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[s]Probably[/s] moving to Miami - Please advise
Grasshopper:
Wow, this thread doesn't paint a very flattering picture of life in the US.
--- Quote from: shmokes on March 22, 2007, 05:58:24 pm ---Not helpful, MikeQ. Seriously. Miami is where I'm going to law school. I can't call Berkeley up and say, "Hey guys, I know I didn't get accepted, but it turns out my 3rd choice school is in a city I don't want to live in. Can you please reconsider?"
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Actually, that's not such a bad idea. Have you considered deferring entry for a year, and seeing if Cornell or Berkeley will accept you next year?
OK it's another year of your life treading water, but on the bright side, it's also another year in which to save up so you don't ultimately have to borrow as much.
This seems to be pivotal moment of your life and the stakes are pretty high. You don't want your education to be screwed up because you don't like your college and/or the place you're living in.
Also, didn't you say in another thread that you might end up being up to $200,000 in debt? To me that's an insane amount of money. If I was spending that amount of money on going to college then I'd be very reluctant to compromise over where I went.
MikeQ:
--- Quote from: Grasshopper on March 22, 2007, 06:24:16 pm ---Wow, this thread doesn't paint a very flattering picture of life in the US.
--- Quote from: shmokes on March 22, 2007, 05:58:24 pm ---Not helpful, MikeQ. Seriously. Miami is where I'm going to law school. I can't call Berkeley up and say, "Hey guys, I know I didn't get accepted, but it turns out my 3rd choice school is in a city I don't want to live in. Can you please reconsider?"
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Actually, that's not such a bad idea. Have you considered deferring entry for a year, and seeing if Cornell or Berkeley will accept you next year?
OK it's another year of your life treading water, but on the bright side, it's also another year in which to save up so you don't ultimately have to borrow as much.
This seems to be pivotal moment of your life and the stakes are pretty high. You don't want your education to be screwed up because you don't like your college and/or the place you're living in.
Also, didn't you say in another thread that you might end up being up to $200,000 in debt? To me that's an insane amount of money. If I was spending that amount of money on going to college then I'd be very reluctant to compromise over where I went.
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Miami is hardly representative of the entire U.S.
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: Grasshopper on March 22, 2007, 06:24:16 pm ---
Wow, this thread doesn't paint a very flattering picture of life in the US.
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Mike, here's an example of how you respond to a point without having to rehash the entire post he made. Heck, ya didn't even have to quote him on that one!
Grasshopper, that'd be kinda like saying certain parts of Italy don't paint a very flattering picture of life in Europe. The area you're referring to (the U.S.) is far more than Miami. Check out the population of Miami, then compare it against your entire country. Are you telling us there's no place in Britain you would consider seedy or less-than-ideal?
It's also kinda funny - what Vader said was "reasonable" for a 2-bedroom apartment ($950-1000/month) would be rent for a NI-ICE HOUSE in my area...but then again, who wants to live in a cow pasture in almost-Canuckistan? ;D
shmokes:
My daughter is 7 months old, so schools are of no concern. As to debt, $120,000 is probably closer to the mark. It's still an enormous figure, but better than 200,000 I suppose. Tuition is $32,000 / year. Deferring at this point is unattractive to me, both because I deferred my bachelor's degree for so long (I'm graduating in a couple months at 28 years old) and because my best hope of getting into a better school at this point is as a transfer student. The only way I could increase my chances without starting at another school is to study for and retake the LSAT, which I'm sure I would do even as a transfer student (I scored very well the first time, but I know for a fact that I can do considerably better).
Also, Miami is a very good school, ranked in the top 25 for international law (around 18 or 19, I believe). It's important to remember when applying for schools that everyone applying knows that schools standards. Every school publishes the median LSAT and GPAs for their previous entering class (as well as the 25th/75th percentiles of the LSAT scores and GPAs). Since it costs about $100 per school to apply, most people don't apply to schools that they obviously have no chance of getting into. The vast majority of applicants who are turned down were qualified to go to that school. Berkeley, for example, gets over 7000 applicants per year and they only offer seats to less than 10% of those. So putting off law school for a year in order to try again is a pretty tough prospect considering the lottery you are up against.
shmokes:
--- Quote from: DrewKaree on March 22, 2007, 07:42:46 pm ---
It's also kinda funny - what Vader said was "reasonable" for a 2-bedroom apartment ($950-1000/month) would be rent for a NI-ICE HOUSE in my area...but then again, who wants to live in a cow pasture in almost-Canuckistan? ;D
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More importantly, which law school is located there that I can attend? ;)
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