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Re: How did you pay for/are going to pay for law school?

Post by redgreenpaper » Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:16 pm

I'm not gloating assholes. Just an observation.

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Post by cinephile » Wed Oct 19, 2011 10:43 pm

redgreenpaper wrote:A lot of you guys saying that you are relying on loans makes me happy I'm in Canada where law school is SO much cheaper and I can rely on a loan from my parents.
You don't have living expenses in Canada?

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Re: How did you pay for/are going to pay for law school?

Post by Fedorov91 » Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:47 pm

cinephile wrote:
redgreenpaper wrote:A lot of you guys saying that you are relying on loans makes me happy I'm in Canada where law school is SO much cheaper and I can rely on a loan from my parents.
You don't have living expenses in Canada?
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Post by c3pO4 » Thu Oct 20, 2011 1:24 pm

gonna pay with my salary after law school

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Re: How did you pay for/are going to pay for law school?

Post by 69Coronet » Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:29 am

Full ride to law school and some small government loans for my living expenses.
I will end up with less than $80k total in law school debt from both my private undergrad and law school.
However, that will depend on my grades during my 1L year, as if I can knock things out of the park here, I will probably transfer somewhere else after 1L year, where I'm sure I will pay big bucks and have to take out plenty more student loans.

In terms of paying it back?
I'll be relying on my salary when I get out of law school, which means I'll probably be eating spaghetti-os and living in a dinky apartment/with my parents for the first few years I'm working, as I'm not going to let those loans hang over my head for the rest of my life.

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Post by ben bernanke » Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:53 pm

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Re: How did you pay for/are going to pay for law school?

Post by nborders » Sat Oct 22, 2011 4:29 pm

100% loans, luckily my wife has a good job and can take care of living expenses.

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Re: How did you pay for/are going to pay for law school?

Post by typ3 » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:20 pm

Full ride scholarship. Work during the summers. Parents picking up any misc that isn't in my budget. #winning

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Re: How did you pay for/are going to pay for law school?

Post by vissidarte27 » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:27 pm

Loans, then LRAP to pay them back.

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Post by Yvonnella » Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:10 am

Every spare moment I have, I study law. If I'm not studying, I'm working, making money. Those are the only two lives I lead. But I'm paying my tuition as I go. I may end up having to get a loan for a portion of my last year, the way it's going. But I expect to graduate from law school next year with very low debt. Unfortunately, I don't get any help from my parents.
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Post by Sheendream » Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:34 am

Bildungsroman wrote:
redgreenpaper wrote:A lot of you guys saying that you are relying on loans makes me happy I'm in Canada where law school is SO much cheaper and I can rely on a loan from my parents.
How nice for you. Too bad all Canadian law schools are TTTs.
I can't imagine a post being more incorrect and ignorant.

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Post by Nucky T » Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:16 pm

By getting a full-ride at a T20--in a state I hate but happened to have lived for years--instead of going to the city where I want to practice to attend the CCN I always dreamed of attending during college. :/

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Re: How did you pay for/are going to pay for law school?

Post by cheeseburger » Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:13 pm

Sheendream wrote:
Bildungsroman wrote:
redgreenpaper wrote:A lot of you guys saying that you are relying on loans makes me happy I'm in Canada where law school is SO much cheaper and I can rely on a loan from my parents.
How nice for you. Too bad all Canadian law schools are TTTs.
I can't imagine a post being more incorrect and ignorant.

sorry about your countttry, brother

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Re: How did you pay for/are going to pay for law school?

Post by Bildungsroman » Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:19 pm

cheeseburger wrote:
Sheendream wrote:
Bildungsroman wrote:
redgreenpaper wrote:A lot of you guys saying that you are relying on loans makes me happy I'm in Canada where law school is SO much cheaper and I can rely on a loan from my parents.
How nice for you. Too bad all Canadian law schools are TTTs.
I can't imagine a post being more incorrect and ignorant.

sorry about your countttry, brother
Don't be that way, brother. There's got to be some other explanation for why US law schools are always styling on Canadian ones.

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Post by lulzalicious » Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:42 pm

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Re: How did you pay for/are going to pay for law school?

Post by anewaphorist » Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:45 pm

Tuition: Loans (hopefully interest-free ones)
COL: Mooching off my fiancee
Books: Personal savings

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Re: How did you pay for/are going to pay for law school?

Post by Extension_Cord » Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:55 pm

My tuition is about 50k for the entire 3 years in a state school. I still work part-time and have money saved since I worked throughout undergrad and saved some money then. I went to a state school with a scholly + grants. I took out 8k for 1L because it was subsidized federal loan and I heard they wont offer these next year because of the federal budget cuts. However I think I will be able to graduate without debt (pay the 8k back upon graduation if possible).

Its not easy, I work 20 hours a week and only go out for maybe 1 movie a week or dinner with my wife. I just study and work. I feel like Im doing well though, but I know Im like the only person in my class that works so I have to make more effort to compete.

I go to a 3rd tier school, I hate to say it but it wasn't worth going in debt over. I really like what Im doing, but I couldn't imagine coming out of my school in this economy with 75k+ in debt (COL + Tuition + Tuition). getting 50k a year salary with that debt is insane, however 50k without it is reasonable.

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