Non T14 schools with good employment prospects? Forum

[cr073137]

i think they don't give scholarships to international students? i guess my lsat will not leave me that many options.

NOT TRUE!! I'm an international student, and I received full rides from several T1 schools and over half tuition at 5 Top 30 schools. The only school that told me, "sorry, no money for international students" was U Iowa, which also has a higher application fee for us. DO NOT APPLY THERE.

[bceagles182]

160K is great. but i'm realistic. get a job, and see how i do. if i'm good, i'll make more money later. but i think 60000 will make a comfortable life.

60k in NY/BOS/SF/LA=poverty level. If you're borrowing up the ass for law school, you'll need to make $100k to have the same standard of living as someone making $60k with no debt.

I'd be happy with $125k/yr (no debt) but maybe I'm just spoiled.

So if 100k with debt = 60k with no debt, then someone with a 100k salary and law school debt will be paying 40k in loans towards that debt? Interesting analysis.

Ever heard of a progressive tax system?

[motiontodismiss]

160K is great. but i'm realistic. get a job, and see how i do. if i'm good, i'll make more money later. but i think 60000 will make a comfortable life.

60k in NY/BOS/SF/LA=poverty level. If you're borrowing up the ass for law school, you'll need to make $100k to have the same standard of living as someone making $60k with no debt.

I'd be happy with $125k/yr (no debt) but maybe I'm just spoiled.

So if 100k with debt = 60k with no debt, then someone with a 100k salary and law school debt will be paying 40k in loans towards that debt? Interesting analysis.

Ever heard of a progressive tax system?

And with higher fixed costs, you'll need to scale up that emergency fund accordingly.

[mz253]

i think they don't give scholarships to international students? i guess my lsat will not leave me that many options.

NOT TRUE!! I'm an international student, and I received full rides from several T1 schools and over half tuition at 5 Top 30 schools. The only school that told me, "sorry, no money for international students" was U Iowa, which also has a higher application fee for us. DO NOT APPLY THERE.

well, i guess my stats are not as impressive as you are so i don't have a chance ;-(

[mz253]

why? college is 50k+, law school is 60K+, counting inflation, i feel i'm paying the same, but probably just a little more? assuming i don't go to school in NYC.

Who in their right mind would spend 50k a year for undergrad?

i didn't. but more than half people at my school did.

[bceagles182]

why? college is 50k+, law school is 60K+, counting inflation, i feel i'm paying the same, but probably just a little more? assuming i don't go to school in NYC.

Who in their right mind would spend 50k a year for undergrad?

i didn't. but more than half people at my school did.

I didn't either. My parents did.

[sumus romani]

Seems to me that this thread has gotten off of the topic of the title and OP's original comment. The short answer is that there is no non T14 school with good employment prospects. Some schools within the T14 don't have good employment prospects either. Good luck on your cycle.

[calgal17]

160K is great. but i'm realistic. get a job, and see how i do. if i'm good, i'll make more money later. but i think 60000 will make a comfortable life.

60k in NY/BOS/SF/LA=poverty level. If you're borrowing up the ass for law school, you'll need to make $100k to have the same standard of living as someone making $60k with no debt.

I'd be happy with $125k/yr (no debt) but maybe I'm just spoiled.

But then again I do not consider it completely out of the realm of possiblity that the Dow jumps 3k points tomorrow and NY goes to 190 next year lol

Oh please that's not true, at least for CA. I lived on half of that in SF and San Diego. It's nowhere near the poverty level. Maybe you can't have an extravagant life, but let's not use the word poverty here. And yes, you're spoiled.

[mz253]

why? college is 50k+, law school is 60K+, counting inflation, i feel i'm paying the same, but probably just a little more? assuming i don't go to school in NYC.

Who in their right mind would spend 50k a year for undergrad?

i didn't. but more than half people at my school did.

I didn't either. My parents did.

well, i didn't. my school did.

[mz253]

Seems to me that this thread has gotten off of the topic of the title and OP's original comment. The short answer is that there is no non T14 school with good employment prospects. Some schools within the T14 don't have good employment prospects either. Good luck on your cycle.

seriously? i just started google JD in other countries. it seems that U of Melbourne has a cheap JD option. I may just go there since the tuition is only 89000 australian dollars for 3 years.

[motiontodismiss]

160K is great. but i'm realistic. get a job, and see how i do. if i'm good, i'll make more money later. but i think 60000 will make a comfortable life.

60k in NY/BOS/SF/LA=poverty level. If you're borrowing up the ass for law school, you'll need to make $100k to have the same standard of living as someone making $60k with no debt.

I'd be happy with $125k/yr (no debt) but maybe I'm just spoiled.

But then again I do not consider it completely out of the realm of possiblity that the Dow jumps 3k points tomorrow and NY goes to 190 next year lol

Oh please that's not true, at least for CA. I lived on half of that in SF and San Diego. It's nowhere near the poverty level. Maybe you can't have an extravagant life, but let's not use the word poverty here. And yes, you're spoiled.

