USD $$$ vs. Loyola (LA) Sticker Forum

[rungo21]

Just wondering what you guys think. I do want to practice in LA (or end up in LA one day). USD is not great for placement back into LA, as I emailed the career office at USD and they said last year 5% of grads placed in LA and 8% in OC.

On the other hand, Loyola LA will set me back 120 + ~80 in living expenses.

I wanna throw out there what is currently brewing in my mind: USD and Loyola are relatively "peer" schools (given not as much as Loyola/Pepperdine are). Go to USD first year for like 10k and kick a moderate amount of ass and get ~top 25% and transfer to LLS. Any comments on this?

What do you guys think?

[WhoIsDonDraper]

Tag, good luck with your decision.

[rungo21]

Thanks.. I'm sorry I'm not sure what you mean by "tag." Could you clarify?

[Danteshek]

I think you should attend the school that best meets your needs - Loyola.

If you want more information, just PM me.

[WhoIsDonDraper]

Thanks.. I'm sorry I'm not sure what you mean by "tag." Could you clarify?

I don't have anything substantive to add but I wanted to see the answers, so I just posted on the thread so it would show updates in my profile.

[bk1]

If the USD has no GPA stipulations then USD and settling for SD is the right call. If you really want LA you should retake/reapply for a better school than LLS (I say this because Loyola and Pepperdine have exceedingly strict top 1/3 stipulations on their scholarships that make going to them not worth it even with a large scholarship).

Go to USD first year for like 10k and kick a moderate amount of ass and get ~top 25% and transfer to LLS.

My only comment is that there is a 75% chance that you won't be in the top 25%.

[Tiago Splitter]

USD scholarships typically come with a top 1/3rd stipulation. I'd still take USD.

[scammedhard]

With either of these options, you will end up with a MASSIVE debt and very MEDIOCRE job opportunities, if any. It's time to wake up and live in the real world: Retake/reapply, or don't go to law school.

[ndirish2010]

Retake/reapply. If you're gonna pay sticker for a school in SoCal, better be USC/UCLA (even this is a bad idea).

[WSJ_Law]

^ Agreed. California's market is shit and any school therein is a bad investment at sticker besides Boalt.

[ndirish2010]

^ Agreed. California's market is shit and any school therein is a bad investment at sticker besides Boalt.

And SLS I am assuming haha.

[WSJ_Law]

HYS > Goes without saying IMO. But i actually retract my previous statement, as Boalt out-of-state at sticker is a truly horrific amount of debt if you do not perform well in the class. Somebody's gotta be in the bottom 10%...

[ndirish2010]

HYS > Goes without saying IMO. But i actually retract my previous statement, as Boalt out-of-state at sticker is a truly horrific amount of debt if you do not perform well in the class. Somebody's gotta be in the bottom 10%...

Yeah, I wouldn't go to Boalt at sticker.