Duke vs NYU

[JakAttk]

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Just got my Duke financial aid offer and it made this a bit closer than I expected.

Duke
Pros:

• Closer to family (2 hours drive)
• Would only have to move 10 miles
• P/F the whole time
• Slightly better name brand/outcomes?
• Excellent vibes at second look
• Getting research seems super easy, like they basically hand it to you

Cons:

• About $30k / year more total CoA
• Durham can be boring

NYU
Pros:

• Free tuition
• 3 year option (but idk what I want to do, so likely to take 4 anyway)
• Admin seems nice, very transparent
• NYC
• Still have some family ~an hour away
• Wouldn't need a car
• School pays for health insurance

Cons:

• Have to live on campus in a shoebox
• Farther from immediate family
• Graded clerkships

Gut is that I should just save the money and go to NYU, but I'm interested to hear everyone's input.