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I am currently at a Tier 2 school with a full ride. Although the class rankings have not officially come in yet, I suspect I am in the top 2-3%. My GPA is a 3.9 and I am on Law Review. My LSAT was 166 and my undergrad GPA was a 3.6. If I transfer, I have to pay my scholarship money back, i.e. a full year's tuition. I think I am only willing to leave my current school (with all that money) for HYS and maybe CCN. I am wondering what people think my chances are for getting into these schools and what schools it would be worth transferring for. Thanks!

Wait - you have to pay back your scholarship? That can't possibly be legal.

Yeah. That's what the contract I signed says.

sam_s2020 wrote:Yeah. That's what the contract I signed says.

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transferror wrote:

sam_s2020 wrote:Yeah. That's what the contract I signed says.

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It would be a public service to tell us what school came up with this brilliant scholarship stipulation.

sam_s2020 wrote:Yeah. That's what the contract I signed says.

Is this a common practice for scholarships?

Yeah, you should tell us which school this is. That is pretty douchey.

rahulg91 wrote:

sam_s2020 wrote:Yeah. That's what the contract I signed says.

Is this a common practice for scholarships?

Among predatory dumps, yes.

Congrats on the awesome grades regardless, OP. Please out your douchebag school.

That is a sly dirtbag move by the school. I tend to think that there is no way the school could actually force you to repay the money, but in the end that doesn't matter. What they can do is refuse to release your transcripts or anything else you need to actually transfer until you came up with the money.

I am guessing not many people have $30+k just sitting around and I don't think you could get a retroactive student loan - but maybe I am wrong. Very interested to see how this turns out.

OP: It is going to be hard for people to give you advice on transferring without knowing what your goals are and what your current school offers in terms of employment outcomes.

Mount Elbrus wrote:That is a sly dirtbag move by the school. I tend to think that there is no way the school could actually force you to repay the money, but in the end that doesn't matter. What they can do is refuse to release your transcripts or anything else you need to actually transfer until you came up with the money.

I am guessing not many people have $30+k just sitting around and I don't think you could get a retroactive student loan - but maybe I am wrong. Very interested to see how this turns out.

Also, I would investigate the legality of this scholarship contract and figure out what your options are if you do, in fact, have to pay them back. If your school employs all these underhanded shenanigans, do you really trust them to give a shit about your career goals or help you reach them?

EDIT: I'd worry about how motivated a CSO is going to be when it comes to bringing in new/top flight employers when it knows it won't lose its scholarship students to the transfer process.