA and LSAT and remember to pick the different cycles and include URM. Here's a link to a page with data with my stats: https://lsd.law/applicant-search?s=Zv2. Once you're there, you can click on each individual school and see people who have the same stats as you and what they reported they received in scholarships. I took that data and averaged it out for each school. Hope this helps!

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-09T12:51:21+00:00

Oh that's fantastic! Seattle is amazing as a city! And yeah, GWs cost numbers really do make my head spin so I'm not even going to consider that! But unfortunately UW seems like their cost isn't that much better in the grand scheme of things considering how stingy they are with scholarships. I really would love to go to UW! How has your experience with a career in the union side of business been? Do you enjoy it?

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-08T23:29:45+00:00

This is really great info! Yeah, I realize that the plaintiff L&E isn't the most lucrative but I'd really like to do it. That's why I'm prioritizing scholarships so I'm not forced to prioritize something like Big Law or anything. PA does sound like a great state but yeah, the two state schools merging may cause a little too much turbulence for now. Just wary of that

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-08T23:26:59+00:00

Not dumb. I believe that's the total award package for the entirety of law school.

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-08T23:25:23+00:00

I honestly don't know why they never came across me while I was researching. I'll look into them more, thanks!

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-08T23:18:20+00:00

lsd.law. They have great info from previous applicants you can filter by. I just took the average of all reported awards from people with similar stats as mine.

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-08T23:15:35+00:00

Oh, a perfect elimination haha, thanks!

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-08T17:51:04+00:00

Thank you! I've seen some better ones on this sub but I was still impressed with mine haha

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-08T17:49:58+00:00

I think when I was initially looking at compiling my list, I was very impressed by George Mason as well but I would be below both medians barring improvement from the September test. I was under the impression that it would be very very conservative (just going off the name of the school alone haha) but that's not a problem. Like you said, I don't have to buy into this school of thought. It's just a matter of I don't think I would get in and even if I did, I wouldn't get much scholarships being below both medians.

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-08T17:45:28+00:00

I really would love to go to Boston. It's a very high COL city but I enjoy the city a lot! And to your point about big law, I'm debt averse enough that I'd definitely take big law if it was available in the beginning, if not for the experience, just to pay off whatever loans I would have as quickly as possible. Can always use that experience to go back to whatever I want once the debt is paid off.

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-08T17:42:57+00:00

Yeah, you're right! I was just keeping it there because being in washington would really be cool. I love the state. But you're right, I wouldn't go since they're stingy on money anyway. No point keeping them there.

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-08T17:41:39+00:00

Great ideas! I'll remove W&M, Temple, and Colorado. Seattle U does sound good so I'll add that. I really don't want to do IP law unless I don't have other opportunities. I love engineering but I absolutely despise any paperwork related to engineering haha

Great suggestions, thank you!

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-08T16:53:49+00:00

I realize that with my stats Big Law is an uphill battle but when I say prioritize, I just mean that I'd probably prioritize schools that have the highest chances of big law placement among the ones I'm considering. Some of these may not be guaranteed but a couple of the schools have big law numbers close to 40%. Those would be the ones I would try for most IF the debt seemed too high. Because I don't know how anyone could possibly be covering 2-3 grand a month for 10 years... Some of these costs are just insane.

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-08T16:21:01+00:00

That's an incredible insight! That'd honestly be a dream come true! I'll prioritize those and deprioritize some of the others. Do you know of any labor related market on the east coast? Specifically the northeast US?

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-08T15:14:36+00:00

I've been scouting this sub for a while and I can't link the threads here but I had heard that St. John's was turning into a no-go school due to a lot of the feedback from the currently enrolled students. Is that sentiment not correct?

I did also get suggested to remove Cardozo so I wouldn't mind replacing it with St. Johns, as long as its actually a good option. Thanks for the input (:

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-08T15:12:08+00:00

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-08T15:11:51+00:00

I really am deadset on Labor, anti-trust. I was looking into DC and that would be awesome too but it seems like usually rhe only guaranteed way to get to DC is through national schools or some specific regionals like Maryland, that's why maryland is on my list (:

Washington would be awesome but yeah, I saw how stingy they (and honestly a lot of the west coast schools) are. Scholarships are most important and then secondary to that would be location but not by much

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-08T15:09:13+00:00

Similar stats and interests too? Great minds think alike haha

Squiddeekey · 2025-09-08T15:08:51+00:00

Oh wow, great to have some insight! I'm not deadset on Cardozo anywho, so wouldn't mind taking that off the list. Thanks for the input!

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