Background on me
I worked for a mid-size firm last summer. I think I did a good job and I can rely on them for references, but they weren't able to offer me a job (after they said they thought for sure they would) because a bunch of their clients went under and their finances were subsequently terrible.

I'm a 3L at Emory. I have a 3.35. I estimate that is about top 40-45%. Top 30% is 3.44 and Top 20% is 3.51. First year classes grade on a 3.17 curve, and upper level classes grade on a 3.24 curve. Classes with under 12 students (none of which I have taken) are not required to grade on a curve, and subsequently do not (and they give out higher medians).

I am in the "Transactional Program" here, which means I'll take about 15 courses that are business/finance/accounting/tax related. Included in those 15 will be Fundamentals of Income Tax, Partnership Tax, and Corporate Tax (10h total). I got A's in Analytical Methods and Law & Econ. I got a B in Business Associations. I'm in Tax and Bankruptcy now (If I get a B+ in both I will be happy), but I have no other sorta-tax courses yet (I got a "Pass" in Corporate Finance).

I don't think I'm going to have any job at all at the end of this year (I didn't get no-offered until 2 weeks ago, which made applying for new jobs even more difficult than it would have been).

I have very little work experience. I summered for that mid-sized firm and did Corporate Law (M&A mostly). I interned for the US Dept of Commerce while I was in undergrad. I worked for 6 months at a Bankruptcy/Foreclosure firm after college. I spent 2 months working for H&R Block doing taxes. 1L summer I worked for the Public Defender and a crappy small law firm.

I am interested in going to school for one more year for an LLM and want to learn more about it.

Questions (there are several, but I'd appreciate answers to any of them)
What are my chances of getting into NYU/GULC/UF/NW/UM/BU/SD?
Can I reasonably expect a job making over $100k out of the top 3? What about the other 4? (I can mass mail myself and don't need Career Services)
Will firms in markets like Miami or Boston (markets where they like to see a connection) see someone like me (with no connection to those cities) as having a connection based just on going to school for a year in one of those cites?
Is a Tax LLM useful at all in a non-attorney position (e.g. in Consulting or I-Banking)? Will it improve my chances of being hired as a normal Corporate/Transactional attorney? (I'd ideally like to do M&A)
Any idea which LLM schools might give me a merit scholarship?
Is need-based aid ever likely?
Are there other LLM degrees (i.e. Business & Finance or whatever) that might be worth looking into?

Thanks.