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Re: Cincinnati at TOA 35k or Kentucky TOA at 32k

Post by lymenheimer » Tue Feb 02, 2016 10:31 am

At this point, if you can't find a distinguishable difference after looking at job outcomes, you can look at journals, clinics, externship programs, extracurriculars, environment, weather, etc. You want a high paying job but know that biglaw is a stretch. What is it you want to do? Also, what are your numbers and how many times have you taken the LSAT?

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Re: Cincinnati at TOA 35k or Kentucky TOA at 32k

Post by SCThunder7 » Tue Feb 02, 2016 10:37 am

[quote="lymenheimer"]At this point, if you can't find a distinguishable difference after looking at job outcomes, you can look at journals, clinics, externship programs, extracurriculars, environment, weather, etc. You want a high paying job but know that biglaw is a stretch. What is it you want to do?[/quote

Thank you for the advice. I will definitely look into that. One thing that I forgot to mention above is that Kentucky is the state flagship, while Cinci is not. What difference that makes, I don't know for sure.


I guess maybe high paying wasn't the best way for me to put it. But the median at Kentucky last year was $42,000, and I'd be hoping to start of making more, or at least work for a few years and be able to move up into a better salary fairly quickly. I don't know how big he Kentucky market is. I'd be happy making 65k within 5 - 10 years.

Of course, if I were to be offered a good job out of school, I can't see myself turning it down. But being more realistic, I'd like to work for a health care agency for a few years, and then hopefully make it into a in-house kind of job with a company/ hospital.

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Re: Cincinnati at TOA 35k or Kentucky TOA at 32k

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Re: Cincinnati at TOA 35k or Kentucky TOA at 32k

Post by lymenheimer » Tue Feb 02, 2016 10:43 am

SCThunder7 wrote:Took it once.
At the risk of sounding like I'm going to suggest that you retake the LSAT, you should retake the LSAT. You have a great gpa and if you break 160 or hit mid-160s, you can likely get those schools at an even bigger discount (if you'll still want them considering other options you may have).
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Re: Cincinnati at TOA 35k or Kentucky TOA at 32k

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Re: Cincinnati at TOA 35k or Kentucky TOA at 32k

Post by lymenheimer » Tue Feb 02, 2016 10:55 am

Thanks, Clearly. Now, not that just over 30k is a massive debt load (comparatively), but when are right in range of possibly a full-tuition scholarship, or even better employment outcomes (better placement into your desired field), it makes it almost a no-brainer.

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Re: Cincinnati at TOA 35k or Kentucky TOA at 32k

Post by SCThunder7 » Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:07 am

lymenheimer wrote:Thanks, Clearly. Now, not that just over 30k is a massive debt load (comparatively), but when are right in range of possibly a full-tuition scholarship, or even better employment outcomes (better placement into your desired field), it makes it almost a no-brainer.

Thanks for the advice! I definitely see y'alls point!

Could I pick one of these schools, put a seat deposit down, retake June and see what comes back. Anything over a 160 and I'd apply into next years cycle, losing my seat deposit? Or just a straight retake, and just scratch what I have for now? If it makes a difference, I don't have any undergrad debt and no credit card or car payments or anything. Whatever I end up taking out will be my first loan, and the total amount of debt I am in overall.

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Re: Cincinnati at TOA 35k or Kentucky TOA at 32k

Post by BigZuck » Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:09 am

SCThunder7 wrote:
lymenheimer wrote:Thanks, Clearly. Now, not that just over 30k is a massive debt load (comparatively), but when are right in range of possibly a full-tuition scholarship, or even better employment outcomes (better placement into your desired field), it makes it almost a no-brainer.

Thanks for the advice! I definitely see y'alls point!

Could I pick one of these schools, put a seat deposit down, retake June and see what comes back. Anything over a 160 and I'd apply into next years cycle, losing my seat deposit? Or just a straight retake, and just scratch what I have for now? If it makes a difference, I don't have any undergrad debt and no credit card or car payments or anything. Whatever I end up taking out will be my first loan, and the total amount of debt I am in overall.
I did the deposit/retake June thing and it worked out really well for me, you can definitely do that if you want.

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Re: Cincinnati at TOA 35k or Kentucky TOA at 32k

Post by lymenheimer » Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:11 am

BigZuck wrote:
SCThunder7 wrote:
lymenheimer wrote:Thanks, Clearly. Now, not that just over 30k is a massive debt load (comparatively), but when are right in range of possibly a full-tuition scholarship, or even better employment outcomes (better placement into your desired field), it makes it almost a no-brainer.

Thanks for the advice! I definitely see y'alls point!

Could I pick one of these schools, put a seat deposit down, retake June and see what comes back. Anything over a 160 and I'd apply into next years cycle, losing my seat deposit? Or just a straight retake, and just scratch what I have for now? If it makes a difference, I don't have any undergrad debt and no credit card or car payments or anything. Whatever I end up taking out will be my first loan, and the total amount of debt I am in overall.
I did the deposit/retake June thing and it worked out really well for me, you can definitely do that if you want.
I also did this. It hurts the wallet, but you seem to be doing alright for yourself so it'll definitely be worth it. And when you do get a higher score, you can do some scholarship negotiation at that point and see if they'll make it even more worth your while to go this cycle.

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Re: Cincinnati at TOA 35k or Kentucky TOA at 32k

Post by SCThunder7 » Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:27 am

lymenheimer wrote:
BigZuck wrote:
SCThunder7 wrote:
lymenheimer wrote:Thanks, Clearly. Now, not that just over 30k is a massive debt load (comparatively), but when are right in range of possibly a full-tuition scholarship, or even better employment outcomes (better placement into your desired field), it makes it almost a no-brainer.

Thanks for the advice! I definitely see y'alls point!

Could I pick one of these schools, put a seat deposit down, retake June and see what comes back. Anything over a 160 and I'd apply into next years cycle, losing my seat deposit? Or just a straight retake, and just scratch what I have for now? If it makes a difference, I don't have any undergrad debt and no credit card or car payments or anything. Whatever I end up taking out will be my first loan, and the total amount of debt I am in overall.
I did the deposit/retake June thing and it worked out really well for me, you can definitely do that if you want.
I also did this. It hurts the wallet, but you seem to be doing alright for yourself so it'll definitely be worth it. And when you do get a higher score, you can do some scholarship negotiation at that point and see if they'll make it even more worth your while to go this cycle.
Awesome! Sounds like a plan guys! Thanks for the advice and help.

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