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I got a 100% scholarship offer at a TTT in CA, but part of the requirement is that I "cannot transfer" from this school. Would accepting this offer really bind me to attending all 3 years? If I broke that contract, would I have to pay the scholarship back? The goal is to end my first year near the top and transfer to a regional T20 like UCLA or USC or (even better) to a T14...

Any thoughts/experience/help is appreciated.

-abcdefg

P.S. Transferring is just an idea and I know that its a lot harder than it seems. Please keep this thread on topic

While that is the most fucking stupid thing I've ever heard of, I've seen this happen with American too. Technically the "scholarship" is a loan, which gets forgiven when you graduate.

PM me your school for future reference?

Admittedly I don't have experience on this, but it seems less than ideal to sign a contract saying you won't transfer with the intention to transfer.

twenty wrote:While that is the most fucking stupid thing I've ever heard of, I've seen this happen with American too. Technically the "scholarship" is a loan, which gets forgiven when you graduate.

PM me your school for future reference?

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Alive97 wrote:Admittedly I don't have experience on this, but it seems less than ideal to sign a contract saying you won't transfer with the intention to transfer.

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abcdefg1234567 wrote: The goal is to end my first year near the top and transfer to a regional T20 like UCLA or USC or (even better) to a T14...

I also do not have any personal knowledge or experience with this, but I can't tell you enough how many people I know/have talked to who had the goal of, or planned on, being at the top of the class. The fixed curve could fuck you, even at a bad school, and even if you're brilliant. There are a number of factors that make how you will end up preforming in 1L in LS highly variable.

If I were you, I would retake the LSAT, get $ to go to UCLA or USC. I wish I had done the same (retake, get $ to go to better school) but I didn't know better at the time (pre-TLS).

I definitely wouldn't sign a contract saying you won't transfer if you plan on transferring.

BVest wrote:And this!

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abcdefg1234567 wrote:I go a 100% scholarship offer at a 2nd tier school in CA, but part of the requirement is that I "cannot transfer" from this school. Would accepting this offer really bind me to attending all 3 years? If I broke that contract, would I have to pay the scholarship back? The goal is to end my first year near the top and transfer to a regional T20 like UCLA or USC or (even better) to a T14...

Any thoughts/experience/help is appreciated.

-abcdefg

P.S. Transferring is just an idea and I know that its a lot harder than it seems. Please keep this thread on topic

I know you aren't supposed to post here but don't go to a school that handcuffs students like this. They probably have some grade requirement where you will lose your "scholarship."
I'm surprised this is allowed under any ABA rule.

I don't really know how you can avoid paying it back. Anecdotally, I know a guy who transferred from some T? school to UCLA, and he had to pay back the entire first year. So at least for that dude, the deal was fully enforceable.

For what it's worth, it's almost never a good idea to transfer from a TT when you've got a full ride and are near the top of the class. If you have a full ride and good grades from Loyola/Pepperdine, why would you want to pay sticker at UCLA?

rpupkin wrote:For what it's worth, it's almost never a good idea to transfer from a TT when you've got a full ride and are near the top of the class. If you have a full ride and good grades from Loyola/Pepperdine, why would you want to pay sticker at UCLA?

I totally agree but I thought only schools like Thomas Jefferson had these kinds of usurious stipulations.

Tiago Splitter wrote:

rpupkin wrote:For what it's worth, it's almost never a good idea to transfer from a TT when you've got a full ride and are near the top of the class. If you have a full ride and good grades from Loyola/Pepperdine, why would you want to pay sticker at UCLA?

I totally agree but I thought only schools like Thomas Jefferson had these kinds of usurious stipulations.

I know American—which is basically at the same level as Loyola/Pepperdine—has had that stipulation for awhile. And I just assumed that "TT" meant a school ranked between 50 and 100.

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