<p>NYULawyer: You gave me alot to think about in your last post. With the ratios that you mentioned how does a student figure out which schools they are a candidate for? </p>
<p>I looked at the data link for UVA. You mentioned that the students that were not in biglaw were left with less than desirable outcomes give the amount of debt. But it also looks like 95 students took public sector jobs. Assuming that UVA has a strong loan foregivenss program this doesn’t seem like a bad outcome even if the salaries are less than half that of biglaw. As I read this 85/377 students don’t fall into one of those two categories. It looks like 5 of those 85 are in grad school. I guess it is hard to tell if that was their choice or a move made because they couldn’t get a job. Looking at the “employment by industry/sector” section I would have completely missed the “fellowship” section if you had not mentioned it. At first glance the numbers appear to be better than they are (even though the public sector numbers look pretty good to me). Will googling Employment Data for recent graduates with a school name come up with similar information from most schools? Are there other hidden categories that might look better than they actually are like those fellowships? </p>
<p>At this point I am completely onboard with him taking time to retest and get aps in early. I’m not sure that he will choose that. The next question is what is the best to do with what we have at hand. Bite the bullet and incur the debt or go to a less presigous school and take a scholarship? </p>
<p>Oh well, thank you for your help.</p>