How to afford T14's at sticker price?? Forum

[bowser]

Negotiate, negotiate, negotiate. If you think you have a shot at doing better on the LSAT, retake.

A 170 should be valuable to someone in the T-14; it's at or above everyone's medians below CCN.

250k in debt is just too much. If you assume Biglaw in NY, you will be averaging 110K or so in take-home pay for three years. If you give half to loans it still leaves you like 100k in debt at the end.

[whereskyle]

Negotiate, negotiate, negotiate. If you think you have a shot at doing better on the LSAT, retake.

A 170 should be valuable to someone in the T-14; it's at or above everyone's medians below CCN.

250k in debt is just too much. If you assume Biglaw in NY, you will be averaging 110K or so in take-home pay for three years. If you give half to loans it still leaves you like 100k in debt at the end.

NU gave me 150k for my 170. I ED'd tho, so don't expect that RD. I had UVa at sticker last year (only applied to 5 schools) and decided to wait it out and look for more money this cycle. NU is not the only school that I would want to go to, but the cost-benefit analysis stands to reason.