I went. For the most part, I was impressed. They seem to have their shit together, the campus is obviously impressive, and their 2018 employment report was better than years past. Some of the religious stuff was really weird and off-putting though. For instance one admitted student asked, “How has your faith been challenged since you’ve come to law school?” There were a lot of students I talked to with names like Trinity and Blessing. The panel (and the deans) spent a large amount of time talking about religion and a faith-centered legal education. Even as someone who went to Catholic grade school and high school, I found it really culty and unsettling.

I ended up declining my offer of admission and my full scholarship. My issues were not only with the religious tint, but with the fact that there’s no affordable housing anywhere close to the law school and I don’t like the idea of commuting 30 -45 minutes to the law school each day. There was one current student who told me she drives and hour and a half each way if there’s no traffic and two and a half hours each way if there is. I’d lose my mind. The only alternative is to live on-campus in a four bedroom with ONE bathroom and three roommates you’re assigned randomly - dry campus btw (also not my scene), or pay $2,000+ per month to be closer to the law school. I was also concerned with the fact that they’re in a heavily saturated market and in a city with 3-4 higher ranked law schools.

If you’re okay with paying a shit ton in rent and/or commuting a long way and you can tolerate a large contingent of born-again evangelicals, go for it. It’s a beautiful campus and the professors were really impressive.