It’d be about $80k more for me to attend Harvard (which is close to home for me). UCLA gave me some scholarship (not a lot) but there tuition is generally cheaper x i want to do big law for 3-4 years (in Los Angeles) and then eventually work in house as a GC for an entertainment company. Thoughts? Not to throw all my details out there but This is $160k vs $240k..

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5725888&forum_id=2Elisa#48936651)

HLS places 67% of grads in law firms and 56% of those in big law (=38%). UCLA places 71% of grads in law firms and 50% of those in big law (=36%).

When you add in entertainment industry and desire to work in LA, it amounts to a fairly compelling argument for UCLA, especially with the price tag differential.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5725888&forum_id=2Elisa#48936653)

You are the only person making sense in the thread. Wants to work in LA after school but is trying to convince themselves Harvard? 3k miles away. Yes Harvard is better a school, but not by much. The employment outcomes are identical for big law (250-500+ lawyers is top 53% of class for both) yet one is already in LA and you’re getting a scholarship. UCLA would be the best option

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5725888&forum_id=2Elisa#48936655)

166/196 grads in firms of 250+ or fed clerkship.

https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Cornell-Law-School-Class-of-2024-ABA-Data-Summary.pdf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5725888&forum_id=2Elisa#48947016)

everyone scores 175+ now that they have gimped the LSAT and people caught onto the "accomodations" game to get 2x time while taking the test at home. average GPAs are like 3.95 because everyone graduating did college from home during COVID when professors handed out As to everyone for signing into zoom and cheating on tests. overall grade inflation is out of control and most people in non-joke majors don't apply to law school at all anymore.

and post affirmative action, your "essays" *wink wink* are where you get your DEI points for "lived experience."

you have white guys with 3.8/177s getting shut out of T6 schools while minorities with 3.6/168 are getting into HYS and making TikTok's lecturing you on how "your essays really matter folks!!! numbers aren't everything!!!"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5725888&forum_id=2Elisa#48946864)

Hispanic + 4.0 in queer studies + 173 with 2x time from home = admitted to every law school with full scholarships

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5725888&forum_id=2Elisa#48946906)

Oh what a risk!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5725888&forum_id=2Elisa#48947021)

"C&F: Not insignificant C&F issue from 2.5 years ago. Had to write addenda at most schools. Not a serious crime, but falls in line with financial issues (e.g, financial distress). I actually ended up writing my personal statement about this and how my experience with this c&f issue changed my approach to law and the kind of advocate I want to be for my own clients. This was a risk, because I really put it all out there, but I think it paid off immensely."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5725888&forum_id=2Elisa#48946927)

We long to debate schools, lists of schools, admission decisions, and such. We LONG for it. It is in are soul

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5725888&forum_id=2Elisa#48947251)

you can make up full cost vs tuition free ucla simply by running a few turos on the side while at hls.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5725888&forum_id=2Elisa#48948517)

most distinguished alum of HLS: Elie Mystal

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5725888&forum_id=2Elisa#48956931)