USF - worth it for $120,000 in loans? Forum
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USF - worth it for $120,000 in loans?
I am considering attending USF but will need to take out at least $120,000 in loans. Is the debt worth it considering USF's ranking? I'm worried about the employment/salary prospects after graduating. Appreciate any comments on this.
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Re: USF - worth it for $120,000 in loans?
Not at all
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Re: USF - worth it for $120,000 in loans?
If you can guarantee that you'll be in the top 5-10%, maybe.
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Re: USF - worth it for $120,000 in loans?
What's an antonym for yes?
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Re: USF - worth it for $120,000 in loans?
Can I buy a vowel?Cleareyes wrote:What's an antonym for yes?
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Re: USF - worth it for $120,000 in loans?
are you planning on doing big law or PI work? Biglaw is the only real way you'll be able to pay off that debt and have a good QOL. Unless you are planning on working long hours for a big firm, then you shouldn't go into that much debt. Also, do you see yourself staying in SF after you graduate? It is a very regional school, so this is something else to consider.jr0008 wrote:I am considering attending USF but will need to take out at least $120,000 in loans. Is the debt worth it considering USF's ranking? I'm worried about the employment/salary prospects after graduating. Appreciate any comments on this.
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Re: USF - worth it for $120,000 in loans?
The big law job isn't going to happen though.
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They put around 7% in the NLJ250. Likely? No. Possible? Yes.The Zeppelin wrote:The big law job isn't going to happen though.
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Re: USF - worth it for $120,000 in loans?
GPA and LSAT score do, to a degree, correlate to success in law school. It's common practice among virtually all law schools to throw large scholarships at students whose numbers are way above their medians. In other words, the 5-6% of students that do very well at USF and get NLJ250 jobs might very well be the 5-6% who had the numbers to get into Hastings or USC but chose to take the $$$ from USF. Of course this won't be a 1-to-1 correlation, but I'd be willing to bet that, for people who got no merit money, the odds of getting biglaw out of USF are surely less than 5%.
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SoftBoiledLife wrote:GPA and LSAT score do, to a degree, correlate to success in law school. It's common practice among virtually all law schools to throw large scholarships at students whose numbers are way above their medians. In other words, the 5-6% of students that do very well at USF and get NLJ250 jobs might very well be the 5-6% who had the numbers to get into Hastings or USC but chose to take the $$$ from USF. Of course this won't be a 1-to-1 correlation, but I'd be willing to bet that, for people who got no merit money, the odds of getting biglaw out of USF are surely less than 5%.
You are working with last year's employment data. This year the number going to Biglaw from a school like USF will be less than 2%, if any at all.
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Re: USF - worth it for $120,000 in loans?
My brother graduated from USF last year, passed the bar, and still hasn't been able to find a paying job.
YIKES!!
I know its just a personal anecdote, but thats my two cents.
YIKES!!
I know its just a personal anecdote, but thats my two cents.
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And now we know why you want to go to law school?jessicaw wrote:My brother graduated last year, passed the bar, and still hasn't been able to find a paying job.
YIKES!!
I know its just a personal anecdote, but thats my two cents.
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That is awfuljessicaw wrote:My brother graduated from USF last year, passed the bar, and still hasn't been able to find a paying job.
YIKES!!
I know its just a personal anecdote, but thats my two cents.
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I decided on law school before all of this.
(Now you know why I fiercely worked to get into top schools)
(Now you know why I fiercely worked to get into top schools)
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Cleareyes wrote:What's an antonym for yes?
Cleareyes, you're on a roll today. Thats the third hilarious/witty comment I've read in this forum alone. Two more and I'll get my notepad out.
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Re: USF - worth it for $120,000 in loans?
probably not buddy. can you not become an in-state resident?
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USF is a private school, and as such residency has no effect whatsoever on tuition.kyle wrote:probably not buddy. can you not become an in-state resident?
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Re: USF - worth it for $120,000 in loans?
Do you have other options? USF is notoriously stingy with their aid money. USF tends to offer less than local competitors like Santa Clara - even though they have a lower ranking. I'm guessing that if you applied to other similarly ranked schools, you might have other decent options that offered more money? Why do you want USF?
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nope not worth it at all
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which you can't. no one can ever guarantee where they are going to be in the class.Helmholtz wrote:If you can guarantee that you'll be in the top 5-10%, maybe.
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I know. That was my way of telling him no.john titor wrote:which you can't. no one can ever guarantee where they are going to be in the class.Helmholtz wrote:If you can guarantee that you'll be in the top 5-10%, maybe.
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EDIT: Wow, I don't know why I said that out loud.jessicaw wrote:My brother graduated from USF last year, passed the bar, and still hasn't been able to find a paying job.
YIKES!!
I know its just a personal anecdote, but thats my two cents.
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i just worry that OP will think "sure, I can be top 5%. You know how? Hard work." and then happily send in the seat deposit. weirder things have happened.Helmholtz wrote:I know. That was my way of telling him no.john titor wrote:which you can't. no one can ever guarantee where they are going to be in the class.Helmholtz wrote:If you can guarantee that you'll be in the top 5-10%, maybe.
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True dat.john titor wrote:i just worry that OP will think "sure, I can be top 5%. You know how? Hard work." and then happily send in the seat deposit. weirder things have happened.Helmholtz wrote:I know. That was my way of telling him no.john titor wrote:which you can't. no one can ever guarantee where they are going to be in the class.Helmholtz wrote:If you can guarantee that you'll be in the top 5-10%, maybe.
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