Happy 8 weeks old! Gage is growing so fast and is starting to show a lot of expression in his face. We got some priceless pictures today and a video of one of his biggest burp yet. Mom bought this brown and white striped onesie and I believe it is the cutest thing that has every graced his wardrobe. Cody and I also sat down and made a huge list that broke down all of the law schools that we are considering. There is one in Dayton Ohio that starts in May and they need to know tomorrow if we are going. We decided to take it out of the run just because I'm not that excited about Cody taking off soon to start and I would have to stay behind with Gage to close things up at work for a couple of months. I know Cody would love to get going on his law education but I'm just not ready for our hang out time to end. Our list today was packed with pro's and con's of each law school and the break down was as follows:
University of Denver
Tuition: $35,500 a year
Scholarship: $17,000 a year
Living Expenses: 17,400 a year
Total 3 year cost: $107,700
Info: best ranked, cheap housing, horses can come, great area, only 16 hrs from LA and 9 hrs from Montpelier.
Golden Gate University
Tuition: $38,100 a year
Scholarship: $30,000 a year
Living Expenses: $24,000
Total 3 year cost: $96,000
Info: Close to Leah and Steve, beautiful city, expensive apartments (so no home), cost of living high, 6 hrs from LA and 14 hrs from Montpelier, horses can't come, great honors program
University of Idaho
Tuition: $11,800 a year
Scholarship: $4,000 a year
Living Expenses: $10,742
Total 3 year cost: $55,700
Info: Beautiful area, cheap housing, no family nearby :( , fast track program that graduates 6 months earlier, 20 hrs from LA and 14 hrs from Montpelier
University of Dayton
Tuition: $32,400 a year
Scholarship: $5,000 a year
Living Expenses: $15,000 a year
Total 2 year cost: $86,000
Info: 2 year program, very friendly staff and professors, totally new area w/ new adventures, starts in May 2010, needs to know by March 15th... tomorrow, 1 day and 11 hrs from LA and 1 day and 2 hrs from Montpelier.
So you can see that we have some cheap options and some pretty expensive options also. University of Denver is the best ranked school of the whole list but is also the most expensive while Dayton is only 2 years instead of 3 but it starts in May which is frankly just a little too soon. Today I think we decided that Dayton probably isn't going to happen which leaves us with Denver, Moscow Idaho or San Francisco. That isn't even counting Pepperdine, UC Davis or U of U because we haven't heard from them yet. We were a little off about San Francisco thinking that it was a full ride but we had been looking at tuition projections that were 2 years old. Still just $8,000 a year isn't bad! It sure is hard making a decision like this cause the prudent Mormon's in us would just go for the cheaper option of U of I. Think about it- that's $30,000 we could put towards a house payment rather than sinking into law school. But then again we would really like to try living in another state just for the adventure of it all. So yeah- we have a lot of very hard decisions coming up. Anyway- if anyone has any suggestions please feel free to call me and tell me.
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so many options! and is moscow really 14 hours away from Montpelier? it may as well be in another state! all of those choices sound like great ones.. and i can't believe how cheap U of I will be for the whole 3 years.. that is really great for law school. its like half the cost of the others! but denver also sounds like a great choice especially since that is a really good school and you can bring the horses so that is a huge plus, but san fran would be so fun! ack, im glad im not the one having to decide! good luck- keep me updated! (and im going to throw in a quick shout out for ohio- which is only about 16 hours from orlando.. so that gets my vote!)
this is amanda btw. :)
Thanks a lot Amanda for not even including the Bonner's in on your comments! First, darling outfit in the pictures. I just want to rub that round, bald, little head and kiss those cheeks! I love the breakdown of all the schools. That probably felt good to get down on paper. Sucks that GG isn't a full ride like you thought. You know what I think, you should come here. It would be such an adventure and when else would you get to live here! Me and Steve are very entertaining family to be around =)! This is Leah by the way. Too lazy to log Steve off.
Your little man keeps getting cuter and cuter!!! I wish we lived closer together. I vote you choose to move to Pittsburgh! Who needs law school, just come hang out with me! Ok, but seriously though good luck with your decision. You have a lot of really great options which is so wonderful!
lol sorry leah, i thought it went without saying that the reason san fransisco would be fun is because it would be near the bonners! :)
Good luck on your choice, I know that my brother Travis and his family would love it if you moved to Denver, he is only an hour (maybe less) from there. Cousins are always fun to have near by.
I really like Denver. You would not only live near Travis, you would also live close to Dave and Annalee. Plus I would love to come visit you in Denver and it is the most doable place for us to visit. Of coarse my first vote would be for U of U, but until you finally hear from them here's for Denver. Love ya.
Oh! I love it! Look at that little personality coming out of that little guy. Love the pics.
Well, good luck with your decisions. I know it's hard! And those pics are absolutely adorable!
THOSE EYES!!! DID I MENTION THOSE EYES? hE IS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL.
I SAY WAIT TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE FIRST THEN FRETT!
mOM
As for school, considering the economy, my pick would be the cheapest. However, if you are really leaning toward corporate law maybe Denver or SF.
I decided Gage looks like Annie when his eyes are open and like Cody when they are closed:)
I'm glad it is not my decision. The real clincher is; What do you want to do after law school----where do you want to live and practice law? Answer that and you should know where to go.
Dad Brower
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