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Do law schools give financial aid any more? Is it all loans...
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bat-shit-crazy exciting sweet tailpipe fat ankles
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Have real wages risen? It is all jumbo mortgages? Housing ...
concupiscible navy space sneaky criminal
  11/13/19
Well I’ll co-sign this snark at least although honestl...
insecure business firm black woman
  11/13/19
Thanks. I haven't kept up. Surprised anybody goes to law sc...
tan titillating famous landscape painting
  11/13/19
some break it down between merit aid and need-based aid, and...
excitant stag film
  11/13/19
Sounds like bait and switch financial aid is the trend.
tan titillating famous landscape painting
  11/13/19
Has anybody here recently been through the decision process ...
tan titillating famous landscape painting
  11/13/19
thinking about applying right now not flame
contagious abode
  11/13/19
So what are your thoughts about the economics of it?
tan titillating famous landscape painting
  11/13/19
either going to do IBR/PAYE or continually pay the minimum a...
contagious abode
  11/13/19
this is an insane plan brother
honey-headed menage halford
  11/13/19
it's not so bad. if I still have student loans by the time I...
contagious abode
  11/13/19
Have you actually calculated the amount you will need to bor...
tan titillating famous landscape painting
  11/13/19
I'll have sex with men for money
contagious abode
  11/13/19
What are the interest rate and payback terms like?
tan titillating famous landscape painting
  11/13/19
No idea. I guess I'll find out if I get into a few schools a...
contagious abode
  11/13/19
Took out about $100k in loans to go. Went biglaw to solo and...
Outnumbered mustard native
  11/13/19
My house is 1600 square feet. Paid $1.2m and paid in $200k ...
concupiscible navy space sneaky criminal
  11/13/19
This sounds like an awful waste of money to live in a city t...
Outnumbered mustard native
  11/13/19
Probably have some idea. I have lived in SoCal and the Bay a...
tan titillating famous landscape painting
  11/13/19
What kind of shithole do you have to live in to not be able ...
Scarlet flickering mental disorder
  11/13/19
Rural land goes for about $5K/acre where I am. It's a very ...
tan titillating famous landscape painting
  11/13/19
graduated yhs 2010ish. regret going
insecure business firm black woman
  11/13/19
What are you doing? If you went to YHS and aren't a $200...
Outnumbered mustard native
  11/13/19
making decent money doing something "prestigious,"...
insecure business firm black woman
  11/13/19
They're giving out more merit-based scholarships, but the &q...
Iridescent blood rage
  11/13/19
They'll also do some low-key status matching. I was offered ...
Appetizing Geriatric Rigpig
  11/13/19
CCN doesn't care about non-T6 and the most Penn will do is m...
excitant stag film
  11/13/19
This may be the case in 2019 but I can categorically tell yo...
Appetizing Geriatric Rigpig
  11/13/19
What are the interest rates like on LS loans? My niece's dau...
tan titillating famous landscape painting
  11/13/19
around 8% often i think.
insecure business firm black woman
  11/13/19


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Date: November 13th, 2019 12:20 PM
Author: tan titillating famous landscape painting

Do law schools give financial aid any more? Is it all loans? The tuition prices seem ridiculous now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39111950)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 12:21 PM
Author: contagious abode

Hahahahahahaha

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39111952)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 12:23 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy exciting sweet tailpipe fat ankles



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Date: November 13th, 2019 12:23 PM
Author: concupiscible navy space sneaky criminal

Have real wages risen? It is all jumbo mortgages? Housing prices seem ridiculous now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39111956)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 12:25 PM
Author: insecure business firm black woman

Well I’ll co-sign this snark at least although honestly you yourself have nothing to complain about

OP, YHS are the only schools that give meaningful need based aid. The price is still too high if you max it out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39111972)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 12:46 PM
Author: tan titillating famous landscape painting

Thanks. I haven't kept up. Surprised anybody goes to law school.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112078)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 12:23 PM
Author: excitant stag film

some break it down between merit aid and need-based aid, and then add a rather insulting caveat that there is an expectation that recipients of need-based aid will pay it back in full. others don't distinguish between the two. schools have also started penalizing students for summering at a large law firm. i.e., in the past, the school would give the student 60K, 20K for each year; now, it would give 50K, 20K for the first two years, and only 10K for the last year. although tuition and room have risen sharply, aid is still stagnant and nominal. tuition and room at CCN might add up to 80K per year (240K total), but "generous" awards are still 30K, 60K, or 90K total--or as I described above, 20K, 50K, 80K total.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39111960)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 12:43 PM
Author: tan titillating famous landscape painting

Sounds like bait and switch financial aid is the trend.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112057)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 12:33 PM
Author: tan titillating famous landscape painting

