ticket in one hand, gun in the other...
well i am almost ready to choose which school i am going to go to. I have narrowed it down to two main choices and have one more school i am kind of waiting on. so the situation is thus:
New England School of law in Boston and Hamline University in Minneapolis are my two main choices. I have scholarship offers at both and will pay about the same for tuition at each school. Boston is much more expensive to live in however and Hamline is a 4 year school with graduate housing and all the facilities associated with having a larger campus. Both schools are about the same academically. I am more interested in the study abroad programs at Hamline, but Boston has some pretty good externship opportunites (e.g. the world court and war tribunals). What is really drawing me to Hamline at the moment is that they have a dual degree option for a JD and MFA in creative writing, i think it is the only one in the country, and at the least it was the first to come up with it. writing is really important to me, and this is a good way for me to do two things i want to. the main drawback to hamline is that it is in minnesota. it might be a good place to live, i dont know i have never been there. i do know that boston is really sweet and would enjoy living there.
So i need to decide which is more important to me, and i really dont know how to decide. obviously boston is a much sweeter place to live, but i dont feel that should be the basis of my decision. it has strong points academically as well. so should i pursue writing as well, or hope for some pretty unique opportunities to possibly work at the world court or something while a law student? and cost-wise i would be in a lot less debt at minneapolis because of living expenses, and that is an important factor as well.
So any thoughts an input are appreciated. what is important to you in these kinds of decisions?
New England School of law in Boston and Hamline University in Minneapolis are my two main choices. I have scholarship offers at both and will pay about the same for tuition at each school. Boston is much more expensive to live in however and Hamline is a 4 year school with graduate housing and all the facilities associated with having a larger campus. Both schools are about the same academically. I am more interested in the study abroad programs at Hamline, but Boston has some pretty good externship opportunites (e.g. the world court and war tribunals). What is really drawing me to Hamline at the moment is that they have a dual degree option for a JD and MFA in creative writing, i think it is the only one in the country, and at the least it was the first to come up with it. writing is really important to me, and this is a good way for me to do two things i want to. the main drawback to hamline is that it is in minnesota. it might be a good place to live, i dont know i have never been there. i do know that boston is really sweet and would enjoy living there.
So i need to decide which is more important to me, and i really dont know how to decide. obviously boston is a much sweeter place to live, but i dont feel that should be the basis of my decision. it has strong points academically as well. so should i pursue writing as well, or hope for some pretty unique opportunities to possibly work at the world court or something while a law student? and cost-wise i would be in a lot less debt at minneapolis because of living expenses, and that is an important factor as well.
So any thoughts an input are appreciated. what is important to you in these kinds of decisions?