Re: WCSL - Current Student

More | Report Post

On 2/16/08, -- wrote:
> On 2/16/08, John Mar wrote:
>
>> I plan to attend DL CA Law school, but I am looking at
>> several schools including Univ. of Honolulu. The Dean of UOH
>> told me that he would give me a payment plan of $150 per
>> month for each of the four years and guarantee no price
>> increase, even though their posted website tuition is $2300
>> per year.
>> Since there is no financial aid, or financing I may have to
>> go with UOH due to money pressures and not being able to (as
>> a current paralegal student) pay the cash up front amount of
>> $1645.
>> thanks for your help.
>
> John:
>
> If you stil have any desire to attend an ABA school, it is not
> out of the question. Several ABA schools would likely admit
> you with a 145 LSAT and 3.2 UGGPA.
>
> Check out:
> [http://officialguide.lsac.org/UGPASearch/Search3.aspx?
> SidString=] It is a search tool to find schools that will
> accept your scores.
>
> Appalachian, Thomas M. Cooley, Florida A&M and Inter American
> would be around a 75&37; chance of acceptance for you. You
would
> qualify for student aid and loans that would cover all of your
> living and school expenses for the full 3 years.

Dr. David

thanks for the info. I will consider that. In 2006 I had applied
to Liberty School of Law, Charlotte School of Law and Phoenix
School of Law (I believe that the latter two are of the same
group as Florida A & M) however the financial aid would have
been quite substantial loans and with family obligations since I
am a non-traditional student in my early 50's it would be rather
traumatic to root up now and move to these locations for 3 or 4
years so I investigated DL Law Schools for CA. I had meet the
Past President of the CA Bar Association who was retired and
discussed a strategy with him. Also I discussed my situation
with the Dean of Wake Forest SOL who told me that CA Bar exam is
one of the most difficult and that he had a friend who had
failed it 4 times but that I would be able to do it since I "...
was smart." And since we want to move to Southern CA in 5 years
or so then CA DL Law Schools seem to be a good low cost
alternative. Currently I attend a local college paralegal
program and volunteer with Legal Aid of NC.

regards,
John Mar