UVA (full price) vs. FSU (Zero tuition) Advice please! Forum

[jawsthegreat]

This is kinda unrelated, but I'm leaving a SO 400 miles away to go to UVA. I could have gone to the local state school for free but instead decided to follow my head/heart to UVA. In 30 years will you regret passing up a once in a lifetime chance to go to such a great school?

Having trouble parsing this. Are you saying you're leaving her back home while you go to law school, or that you're leaving her?

Back home. Yeah I should really stop trying to type coherent posts while I'm working off 5 hours sleep, and it is past midnight.

[Cupidity]

People on this board seriously underestimate the power of UF/FSU. They have solid employment in florida, and wihle their numbers don't look impressive because the average student only makes 75k compared to 120-160 at some T-30 schools, 75K goes alot farther in Florida than it does in NYC. Especially when you have next to no debt up on grduation.

[jawsthegreat]

So according to Lsn you got in today, did you ed? What are you going to do?

[Kchuck]

If you go to FSU, I'll buy you a beer.

[lawschoolstudent85]

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[jenilyn]

Have you visited both schools? If so, what did you think of each? If you plan to work in FL, I say choose the full ride at FSU.

[BiteyTLS]

Do not count on IBR. The program is going to be repealed as soon as Obama is thrown from office.

[RVP11]

People on this board seriously underestimate the power of UF/FSU. They have solid employment in florida, and wihle their numbers don't look impressive because the average student only makes 75k compared to 120-160 at some T-30 schools, 75K goes alot farther in Florida than it does in NYC. Especially when you have next to no debt up on grduation.

Horrible post. "Average" income is not informative. Especially in 2010 when most of the averages were computed for what, the class of 2008?

[irishman86]

Neither? 360k debt is a shitload. With your numbers you should get $ somewhere. Your gf should have just retaken the LSAT and applied RD to see where you guys both get $$ in the top 14.

[RVP11]

Neither? 360k debt is a shitload. With your numbers you should get $ somewhere. Your gf should have just retaken the LSAT and applied RD to see where you guys both get $$ in the top 14.

360k debt is a lot, but so is the potential for 320k combined pre-tax income. Double the debt, double the income, double the fun.

[irishman86]

Neither? 360k debt is a shitload. With your numbers you should get $ somewhere. Your gf should have just retaken the LSAT and applied RD to see where you guys both get $$ in the top 14.

360k debt is a lot, but so is the potential for 320k combined pre-tax income. Double the debt, double the income, double the fun.

...Read the legal employment forum. I doubt it's going to happen.

If I were them, I'd probably have her retake the LSAT and reapply together RD for $$.

[RVP11]

...Read the legal employment forum. I doubt it's going to happen.

Apparently you missed the word "potential." And if you don't think two people paying sticker to go to a T10 school is a smart decision, then you must think that one person paying sticker to go to a T10 school is equally dumb.

You have 300 posts and IDK if you're in law school yet. Don't tell me what to read.

To quote the great Ari Gold, "do you really think there's anything [on TLS] that you know that I don't know?"

[irishman86]

...Read the legal employment forum. I doubt it's going to happen.

Apparently you missed the word "potential." And if you don't think two people paying sticker to go to a T10 school is a smart decision, then you must think that one person paying sticker to go to a T10 school is equally dumb.

You have 300 posts and IDK if you're in law school yet. Don't tell me what to read.

To quote the great Ari Gold, "do you really think there's anything [on TLS] that you know that I don't know?"

I think paying sticker is dumb, especially if OP has those numbers and his girlfriend has that GPA. If she bumps that LSAT 4 points, she can get $$ at a lot of schools.

[RVP11]

Of course, the world would be a great place if we could all just add 4 points to our LSAT score. How do we know 166 isn't the best she could get?

[reverendt]

If you both want to work in Florida and don't care about biglaw, take the free rides at FSU.
Otherwise, I'd seriously consider UVA.

[Bauer24]

You won't have a problem getting a job in FL through FSU law.
However, UVA is a lot better.. and who knows maybe law school will convince you to go into biglaw.
And congrats to your girlfriend.. I envy her since I'm probably not going to get into UVA with my 177 (low grades).

[vanwinkle]

You won't have a problem getting a job in FL through FSU law.

You're probably a 0L, aren't you.

[Bauer24]

You won't have a problem getting a job in FL through FSU law.

You're probably a 0L, aren't you.

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