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How did you pay?

Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 3:06 am
by cl101
How did you pay for law school? I'm just trying to get an idea of how people actually swing the huge cost of a law degree. Obviously some people who go K-JD may have their parents pay for law school, but I'm assuming the vast majority are using savings, loans, etc. How did/how do you plan to finance your education?

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 11:05 am
by nickb285
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Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:08 pm
by jbagelboy
nickb285 wrote:Partial scholarship + loans + savings + parents.
+1 except no parents

Most ppl so savings/scholarship/loan, so none of the above

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 12:07 am
by PRgradBYU
Partial need-based scholarship + loans + SO working + savings.

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 12:11 am
by hephaestus
jbagelboy wrote:
nickb285 wrote:Partial scholarship + loans + savings + parents.
+1 except no parents

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 12:17 am
by rinkrat19
Partial scholarship + small inheritance + loans

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 12:19 am
by zozin
1/3 scholarship, 2/3 loans, and parts of my soul.

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 12:57 am
by ScottRiqui
GI Bill and Yellow Ribbon Program

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:03 am
by LgllyBlnde
zozin wrote:1/3 scholarship, 2/3 loans, and parts of my soul.

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:15 am
by North
100% loans and soul because I am a splitter and a poor.

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:24 am
by Devlin
nickb285 wrote:Partial scholarship + loans + savings + parents.

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 11:28 am
by rinkrat19
A "check all that apply" poll would be better for this.

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:53 am
by lawschoolwoohoo
Over 1/2 scholarship+savings=tuition
Family paying cost of living (car, apartment, food)
Personal savings paying for luxury (going out with friends, hair, nails, shopping)

I think we can all figure out from that breakdown that I'm going out like never and my wardrobe isn't getting updated until graduation haha

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:59 am
by danitt
ImNoScar wrote:
jbagelboy wrote:
nickb285 wrote:Partial scholarship + loans + savings + parents.
+1 except no parents
And not that much savings either tbh. They're more like rainy day savings for when things get bad enough that I consider selling my eggs to survive.

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 12:06 pm
by Nova
Scholarship + loans

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 12:23 pm
by FKASunny
LgllyBlnde wrote:
zozin wrote:1/3 scholarship, 2/3 loans, and parts of my soul.

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 12:44 pm
by AlanShore
scholarship + so working + savings + parents

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 1:02 pm
by Nova
SO support would be cluch

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 1:10 pm
by TheThriller
scholarship + trust

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 1:23 pm
by thewaves
People have their SO help pay? Unless you're married, I didn't think this was that common.

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 1:27 pm
by Nova
thewaves wrote:People have their SO help pay? Unless you're married, I didn't think this was that common.
Probably just COL. I have a notable amount of classmates who live with their SO that has a FT job.

Im guessing most SOs who would do that have to think theyre on the marriage track and are thus investing in their future spouse.

And then theres always this http://abovethelaw.com/2013/01/why-take ... ugar-baby/

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 1:52 pm
by LgllyBlnde
Nova wrote:And then theres always this http://abovethelaw.com/2013/01/why-take ... ugar-baby/
I'm seriously considering this...

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 3:33 pm
by kay2016
Nova wrote:
thewaves wrote:People have their SO help pay? Unless you're married, I didn't think this was that common.
Probably just COL. I have a notable amount of classmates who live with their SO that has a FT job.

Im guessing most SOs who would do that have to think theyre on the marriage track and are thus investing in their future spouse.

And then theres always this http://abovethelaw.com/2013/01/why-take ... ugar-baby/

I'll be living with my SO and so part of my COL will be split with him, but thats all I would expect.. Would never ask for tuition help or anything like that.

Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:24 pm
by arklaw13
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Re: How did you pay?

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:26 pm
by FKASunny
Dylanlj13 wrote:Full tuition scholarship with a small stipend. Living expanses will be covered by my wife and our savings will cover anything left over. I'll graduate debt free from a T20.
WUSTL?