Free ILR vs $$$ at Wharton

Jay1020
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:58:18 +0000

roneald:

This is coming from a student who went to NYU, drowned in literally $50,000/yr debt for a while, and then switched over to ILR. Financially, academically, and career-wise it was the best decision I ever made. Not only am I about to graduate debt free, I landed a sweet internship at Goldman Sachs, and I never thought about going to law school, but with so many kids here applying to law school, and after taking some law classes at ILR here myself, I might just do it anyway. It’s definitely great prep for law school considering you can also take classes at Cornell Law as an undergrad, something that is rarely allowed at other schools; I’m unsure of whether or not Penn allows that.

Wharton has great business connections and solid academics, but given your situation and having experienced the whole on-campus recruiting business cycles with internships with relative ease, I would hands down recommend ILR.

PM me if you have any questions and best of luck with your decision.