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Re: Okay, yeah. One last thread.
« Reply #30 on: December 09, 2011, 12:03:49 PM »
I have no idea.  My experience so far is in insurance law.  :yawn:

I would love to work for a non-profit like the ACLU, but by the time I graduate I will owe $140,000 in student loans and non-profits can't pay a living wage when you have that much debt.  This is why lawyers are expensive.

Indeed.

How long until you graduate, if I may ask?

3 years if I move to the sticks and go with the full-time day program, in which case I have to quit my job and try and figure out how to raise 2 kids and go to school full time on about 1/5th of my current salary.  The ABA does not allow first year law students in full-time programs to work.  No money but lots of time with my kids.

4 years if I stay where I am and do the part-time evening program while maintaining my job.  Decent money to live on and I see my kids in passing for 4 years.

Haven't made up my mind yet.

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Re: Okay, yeah. One last thread.
« Reply #31 on: December 09, 2011, 12:27:34 PM »
I have no idea.  My experience so far is in insurance law.  :yawn:

I would love to work for a non-profit like the ACLU, but by the time I graduate I will owe $140,000 in student loans and non-profits can't pay a living wage when you have that much debt.  This is why lawyers are expensive.

Indeed.

How long until you graduate, if I may ask?

3 years if I move to the sticks and go with the full-time day program, in which case I have to quit my job and try and figure out how to raise 2 kids and go to school full time on about 1/5th of my current salary.  The ABA does not allow first year law students in full-time programs to work.  No money but lots of time with my kids.

4 years if I stay where I am and do the part-time evening program while maintaining my job.  Decent money to live on and I see my kids in passing for 4 years.

Haven't made up my mind yet.

well what ever you choose best of luck to you man. i wish you well and hope you your wife and kids have a good life! will miss you round here.

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Re: Okay, yeah. One last thread.
« Reply #32 on: December 27, 2011, 12:31:05 PM »
I was accepted into my first choice as well just before Christmas.  Was given a $15,000 grant, but won't have scholarship info until March, which is bullshit as my second choice already granted me $12,000 in scholarships taking the total tuition down to just over $30,000.  My first choice needs to come in with $35,000 in scholarships to match price, but I doubt that will happen and there is more to the decision than price.

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Re: Okay, yeah. One last thread.
« Reply #33 on: December 27, 2011, 12:32:44 PM »
I was accepted into my first choice as well just before Christmas.  Was given a $15,000 grant, but won't have scholarship info until March, which is bullshit as my second choice already granted me $12,000 in scholarships taking the total tuition down to just over $30,000.  My first choice needs to come in with $35,000 in scholarships to match price, but I doubt that will happen and there is more to the decision than price.

 It sounds like a hard decision and I wish you well.  Has the  :bonnet:  arrived yet?
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Re: Okay, yeah. One last thread.
« Reply #34 on: December 27, 2011, 12:35:55 PM »
I was accepted into my first choice as well just before Christmas.  Was given a $15,000 grant, but won't have scholarship info until March, which is bullshit as my second choice already granted me $12,000 in scholarships taking the total tuition down to just over $30,000.  My first choice needs to come in with $35,000 in scholarships to match price, but I doubt that will happen and there is more to the decision than price.

Good luck to you as you make the difficult decision which one to attend.

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Re: Okay, yeah. One last thread.
« Reply #35 on: December 27, 2011, 01:25:34 PM »
Has the  :bonnet:  arrived yet?

42.5 hours and counting.

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Re: Okay, yeah. One last thread.
« Reply #36 on: December 27, 2011, 01:32:10 PM »
Has the  :bonnet:  arrived yet?

42.5 hours and counting.

 Best wishes to you all, hope the moment will arrive soon!  :crossed:
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Re: Okay, yeah. One last thread.
« Reply #37 on: December 27, 2011, 02:35:46 PM »
Has the  :bonnet:  arrived yet?

42.5 hours and counting.

For those of you who didn't know/remember his wife is having a scheduled C-section.  She isn't in labor for the next 42.5 hours, for which I know she is eternally thankful.
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Re: Okay, yeah. One last thread.
« Reply #38 on: December 27, 2011, 02:50:48 PM »
Has the  :bonnet:  arrived yet?

42.5 hours and counting.

For those of you who didn't know/remember his wife is having a scheduled C-section.  She isn't in labor for the next 42.5 hours, for which I know she is eternally thankful.

 Oh, jeepers, I forgot!  :duh:  So glad she hasn't been in labor 42+ hours!
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Re: Okay, yeah. One last thread.
« Reply #39 on: December 27, 2011, 03:43:12 PM »
Good luck, MLA. Hope everything goes well.
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Re: Okay, yeah. One last thread.
« Reply #40 on: December 27, 2011, 04:04:08 PM »
I was accepted into my first choice as well just before Christmas.  Was given a $15,000 grant, but won't have scholarship info until March, which is bullshit as my second choice already granted me $12,000 in scholarships taking the total tuition down to just over $30,000.  My first choice needs to come in with $35,000 in scholarships to match price, but I doubt that will happen and there is more to the decision than price.
Yes, price aside how much difference is the choice of schools likely to affect employment prospects and earning potential? 5 to 8 extra years of paying off the additional schooling costs will be time lost in funding retirement.

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Re: Okay, yeah. One last thread.
« Reply #41 on: December 27, 2011, 05:38:16 PM »
Has the  :bonnet:  arrived yet?

42.5 hours and counting.

Good luck. I hope everything goes well.
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Re: Okay, yeah. One last thread.
« Reply #42 on: January 03, 2012, 10:16:04 AM »
The baby.  Has the baby arrived?
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Re: Okay, yeah. One last thread.
« Reply #43 on: January 03, 2012, 11:02:44 AM »
Has the  :bonnet:  arrived yet?

42.5 hours and counting.

Are your wife and daughter both OK?

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Re: Okay, yeah. One last thread.
« Reply #44 on: January 09, 2012, 01:00:01 AM »
All is well.  Thanks :)