LSAT

[vespa331]

I got a 168 on my LSAT, 96th percentile. That's pretty much what I expected, and I'm content with it. That's high enough to give me a chance at my good schools, and a full scholarship to Cooley if I decide to go the money-saving route.

Comments

[danceswithgary]

\o/

[misanthrope616]

yay! congratulations!

[vespa331]

Ha, and now the application fee waivers are pouring in from all the mediocre schools. :D We've pretty much decided on Cooley in May though. I could get scholarships at other places, but full tuition scholarships are pretty rare. Plus I may or may not get them, and Cooley is guaranteed. I don't really like that they have 2 years of required courses instead of 1 like most schools, mostly because it forces me to cram my externship, study abroad, and elective courses into a very short period of time. They also don't have a good clinic, or particularly impressive professors. :P But they do have decent elective courses, bar passage is high enough for people at our level, and it's nice that they have 3 equal terms (so I won't be competing for things at the same time as every other law student in the country). Though really it's all about the free. I might go get an LLM from a good school afterwords, which would give me a shinier resume for less money than a JD at a good school, plus if I decide to bust out at Cooley I could finish my JD in

[misanthrope616]

full tuition is hard to turn down. it's why i almost ended up at arizona state university :) . that sounds like a good plan, though -- yay for not being stuck with so much student loan debt that you have to become a corporate lawyer drone! and you'll be, like, the most awesome student they've ever had.

[vespa331]

Yeah, I'd be paying at least a quarter of my income in loan payments if I went to a good school. :P Which, ok, after living a $15,000/yr lifestyle for so long that doesn't really seem like a big deal, but I'll desperately need a new car by then so a gov't salary would be a bit tight. I'm going to end up with about $50,000 in debt anyways from living expenses, but that's better than $150,000, especially with interest. That public service loan forgiveness program is bunk - they forgive your debt after 10 yrs of payment, but require you to be on a 10 yr repayment plan. o_0 Or they miiiight let you get on a different repayment plan if you make little enough money, but they include anything your spouse makes so god forbid I marry someone who makes more than I do. :P That really annoys me, because I'm not going to make my husband/wife repay my debt so why should their income be included? Anyways, point is, I'm not counting on that anymore

[__marcelo]

Cool! Congrats.