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I am trying to be open-minded about my future career. I'd love to do public interest, although my career history reminds me that I can be downtrodden by the overwhelming bureaucracies and often-ineffectiveness. Yet, I am certainly no fan of giving up life balance for BigLaw. Hence, open-minded.

So, in case I might do PI, I am thinking about taking out loans, especially the subsidized ones - that seems like a no-brainer. I mean, if I paid cash for my education and then went into PI, it's almost as if I turned down a scholarship or grant!

I haven't done the math on the negative arbitrage. Certainly, I am not likely to earn enough on the cash I save to overcome the interest accumulated on the non-subsidized while in school, but just by eyeing it, it doesn't seem like enough to nix the idea.

Other considerations?

Don't take out a bunch of unnecessary loans expecting to get PI work. That's a terrible idea. You don't know what kind of job you're going to end up with.

That sounds absolutely retarded

Arent the subsidized loans interest free if you pay them back upon graduation? If so, I see no reason why the OP shouldnt take those out.

I don't think you should go to law school.