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Broke law student
Posted on 9/7/11 at 10:20 pm
Posted on 9/7/11 at 10:20 pm
Any ideas on ways to get by? I don't want to take out huge loans or anything, but I'm so low on cash it's taking a toll on me.
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Posted on 9/7/11 at 10:48 pm to KudzuMongrel
Get a job
Posted on 9/7/11 at 10:59 pm to GimmieSomeGlitter
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Get a job
No disrespect intended, but actually this is good advice. Do *something* that pays and that you can put on your resume. It could be pretty much anything so long as it is productive. It may only be a start but it is actually a start. Volunteer at the local Kiwanis fundraising drive if that's what it takes, that is actually a pretty good lead.
Posted on 9/7/11 at 11:24 pm to KudzuMongrel
Dear
I was once in your shoes.
I assume you are a first year, otherwise, you'd have a job. Also, if you were a second year, you'd already have a rank. If your rank was high, you wouldn't be as worried about loans.
I'll be glad to tell you what I did. I ate pot pies at 5 for $1. (This was a while ago.) Enjoyed a lot of Taco Bell 59 cent boarder menu-not sure if that's still around. I didn't drink. Beer is just too expensive. If I drank, it was at an SBA TGIF. I never went out. Spent my time studying instead. I also lived in the Baton Rouge ghetto. Never worried about my own safety. The criminals left my neighborhood to pillage other neighborhoods. Life sucked for the first year, no doubt about it.
After that for my first year, I was able to get scholarships to supplement my meager loans. Life was a little easier, but plenty of meals were from Taco Bell or pot pies the next two years. I graduated with a few loans, but paying them back was the best money I ever spent.
If you are in your first year, a job is pretty much out of the question. Other than donating plasma, your options are limited. If you cut your expenses to gas, soap, and minimal food, you might be able to get a job over the holidays. If you can't buy pot pies between now and then, then you might consider a small loan.
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Broke law student
I was once in your shoes.
I assume you are a first year, otherwise, you'd have a job. Also, if you were a second year, you'd already have a rank. If your rank was high, you wouldn't be as worried about loans.
I'll be glad to tell you what I did. I ate pot pies at 5 for $1. (This was a while ago.) Enjoyed a lot of Taco Bell 59 cent boarder menu-not sure if that's still around. I didn't drink. Beer is just too expensive. If I drank, it was at an SBA TGIF. I never went out. Spent my time studying instead. I also lived in the Baton Rouge ghetto. Never worried about my own safety. The criminals left my neighborhood to pillage other neighborhoods. Life sucked for the first year, no doubt about it.
After that for my first year, I was able to get scholarships to supplement my meager loans. Life was a little easier, but plenty of meals were from Taco Bell or pot pies the next two years. I graduated with a few loans, but paying them back was the best money I ever spent.
If you are in your first year, a job is pretty much out of the question. Other than donating plasma, your options are limited. If you cut your expenses to gas, soap, and minimal food, you might be able to get a job over the holidays. If you can't buy pot pies between now and then, then you might consider a small loan.
Posted on 9/7/11 at 11:26 pm to KudzuMongrel
Just wait till you are a broke law grad....
Get a job brah. Law library so you can get paid to study then touch base w/every lawyer you know.
Get a job brah. Law library so you can get paid to study then touch base w/every lawyer you know.
Posted on 9/8/11 at 10:00 am to Costanza
Or another option have some faith in yourself.
If you have no time to allow for a job due to studying, etc. and you have faith you will finish law school and have a nice paying job as an attorney, take another 10K out on loans each year.
Student loans are the cheapest money you will EVERY buy, and assuming you graduate, pass the bar and get a job, you will NEVER have trouble paying them back.
This advice comes from someone who graduated Optometry school and paid off his last stuent loan pyament last month, nine years after graduation. However I had a job all four years of Optometry school and all four years of undergrad.
If you have no time to allow for a job due to studying, etc. and you have faith you will finish law school and have a nice paying job as an attorney, take another 10K out on loans each year.
Student loans are the cheapest money you will EVERY buy, and assuming you graduate, pass the bar and get a job, you will NEVER have trouble paying them back.
This advice comes from someone who graduated Optometry school and paid off his last stuent loan pyament last month, nine years after graduation. However I had a job all four years of Optometry school and all four years of undergrad.
Posted on 9/8/11 at 10:30 am to foshizzle
"Get a job" is, in this situation only, pretty short term advice. What you need to think about is not how to maximize much money you've got now, but how to maximize your job options when you're coming out. If getting a $10 an hour job during law school lowers your GPA by even a tenth of a point, it's a net loss of income in the long term.
And I know everyone will say "when I was in college I did xyz" and I came out fine. Law school ain't college. The time commitment is much greater, the classes are significantly more difficult. And the obsession with GPA/class rank is more marked.
Now if you're a third year yeah, get a job. At this point your GPA is pretty much set and it's more important to get out and meet some lawyers, maybe get a little practical experience.
And I know everyone will say "when I was in college I did xyz" and I came out fine. Law school ain't college. The time commitment is much greater, the classes are significantly more difficult. And the obsession with GPA/class rank is more marked.
Now if you're a third year yeah, get a job. At this point your GPA is pretty much set and it's more important to get out and meet some lawyers, maybe get a little practical experience.
Posted on 9/8/11 at 11:05 am to Cold Cous Cous
Agreed, take out a loan and focus on what you are there to accomplish. If you start out at 70k you can basically extend your cheap living for six months and completely wipe out the additional loan (assuming around 10k).
Posted on 9/8/11 at 11:26 am to Da Hammer
Paying almost 7% interest vs 2% people got 10 years ago is much different.
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