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NYC Law wrote:Pics or this is a flame

NYC Law wrote:Pics of your acceptance letters.

Don't go to either of these schools.

donlocke wrote:Hello all, long time reader here but today I really need some help ASAP:

Until today I was all set on going to Nova Southeastern University. It wasn't my top choice but I didn't get in anywhere else. I had my seat deposit down and found a really nice place to live near campus. (Expensive like everything else in ft lauderdale)

The two schools initially cost about the same, but today I got a notice from the Florida Coastal School of Law for a $15,000 scholarship.

Now I'm totally screwed. I have no idea what to do. FCSL suddenly became a lot cheaper. I have reservations about a for-profit school founded by an investment company. My ultimate goal would be to transfer to FSU or another school after a year but I imagine a lot of others have the same idea.

Between the two which one should I chose and why? Which is the better school?
Thanks!

Edited to add: Please save your "retake the lsat" "don't go to either one of these schools" comments. One of these schools is happening. Please just help me make this difficult decision.

donlocke wrote:Edited to add: Please save your "retake the lsat" "don't go to either one of these schools" comments. One of these schools is happening. Please just help me make this difficult decision.

bk187 wrote:This might just be you trolling, but I am going to give a serious answer because thousands of other kids make the same decision every year.

donlocke wrote:Edited to add: Please save your "retake the lsat" "don't go to either one of these schools" comments. One of these schools is happening. Please just help me make this difficult decision.

These are really your only options. One of the schools you are looking at places less than half its class into full time lawyer jobs and the other won't say how many of their grads get full time lawyer jobs (source: --LinkRemoved--). You would be taking on over a hundred thousand dollars in debt to go to a school where you have, at best a 50/50 chance of being a full time lawyer. This doesn't even get into the fact that you will have a very very hard time paying off your debt with the type of salaries that grads from these schools get.

You really need to either retake the LSAT or reconsider law school. Right now, the options you have are not reasonable or financially feasible. Would you take on a bunch of debt for a car if you would have a very low chance of paying it off? Of course you wouldn't and that is why you shouldn't go to these schools.

donlocke wrote: Now I'm totally screwed.

Kilpatrick wrote:

donlocke wrote: Now I'm totally screwed.

ArtVandalay wrote:Nova Southeastern, and it's not even close. /thread

gwuorbust wrote:Suggestions for other good ideas:

insurance salesman
CPA
Professional Engineer
flight attendant
start a study abroad company
...and I can go on.

but taking on 120k+ of undischargable debt for limited job prospects? not exactly as great life decision.

glitter178 wrote:

ArtVandalay wrote:Nova Southeastern, and it's not even close. /thread

i'd love to hear your reasoning for this one.

ArtVandalay wrote:

glitter178 wrote:

ArtVandalay wrote:Nova Southeastern, and it's not even close. /thread

i'd love to hear your reasoning for this one.

going off the assumption that its a flame and was joking. If you were honestly choosing between the 2 i would take the one with the scholarship i guess? because it would at least be less money being thrown away

game5045 wrote:Forums are great. Side effects include a false sense of confidence and being an a__hole. To anyone taking a shot at donlocke, stop being a douche. And if you thought to yourself, "forget this guy, I'd make fun of him like this to his face" then I hope you shart you pants on your first day of law school because you deserve it. I hope every calls you sh_t-for-brains for the next three years and you cry when you're alone. donlocke wants to go to law school. That doesn't encumber your personal plans, so why take a dump on his? I'm sure he has given consideration to the cost of law school; his apprehension about huge loans vs. huge loans minus a scholarship were the inference... or do those high powered LSAT skills only come out when your sweaty little palms are wielding a No.2 pencil?

donlocke, I sent you a PM. Check your inbox.

game5045 wrote:Forums are great. Side effects include a false sense of confidence and being an a__hole. To anyone taking a shot at donlocke, stop being a douche. And if you thought to yourself, "forget this guy, I'd make fun of him like this to his face" then I hope you shart you pants on your first day of law school because you deserve it. I hope every calls you sh_t-for-brains for the next three years and you cry when you're alone. donlocke wants to go to law school. That doesn't encumber your personal plans, so why take a dump on his? I'm sure he has given consideration to the cost of law school; his apprehension about huge loans vs. huge loans minus a scholarship were the inference... or do those high powered LSAT skills only come out when your sweaty little palms are wielding a No.2 pencil?

donlocke, I sent you a PM. Check your inbox.

gwuorbust wrote:

game5045 wrote:Forums are great. Side effects include a false sense of confidence and being an a__hole. To anyone taking a shot at donlocke, stop being a douche. And if you thought to yourself, "forget this guy, I'd make fun of him like this to his face" then I hope you shart you pants on your first day of law school because you deserve it. I hope every calls you sh_t-for-brains for the next three years and you cry when you're alone. donlocke wants to go to law school. That doesn't encumber your personal plans, so why take a dump on his? I'm sure he has given consideration to the cost of law school; his apprehension about huge loans vs. huge loans minus a scholarship were the inference... or do those high powered LSAT skills only come out when your sweaty little palms are wielding a No.2 pencil?

donlocke, I sent you a PM. Check your inbox.

This is, quite literally, one of the dumbest posts I've ever read on TLS.

game5045 wrote:Forums are great. Side effects include a false sense of confidence and being an a__hole. To anyone taking a shot at donlocke, stop being a douche. And if you thought to yourself, "forget this guy, I'd make fun of him like this to his face" then I hope you shart you pants on your first day of law school because you deserve it. I hope every calls you sh_t-for-brains for the next three years and you cry when you're alone. donlocke wants to go to law school. That doesn't encumber your personal plans, so why take a dump on his? I'm sure he has given consideration to the cost of law school; his apprehension about huge loans vs. huge loans minus a scholarship were the inference... or do those high powered LSAT skills only come out when your sweaty little palms are wielding a No.2 pencil?

donlocke, I sent you a PM. Check your inbox.

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