Hello
I’m currently finishing up my sophomore year and thinking about what I want to do with my life. Subsequently, I’ve been doing a lot of research around CC readings threads and asking questions. As it stands at the moment, I feel like I’d be interested in going into law after studying finance for my undergrad. After looking into the law school forum, I’ve come to the conclusion that the best thing you can do for law school is save your money for it by going to a school for your undergrad that will put you in minimal debt to no debt at all. Does anyone know of any Midwestern schools that have legitimate finance programs that I could go for relatively cheap. My scores are listed below:
GPA: UW~3.7, W~4.0 (My unweighted will most likely stay above a 3.5 as that is a stipulation for a scholarship I have)
No standardized tests yet, but for reference I predict my ACT will be in the 28-31 range and my SAT in the 1300s based on pre-tests
I know my numbers aren’t set in stone, but I guess that’s better in some ways. If anyone has any ideas or comments they would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
What can your parents afford to pay? Have you run any Net Price Calculators with them?
I believe my parents have a little over 40k put away (I come from a large Catholic family so the wealth definitely is spread around). I’ve run a few calculators, but most seem like they just spit out numbers surrounding the average tuition of the school.
What is your home state? Your home state flagship may be a good option.
I live in Indiana. I’m quite aware of IU Bloomington and the Kelley School of Business but I’m just looking at other options.
Check out schools in the deep south like Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss, Miss State, LA Tech, etc. They tend to offer very generous nonresident scholarships. Study like heck for your SAT. The higher you can score on your SAT, the bigger the scholarship.
Sounds like you’re not running the online Net Price Calculators that most colleges offer.
If you use the ones linked to the College Board site, you can save your data to run on multiple participating schools.
https://professionals.collegeboard.org/higher-ed/financial-aid/netprice/participating-schools
The NPCs don’t just spit out average tuition numbers for each school.
They project an Estimated Family Contribution based on your annual family income and other factors.
I suggest you start with your state flagship (IU Bloomington) just to get a baseline.
Then try a variety of other schools.
You can use the click-sortable Kiplinger rankings to help identify schools that seem to offer relatively affordable net prices.
https://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-kiplinger-s-best-values-in-private-colleges/index.php
https://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-kiplinger-s-best-values-in-private-colleges/index.php?table=lib_arts
https://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-kiplinger-s-best-values-in-public-colleges/index.php