Extravagant my ass. You'd end up in a miserable paycheck to paycheck treadmill. I don't consider being able to buy a half-decent house with 20% down, being able to save for retirement, and being able to have 8-12 months' expenses in savings, while having no credit card debt and not eating ramen to be an "extravagant" life. And I don't consider myself spoiled for wanting such things out of my paycheck, and I will not apologize for it.

[im_blue]

Seems to me that this thread has gotten off of the topic of the title and OP's original comment. The short answer is that there is no non T14 school with good employment prospects. Some schools within the T14 don't have good employment prospects either. Good luck on your cycle.

seriously? i just started google JD in other countries. it seems that U of Melbourne has a cheap JD option. I may just go there since the tuition is only 89000 australian dollars for 3 years.

That's still about 25k USD per year. You could attend a decent private (with $) or public U.S. law school for about that much.

[mz253]

nah... american schools are way more expensive. i remember UC Davies is like 48000 for internaitonal and Vandy the same. I don't know any school that charge less than 35000.

but you are probably right because australian lawyers get paid much less though.

Seems to me that this thread has gotten off of the topic of the title and OP's original comment. The short answer is that there is no non T14 school with good employment prospects. Some schools within the T14 don't have good employment prospects either. Good luck on your cycle.

seriously? i just started google JD in other countries. it seems that U of Melbourne has a cheap JD option. I may just go there since the tuition is only 89000 australian dollars for 3 years.

That's still about 25k USD per year. You could attend a decent private (with $) or public U.S. law school for about that much.

[motiontodismiss]

nah... american schools are way more expensive. i remember UC Davies is like 48000 for internaitonal and Vandy the same. I don't know any school that charge less than 35000.

but you are probably right because australian lawyers get paid much less though.

Seems to me that this thread has gotten off of the topic of the title and OP's original comment. The short answer is that there is no non T14 school with good employment prospects. Some schools within the T14 don't have good employment prospects either. Good luck on your cycle.

seriously? i just started google JD in other countries. it seems that U of Melbourne has a cheap JD option. I may just go there since the tuition is only 89000 australian dollars for 3 years.

That's still about 25k USD per year. You could attend a decent private (with $) or public U.S. law school for about that much.

In that case, try Canada. McGill/U of Toronto are about $35k/yr Canadian, and Canadian biglaw pays $100k-ish (Toronto, ~$85k in Calgary). (American firms in Canada pay much more, i.e. Skadden Toronto at $140k).

[calgal17]

160K is great. but i'm realistic. get a job, and see how i do. if i'm good, i'll make more money later. but i think 60000 will make a comfortable life.

60k in NY/BOS/SF/LA=poverty level. If you're borrowing up the ass for law school, you'll need to make $100k to have the same standard of living as someone making $60k with no debt.

I'd be happy with $125k/yr (no debt) but maybe I'm just spoiled.

But then again I do not consider it completely out of the realm of possiblity that the Dow jumps 3k points tomorrow and NY goes to 190 next year lol

Oh please that's not true, at least for CA. I lived on half of that in SF and San Diego. It's nowhere near the poverty level. Maybe you can't have an extravagant life, but let's not use the word poverty here. And yes, you're spoiled.

Extravagant my ass. You'd end up in a miserable paycheck to paycheck treadmill. I don't consider being able to buy a half-decent house with 20% down, being able to save for retirement, and being able to have 8-12 months' expenses in savings, while having no credit card debt and not eating ramen to be an "extravagant" life. And I don't consider myself spoiled for wanting such things out of my paycheck, and I will not apologize for it.

My point was more so that it wouldn't be "poverty level." But you're right that you could not buy a house on that.

[OG Loc]

160K is great. but i'm realistic. get a job, and see how i do. if i'm good, i'll make more money later. but i think 60000 will make a comfortable life.

60k in NY/BOS/SF/LA=poverty level. If you're borrowing up the ass for law school, you'll need to make $100k to have the same standard of living as someone making $60k with no debt.

I'd be happy with $125k/yr (no debt) but maybe I'm just spoiled.

But then again I do not consider it completely out of the realm of possiblity that the Dow jumps 3k points tomorrow and NY goes to 190 next year lol

Oh please that's not true, at least for CA. I lived on half of that in SF and San Diego. It's nowhere near the poverty level. Maybe you can't have an extravagant life, but let's not use the word poverty here. And yes, you're spoiled.

+1, thank you. Not true for NY or Boston either.

[motiontodismiss]

160K is great. but i'm realistic. get a job, and see how i do. if i'm good, i'll make more money later. but i think 60000 will make a comfortable life.

60k in NY/BOS/SF/LA=poverty level. If you're borrowing up the ass for law school, you'll need to make $100k to have the same standard of living as someone making $60k with no debt.

I'd be happy with $125k/yr (no debt) but maybe I'm just spoiled.