Has anybody here recently been through the decision process of deciding whether to go law school? Seems not make economic sense for most people at these prices. At least Nutella's jumbo mortgage gives her a house to live in. A J.D., more than many degrees, is just a piece of toilet paper without many adjuvants added.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112011)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 12:44 PM
Author: contagious abode

thinking about applying right now not flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112066)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 12:46 PM
Author: tan titillating famous landscape painting

So what are your thoughts about the economics of it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112081)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 12:51 PM
Author: contagious abode

either going to do IBR/PAYE or continually pay the minimum and hope it gets forgiven

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112102)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 12:54 PM
Author: honey-headed menage halford

this is an insane plan brother

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112118)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 12:57 PM
Author: contagious abode

it's not so bad. if I still have student loans by the time I'm 60 I can always hang myself

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112141)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 1:04 PM
Author: tan titillating famous landscape painting

Have you actually calculated the amount you will need to borrow, payback terms, and how much you are likely

to earn?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112191)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 1:07 PM
Author: contagious abode

I'll have sex with men for money

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Date: November 13th, 2019 1:08 PM
Author: tan titillating famous landscape painting

What are the interest rate and payback terms like?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112221)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 1:15 PM
Author: contagious abode

No idea. I guess I'll find out if I get into a few schools and have to make a choice

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112258)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 12:48 PM
Author: Outnumbered mustard native

Took out about $100k in loans to go. Went biglaw to solo and will make about $300k this year but I still hate my life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112087)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 1:32 PM
Author: concupiscible navy space sneaky criminal

My house is 1600 square feet. Paid $1.2m and paid in $200k in renos to make it livable. You have no idea.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112345)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 1:34 PM
Author: Outnumbered mustard native

This sounds like an awful waste of money to live in a city that isn't even that good.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112356)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 1:59 PM
Author: tan titillating famous landscape painting

Probably have some idea. I have lived in SoCal and the Bay area. My Palo Alto mortgage was 3.7x my base salary. Did not like it. Left there 30 years ago -lost $100K (13%) not including expenses of sale. LA crashed at about the same time.

There are huge geographic differences. 20 years ago I dropped out of striving and paid $550K for a 4700 sq ft finished + 4000 sq ft basement + barn + 40 acres house in Are County. Could not sell it for that today, but we have another house in a warm place that has appreciated maybe 30% in the past 8 years, following the great crash of 2009. Decided long ago not to regard a house as investment, but as just a place to live.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112521)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 3:09 PM
Author: Scarlet flickering mental disorder

What kind of shithole do you have to live in to not be able to sell 40 acres for $550k? And you only have 10 years of mortgage left. So you would make money even if you sold for a “loss.” And that’s before the money you saved taking the interest deduction.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39113037)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 4:54 PM
Author: tan titillating famous landscape painting

Rural land goes for about $5K/acre where I am. It's a very nice area near a pleasant, economically viable small town and a couple of small universities, one of which is "prestigious." I have no mortgage and am not interested in selling or making money. Just pointing out that real estate is hugely location dependent (surprise!).



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39113692)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 1:35 PM
Author: insecure business firm black woman

graduated yhs 2010ish. regret going

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112358)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 1:58 PM
Author: Outnumbered mustard native

What are you doing?

If you went to YHS and aren't a $200k/year law professor working 8-12 hours per week while relaxing on a campus wearing a tweed jacket, you've messed up. That is the only 180 outcome in law.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112519)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 2:00 PM
Author: insecure business firm black woman

making decent money doing something "prestigious," but it's been a bumpy road. ite sucks and just having yhs on your resume and being quite competent won't necessarily prevent you from getting fucked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112529)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 12:48 PM
Author: Iridescent blood rage

They're giving out more merit-based scholarships, but the "aid" is essentially all loans.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112088)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 12:59 PM
Author: Appetizing Geriatric Rigpig

They'll also do some low-key status matching. I was offered a full ride from a not-as-good school, and went to a couple T6 schools I was admitted with that offer; I didn't get a full match, but it led to at least getting something. Obviously YLS doesn't give a shit about your Touro scholarship, but within the T14 they'll sometimes be competitive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112157)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 1:10 PM
Author: excitant stag film

CCN doesn't care about non-T6 and the most Penn will do is match your CCN award, then deduct for COL.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112226)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 1:23 PM
Author: Appetizing Geriatric Rigpig

This may be the case in 2019 but I can categorically tell you that this was not true when I went.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112298)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 1:02 PM
Author: tan titillating famous landscape painting

What are the interest rates like on LS loans? My niece's daughter pays almost 10% on nursing school loans.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112175)



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Date: November 13th, 2019 1:31 PM
Author: insecure business firm black woman

around 8% often i think.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4381303&forum_id=2#39112343)