Villanova or Saint Louis
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 5:40 pm
I understand the legal job market is in trouble but, as a political science major with a 3.1 GPA, let's face it I'm not going to get a great job. I've spent months studying for the LSAT and taken it 4 times: 147, 152, 150, 149. I'm sick of living with my parents and, let's face it, the government will give me more money to go to law school, as living expenses, than I can make in any job I could get.
I'm currently trying to decide between SLU and Villanova. SLU is tops in health care law. For those who don't know that's one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy. Its also in the middle of a terrific city, Saint Louis.
Villanova has a terrific tax program and, let's fact it, taxes are one of the things certain in life. I know tax sounds boring and I'll be all the Harvard kids avoid for that reason. But I'm willing to do it which I expect will set me apart all by itself.
Looking at medians, both SLU and Villanova are both reach schools for me, so I don't expect to get any scholarships. But, with the gov't willing to lend me every cent I need for school, and my living expenses too, I'm don't think I need scholarships. And with the PAYE program, the worst thing that can happen is that I end up paying 10% of my income to repay the loans. Heck, I work at Starbucks now part-time. If I end up back there after law school, I wouldn't have to pay anything since my income would be so low (I probably wouldn't go back to Starbucks though, I think I'd get an LLM and then maybe and MBA).
I'm currently trying to decide between SLU and Villanova. SLU is tops in health care law. For those who don't know that's one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy. Its also in the middle of a terrific city, Saint Louis.
Villanova has a terrific tax program and, let's fact it, taxes are one of the things certain in life. I know tax sounds boring and I'll be all the Harvard kids avoid for that reason. But I'm willing to do it which I expect will set me apart all by itself.
Looking at medians, both SLU and Villanova are both reach schools for me, so I don't expect to get any scholarships. But, with the gov't willing to lend me every cent I need for school, and my living expenses too, I'm don't think I need scholarships. And with the PAYE program, the worst thing that can happen is that I end up paying 10% of my income to repay the loans. Heck, I work at Starbucks now part-time. If I end up back there after law school, I wouldn't have to pay anything since my income would be so low (I probably wouldn't go back to Starbucks though, I think I'd get an LLM and then maybe and MBA).
keep calling me that and I'll never join your Latin dildo gang.