I know I'm just a random person commenting but for what it's worth, Congratulations on completing your first year! I have heard the same about many law school scholarships where they are almost designed for many to lose them (not saying that is what happened to you). I'm just saying it is common and nothing to hang your head over. You got this and the worst is behind you. Onward and upward. ✌️
@ae.aspiring.attorney
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the encouragement!
@NateSATheLegend
2 жыл бұрын
It's not almost, conditional scholarships ARE designed for most to lose. Typically they are centered around a GPA mark that half or more of the class won't meet because law school is graded on a curve. This happens year after year and by the end of law school only the top group of students will jeep their scholarships. Don't want to say this aspect is a scam, because students are certainly made aware from the inset, but still, I don't think folks truly understand the incidiousness that is a conditional scholarship in law school. I will say, she worked hard this year and should be proud of her effort. I just don't want to see her saddled with a debt that will financially ruin her. There are tend sof thousands who sit in dark basements every day doing nothing but document review for like 50k a year. Many of them lost their scholarships in law school and blindly kept moving forward with their dream. The sunk cost fallacy can be a difficult one to avoid. I may be in a similar position this time next year, will be starting 1L this fall. I doubt I could walk away either. Wishing her all the best luck moving forward.
@jersey282
7 ай бұрын
@@NateSATheLegend I'm late viewing this video but it was sad to hear her lose her scholarship. I did watch her reasons for attending this school and one of them was they gave the largest scholarship. Like you stated, you have to think that the only reason they gave her more money is because they knew she would lose it and they wouldn't owe her any more money and she would be paying full price the rest of your time there. It's a scam and scummy behavior and I hope she realizes that. A conditional scholarship is no scholarship. If the offers she had at other schools (I think UCLA) had no conditions, they actually offered her real money and it would have been cheaper to go there. Plus I think she is from LA so she would have saved money on living expenses. Anyway, the thought she is paying $82,700 a year total COA now and probably was paying a lot even with her scholarship last year and that is going to be a lot of debt to overcome (200k+ debt). I'm typing this for anyone who sees this video late as I have so they can be informed as well of these schools practices. Don't pick a school because it has a church (churches are everywhere) or they offered you conditional money that they will snatch away from you by stacking sections with all scholarship people. They pray on people not understanding curves, thinking they will easily get higher than a 2.8 not knowing the curve is 2.7 (half the class required to be below this grade).
@rudyluna6245
2 жыл бұрын
Alondra - please just hang in there - it was easy to see your disappointment but the most important thing is that you got through the first year. One of my sons finished medical school a year ago and is now in residency - he entered med school with expectations that he would be one of the top students in his class - but in fact he finished in the lower half of the class which was hard for him to accept at the time and really challenged his confidence at the time. I tell you this because in fact he did graduate with his M.D. degree and is addressed as Doctor - the grades in med school did not mean anything once he started his residency and he has had a very good year. Don't compare yourself to the others in your class which is very easy to do and just do the very best that you can and lastly please don't ever not BELIEVING IN YOURSELF - the goal now is to graduate and pass the bar exam - after that whatever happened in law school does not matter as it is a brand new game once your career starts.
@ae.aspiring.attorney
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I appreciate your time in writing this!
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