u/mrdwarfydwarf

Hello! I am still trying to figure out what law school I would like to go to and right now I feel like I've narrowed it down to two schools, Wayne State and Chicago-Kent. Wayne gave me a 30k a year scholarship and Kent gave me a 40k a year scholarship, so I think proportionally towards tuition the cost is similar, although cost of living in Chicago is obviously much higher.

Right now I feel like I really liked Kent's building, I've had good interactions with their admissions staff, and the idea of living in Chicago really appeals to me (I hate driving lol). I also know several older alumni personally or indirectly and they all said they really enjoyed their time there and felt like it was a good school. I also have a friend group that lives in Chicago right now so I could easily slip into things with them whereas here in metro detroit I only know my girlfriend's family. Right now my hang ups with Kent is that their not as high ranked as Wayne and moving out of state, along with the accompanying lifestyle change, is a little intimidating for me. I feel like I could really love it, but what if I regret it? What if I wanted to move back to Detroit after 5+ years?

For Wayne I really like their stats which are better than Kent's, I live in metro detroit right now so I wouldn't have to move, I generally like living in detroit (despite some of the issues and needing a car), it is likely all things considered cheaper (although I currently live in a HCOL area in metro detroit so my rent wouldn't be much lower than in Chicago lol), and I'll be closer to family and red wings hockey (which I love). My gripes with Wayne are, I wasn't super impressed with the building and I've had some issues with their admission staff (although really great interactions with their career services team and professors) and a part of me just doesn't feel super thrilled by them even though going into my application process they were my number 1.

I guess my final thoughts are I think I like Kent more, but I'm unsure if I want to potentially move away for the rest of my life, especially to someplace that will cost me more and isn't as high ranked as my other choice. And with Wayne I'm unsure if I want to dedicate my law school years to a school I'm not thrilled about and live in a place that, while I do like, could use improvement and I had an opportunity to go to a place that doesn't have any of problems I don't like about detroit (but obviously would have it's own problems that I'm not aware of yet).

Any advice or thoughts would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Hello! I am still trying to figure out what law school I would like to go to and right now I feel like I've narrowed it down to two schools, Wayne State and Chicago-Kent. Wayne gave me a 30k a year scholarship and Kent gave me a 40k a year scholarship, so I think proportionally towards tuition the cost is similar, although cost of living in Chicago is obviously much higher.

Right now I feel like I really liked Kent's building, I've had good interactions with their admissions staff, and the idea of living in Chicago really appeals to me (I hate driving lol). I also know several older alumni personally or indirectly and they all said they really enjoyed their time there and felt like it was a good school. I also have a friend group that lives in Chicago right now so I could easily slip into things with them whereas here in metro detroit I only know my girlfriend's family. Right now my hang ups with Kent is that their not as high ranked as Wayne and moving out of state, along with the accompanying lifestyle change, is a little intimidating for me. I feel like I could really love it, but what if I regret it? What if I wanted to move back to Detroit after 5+ years?

For Wayne I really like their stats which are better than Kent's, I live in metro detroit right now so I wouldn't have to move, I generally like living in detroit (despite some of the issues and needing a car), it is likely all things considered cheaper (although I currently live in a HCOL area in metro detroit so my rent wouldn't be much lower than in Chicago lol), and I'll be closer to family and red wings hockey (which I love). My gripes with Wayne are, I wasn't super impressed with the building and I've had some issues with their admission staff (although really great interactions with their career services team and professors) and a part of me just doesn't feel super thrilled by them even though going into my application process they were my number 1.

I guess my final thoughts are I think I like Kent more, but I'm unsure if I want to potentially move away for the rest of my life, especially to someplace that will cost me more and isn't as high ranked as my other choice. And with Wayne I'm unsure if I want to dedicate my law school years to a school I'm not thrilled about and live in a place that, while I do like, could use improvement and I had an opportunity to go to a place that doesn't have any of problems I don't like about detroit (but obviously would have it's own problems that I'm not aware of yet).

Any advice or thoughts would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!