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[quote=Anonymous]I went to Georgetown Law School and it worked for me b/c of the area of law that I wanted to practice.  It was much easier for me to work during summers/school year (other than my 2L summer when I headed to NYC and salary offset the housing expense).  I went to an Ivy League for undergrad, and my parents had to pay out of pocket for my working in DC during the summer at an unpaid internship.

I recall meeting a UVA Law School grad my first year in big law in NYC.  Within the first 3 months of working, he decided that he hated it, quit his job and headed back to school for architecture.  I remember thinking how possible it was for him to do this b/c he had gone to a school with state tuition so he was free to do what he wanted.  The majority of us in big law were looking at huge, huge law school debt.

I realize that the UVA grad programs are higher ranked than the undergrad but unless you know your child is majoring in international affairs and going to the foreign service school, I would save that money and put it towards your kid's grad school tuition.  Another thing, my brother went to GW, and all of us, including him, would probably admit my parents ended up spending way more money than they should have sending him to DC rather than attending a good state school where we were residents.

Obviously, if you have enough money, then do what you want, but otherwise, I would send my kid to UVA.[/quote]

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