Law School Brag

[recondite7]

Brag - I got a full ride scholarship to Baylor Law School. To those who don't know it's barely top 50, great for trial law and doesn't have the religous crap like the undergraduate program.

Beat - I hate waco, this was the ultimate safety school that I had no intention of going to and and now this free money might make me pass up a slightly better school/city/life etc. to go there because I don't want debt. Oh yeah my mom offered to help pay for some of school, but she probably won't if she finds out.

Should, I go into debt for some top 20 schools or am I a naive kid who doesn't realize that a full tuition scholarship is awesome and debt sucks?

[kkcountry]

isn't there more school snobbery in law than in any other profession? won't you make big $$$ right off the bat if you graduate from a top 10 school?

[recondite7]

Yeah school snobbery is strong I've heard. On the other hand I know of older people who have gone to obscure [censored] schools making $500k a year so who knows. If I get into Michigan or Duke i'm going to one of those for sure, but I applied to some other school that i'm not sure are worth giving something like this up.

[whipsaw]

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Yeah school snobbery is strong I've heard. On the other hand I know of older people who have gone to obscure [censored] schools making $500k a year so who knows. If I get into Michigan or Duke i'm going to one of those for sure, but I applied to some other school that i'm not sure are worth giving something like this up.

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go to the other schools if they're ranked higher than baylor. also consider that going to school in a big city can also work to your benefit as some firms are very loyal to their city schools. at least that's how I hear people from saint louis university get jobs.

[Statutory]

Have you considered getting a full ride to Iowa Law only to drop out and play poker? It worked for me.

FWIW: Lawschool is a beat.

[mlagoo]

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FWIW: Lawschool is a beat.

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agreed

[recondite7]

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FWIW: Lawschool is a beat.

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agreed

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This seems to be the consensus of almost everyone, but I'm just some idiot with a dream I guess.

[ClevelandWasp]

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FWIW: Lawschool is a beat.

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This seems to be the consensus of almost everyone, but I'm just some idiot with a dream I guess.

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To hell with these guys, if you want to be a lawyer go for it. There are plenty of unhappy lawyers who will try to sell you this crap; as if they wouldn't suck at life if only they would have chosen to be a UPS man or something.

[felix83]

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[steel108]

OP: if you want to practice Big law, you would be an idiot to go to Baylor. Go to the highest ranked school that takes you.