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[Anonymous User]

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[paayter]

dude I'm sorry to hear. she seems like she's a smart person if she's attending the top pharm school in the country. yes pharm is more marketable, but obviously she wants to go to law school to drop pharm. put yourself in her shoes, what if she told you don't go...would you actually do it? it looks like you are trying to tell her not to go, and it has to be your way. yes its probably a bad decision going to charlotte school of law, but at this point all you can do is 2 things. show her the employment stats and how difficult it will be to pay off the loans if she even takes out any loans, or break up with her. again what if she kept badgering you to say don't go to law school, would u really not go? i feel like you would.

[Balthy]

I was in a similar situation with a friend and sent him a bunch of useful threads, random articles on the legal market, LST, and a link to Paul Campos's book. I felt like a douche bag but he's a good friend whom i actually give a shit about so i was relentless in sending him valuable info and voicing my opinion. If you're basically asking tls to do that for you, you should invite her to create a profile or use yours and post in this thread. Let's create some dialogue and understand her goals and situation. That would probably be more effective than showing her this thread afterwards.

[paayter]

I was in a similar situation with a friend and sent him a bunch of useful threads, random articles on the legal market, LST, and a link to Paul Campos's book. I felt like a douche bag but he's a good friend whom i actually give a shit about so i was relentless in sending him valuable info and voicing my opinion. If you're basically asking tls to do that for you, you should invite her to create a profile or use yours and post in this thread. Let's create some dialogue and understand her goals and situation. That would probably be more effective than showing her this thread afterwards.

good point..exactly what i was trying to say, give her the facts, but in the end it is HER decision. and then you make the decision whether or not this is something you want to deal with.

[Anonymous User]

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[Nebby]

I agree with the second poster. Break up with her.
She opted to turn a 180 in her life without the courtesy to see how it could substantially affect the relationship. That's an unhealthy lack of communication. You can't tell her not to follow her dreams, but you shouldn't get sucked into their negative consequences.

But to answer your question. Transferring from there isn't impossible. She just needs to be in the top 10% of her class.

[Nova]

why would she physically leave you, her legit school, and the state of Maryland to move to Carolina?

doesn't make sense

this is such a stupid situation its hard to believe its real

[johnnyquest]

why would she physically leave you, her legit school, and the state of Maryland to move to Carolina?

doesn't make sense

this is such a stupid situation its hard to believe its real

Are you this pleasant in real life?

[Nova]

approximately

[Anonymous User]

approximately

Sadly, it's real and it's happening. I just gave her all the information I had and she said she would "look into it." I think she got this idea when she started studying law and policy section of pharm school and she loved it. I kept telling her thay law and policy class at pharm school would be a lot different than a real law school but she doesn't believe it. She got a 164 on her LSAT and had. 3.72 GPA with biochem eng degree ( which is morw thangood enough for maryland law) but she wants to go to charlotte because she thinks it's easy to end up in 1st of her class and possibly transfer out to anywhere. Also, Charlotte is throwing almost a full ride at her which is making her blinded with decision making. She is also saying since this scam school is new, it would make a name for itself soon because it has some great professors. I highly doubt it will happen. Anyways, I think I can kick some sense into her once she reads all the materials I printed out and she starts realizing Charlotte Law is a dangerous place to start.


Thanks for the advice everyone, I will keep you updated.

[Nebby]

I'm even more depressed now that I know she got an LSAT high enough to get into much, much better schools.

[John Everyman]

And a decent GPA.

Hey OP, instead of railing on her decision, help her to negotiate up to a full ride with stipend. That seems plausible given where she's at. That way, even if she can't transfer, the decision really won't be all that life-shattering.

[rad lulz]

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[Hutz_and_Goodman]

this is a crazy situation. If she retakes and gets a few points higher she could go to UMD for free. Honestly, this is terrible decision making. Even if she ends up in the top 10% at charlotte--by no means a guarantee--she will not be able to transfer to a decent school and will have very bad job options.

[exitoptions]

Even in the best case scenario, which is that she manages to beat 90% of her peers at the school, she will transfer to a decent school and pay full tuition for two years, burdening herself with a hundred grand or more of debt. This debt will force her to make terrible decisions like, "do I want loneliness, isolation, and biglaw or do I want an impoverished family."

[johnnyquest]

This has to be a flame right?

[InTheHouse]

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Sadly, it's real and it's happening. I just gave her all the information I had and she said she would "look into it." I think she got this idea when she started studying law and policy section of pharm school and she loved it. I kept telling her thay law and policy class at pharm school would be a lot different than a real law school but she doesn't believe it. She got a 164 on her LSAT and had. 3.72 GPA with biochem eng degree ( which is morw thangood enough for maryland law) but she wants to go to charlotte because she thinks it's easy to end up in 1st of her class and possibly transfer out to anywhere. Also, Charlotte is throwing almost a full ride at her which is making her blinded with decision making. She is also saying since this scam school is new, it would make a name for itself soon because it has some great professors. I highly doubt it will happen. Anyways, I think I can kick some sense into her once she reads all the materials I printed out and she starts realizing Charlotte Law is a dangerous place to start.


Thanks for the advice everyone, I will keep you updated.

I'm going play along an assume this isn't a flame.

- So she's enticed by the full ride at CSL, but her numbers suggest a decent chance at a full ride more than a few T1s. So why CSL?

- But she wants to transfer up anyway, meaning the full-ride is really a 1yr full-ride. So she's going to end up at a T1 paying full freight when she could just as easily start he law career at T1 (tuition-free) by simply waiting a year?

One of these two things is true - (1) you are leaving out some important information or don't have some some important information about her situation (she lied about her LSAT score); or (2) her case of special snowflake syndrome complete overwhelms her reasoning centers leading catastrophic financial decisions.

Figure out which one it is. If its (2), ditch her. You don't want to be the dick who breaks up her when her dreams of transferring end up not materializing.

[bjsesq]

Leave her. Now. You have attached your raft to a sinking ship.

[isuperserial]

With that LSAT/GPA combo she could get a full ride to a top 100 school, if not top 50. Going to Charlotte is an unconscionable decision. Show her their employment stats and if she doesn't get the picture, break up.