re: LSU law vs Tulane law

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I just think making a decision solely based on tuition/loan costs can be a big mistake.

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Agreed. A whole host of considerations should be dealt with. However, it looks like he's got some major ones out of the way: Cost and location (both of the school and where he wants to practice).

You need to make sure that you can succeed wherever you go. LSU will have a lot of bright kids there, but a lot will be of moderate intelligence, some will be stupid as shite, and a good number will be lazy as frick such that, even if they are intelligent, they won't do all that well. If you are intelligent and present a good work ethic, you will have a decent chance of succeeding at LSU, though you won't really know until you get there since you won't be able to look at how you write and how it jibes with the professors.

Southern's best and brightest are on par with LSU's, but LSU has probably double the highly intelligent folks that Southern has. Maybe more. And I mean that sincerely. I knew a good number of people who went to Southern. They weren't stupid, but they were toward the top of their class and were not exactly MENSA candidates. It is a worse school in terms of the quality of student. Period. But it does have faculty that know the law like any other faculty and, if you are willing to work, you can do well there. Maybe better than well.

All that said, I don't really think you have much of a question at this point. Given where you want to practice and the costs involved, and given that you seem moderately intelligent at least, if you go in with your head on right you should do fine at LSU. Put it this way, I would think you have a better shot at being the number 1 in your class at LSU than you would at being the number 1 in your class at Tulane and since you only want to practice in BR or NOLA, there is no point in taking on crushing debt when being number 1 at Tulane presents no better opportunities for you than being number 1 at LSU in either BR or NOLA.