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So last week, Ginny wrote a fantastic post about not selling your soul to go to the highest ranked law school possible, after which a commenter mentioned that “It’d be nice if we could supplement this blog with the opinions of someone who chose the other route.” (Although I definitely suggest you read Ginny’s blog, the “other route” would be turning down scholarships to go to a higher ranked school with little or no money).

Suddenly, with speed that would make Usain Bolt jealous, I had an email from the MSS Big Dogs in my inbox. In a very touching show of faith, Jodi explained that she felt certain I had been offered money at a lower ranked school, and asked if I’d be willing to weigh in.
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Today we will start with a matching game.

Three quotes:

1. “Money often costs too much.”
2. “It’s all about the Benjamins, Baby.”
3. “Stop flushing the damn toilet so often, you’re wasting money!”

Three speakers:

A. My Mom.
B. Diddy/P. Diddy/Puff Daddy/Sean Jean “Puffy” Combs.
C. Ralph Waldo Emerson. (more…)

Yes! I am half of the way through law school.

This means that I am a 2L, and I have just completed three out of six semesters in law school. The good news is I’m halfway there. The bad news is I still don’t have a job.

Let me take you back, way back, to when I was like many of you MSS readers. I took the LSAT, researched law schools and whether they are located in cities that have Trader Joe’s, Pottery Barn, and J.Crew, wrote my personal statement, applied to several schools, then nervously ran to the mailbox every day to await the results. A flurry of letters later, I basically narrowed down my options to two schools: a tier-1 school with a little scholarship money, or a lower-tiered school with a full scholarship.
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$247.32. That was the price tag of my 2009 Yankee postseason. $247.32. Which wouldn’t have been so bad if I had actually gone to any games. From what I saw on StubHub, it may have actually been a pretty good deal. But no, I didn’t make it to the Bronx in October. Instead, somehow, I managed to spend $247.32 watching games at the bar across the street.

Now, before you judge me too harshly I want to point out that the bar across the street serves food, so it’s not like I spent all of it on beer. Also, there were fifteen games in this post season. Sure, I didn’t watch every single one of them at the bar (one night, for example, a friend very inconveniently decided to have a birthday) but I saw most of them. Plus, the bartenders are super cute, and I like to compensate for that when I tip.

But still, $247.32? To watch games on basic cable? You would think I actually have an income or something. Which I don’t, since the ABA/my law school says, “Oh no honey, I don’t think so.” Instead I have loans. Lots and lots of loans. (more…)