But then again I do not consider it completely out of the realm of possiblity that the Dow jumps 3k points tomorrow and NY goes to 190 next year lol

Oh please that's not true, at least for CA. I lived on half of that in SF and San Diego. It's nowhere near the poverty level. Maybe you can't have an extravagant life, but let's not use the word poverty here. And yes, you're spoiled.

+1, thank you. Not true for NY or Boston either.

I'll concede Boston, but it's most definitely true of NY.

[Shot007]

In that case, try Canada. McGill/U of Toronto are about $35k/yr Canadian, and Canadian biglaw pays $100k-ish (Toronto, ~$85k in Calgary). (American firms in Canada pay much more, i.e. Skadden Toronto at $140k).

Clearly you have no clue what you are talking about, based on the top 3 Canadian schools,
U of Toronto is about 28,000 CDN
MCGill is about 13,000,
Osgoode(York) is about 17,500
...a far cry from 35,000CDN...I must say though it is pretty difficult to get accepted in Canada (only 16 schools and a pretty large amount of applicants...Osgoode for example had over 3,000 applicant for 290 spots this past year). McGill on the other hand requires Bilingualism, so thats hard to crack into. Finally, U of Toronto, has 167 & 3.8 Medians, at that point u can probably crack t14 anyway. Proof that Canada is a hard place to get into law school lies in the fact that many applicants seeking a chance to become lawyers (like myself) end up sending most of their applications south.

[motiontodismiss]

In that case, try Canada. McGill/U of Toronto are about $35k/yr Canadian, and Canadian biglaw pays $100k-ish (Toronto, ~$85k in Calgary). (American firms in Canada pay much more, i.e. Skadden Toronto at $140k).

Clearly you have no clue what you are talking about, based on the top 3 Canadian schools,
U of Toronto is about 28,000 CDN
MCGill is about 13,000,
Osgoode(York) is about 17,500
...a far cry from 35,000CDN...I must say though it is pretty difficult to get accepted in Canada (only 16 schools and a pretty large amount of applicants...Osgoode for example had over 3,000 applicant for 290 spots this past year). McGill on the other hand requires Bilingualism, so thats hard to crack into. Finally, U of Toronto, has 167 & 3.8 Medians, at that point u can probably crack t14 anyway. Proof that Canada is a hard place to get into law school lies in the fact that many applicants seeking a chance to become lawyers (like myself) end up sending most of their applications south.

Even better. Call it total COA.

[20160810]

OP:

When you apply to UC Davies, make sure you write the optional "Why Davies" essay. It will show them you really want to be here. Good luck buddy!

[OG Loc]

I'll concede Boston, but it's most definitely true of NY.

Then I know a shitload of people living in poverty.

*and I find it amusing that the TLS typing box recognizes "shitload" as a correctly spelled word

[kmap]

Why is everybody spelling "UC Davis" as "UC Davies"? Is there some kind of in-joke here I'm missing?

[dominkay]

160K is great. but i'm realistic. get a job, and see how i do. if i'm good, i'll make more money later. but i think 60000 will make a comfortable life.

60k in NY/BOS/SF/LA=poverty level. If you're borrowing up the ass for law school, you'll need to make $100k to have the same standard of living as someone making $60k with no debt.

I'd be happy with $125k/yr (no debt) but maybe I'm just spoiled.

But then again I do not consider it completely out of the realm of possiblity that the Dow jumps 3k points tomorrow and NY goes to 190 next year lol

Oh please that's not true, at least for CA. I lived on half of that in SF and San Diego. It's nowhere near the poverty level. Maybe you can't have an extravagant life, but let's not use the word poverty here. And yes, you're spoiled.

Extravagant my ass. You'd end up in a miserable paycheck to paycheck treadmill. I don't consider being able to buy a half-decent house with 20% down, being able to save for retirement, and being able to have 8-12 months' expenses in savings, while having no credit card debt and not eating ramen to be an "extravagant" life. And I don't consider myself spoiled for wanting such things out of my paycheck, and I will not apologize for it.

I don't think you understand what "poverty" actually means. Buying a house with 20% down is not a "basic need," even if it feels that way to you.

[calgal17]

OP:

When you apply to UC Davies, make sure you write the optional "Why Davies" essay. It will show them you really want to be here. Good luck buddy!

<3

[motiontodismiss]

I don't think you understand what "poverty" actually means. Buying a house with 20% down is not a "basic need," even if it feels that way to you.

CoL index in NY is ~250. Take the national poverty level and multiply x2.5 and I assure you you'll get something close to $45k.

Poverty= the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions.

Hence, the definition of the word poverty is subjective. I define it as someone unable to:
1. provide for themselves any safety net (which I define as 8-12 months' expenses),
2. adequately address current needs without going into credit card debt, and
3. reasonably scale down their lifestyle to adapt to any reduction in income.

You're completely unable to save anything off a $60k paycheck in New York City, period, let alone $40k. That is, without living on cat food and cold cereal.