Is law school worth it and how do you get a fullride scholarship?

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<p>I'm a good student, I am hopefully starting community college next fall (2015) with a GED (why waste time in highschool when i can go to college early?) and I will graduate with an Associate of Arts degree and Transfer either to a state school with instate tuition and possibly a merit scholarship, or a small/medium sized liberal arts college possibly on a merit scholarship (trying to keep the costs low obviously). then transfer to one of the law schools in my state (Duke,UNC,etc). I'm hoping I can get the grades and I believe I can get them, but what I want to know is law school worth it? I'm not afraid of being in debt a few years for something I would enjoy (Law) but I want to be making around 6 figures by the time I'm 40 or so. And also how do you get a full ride scholarship?</p>

<p>thanks in Advance for any answers and sorry for the long read.</p>

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<p>There are no full ride scholarships to law school. You do not “transfer” to law school, you apply. You seem to lack the maturity necessary for college, let alone law school. </p>

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<p>@tomsrofboston, actually, there are full tuition scholarships to law school. just not a whole lot of information about them <a href=“Full Tuition Scholarships in the T14 Law Schools Forum - Top Law Schools”>Full Tuition Scholarships in the T14 Law Schools Forum - Top Law Schools;

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<p>OP wants a full RIDE scholarship.</p>

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<p>lol</p>

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<li><p>You cannot transfer to law school. Law school is a post-graduate school, meaning you do it after you finish college. </p></li>
<li><p>You are in highschool, meaning you have no idea whether or not you’d enjoy law. Looking back through your threads I see such gems as “Im planning on going Mechanical [engineering] route” and “I want to work on the medicine side of a doctors career,” among others all started this month alone. This much vacillation between such disparate fields tells me you are either an elaborate ■■■■■ or really, really need to actually go out and experience things. Until you have an idea what things are actually like you can’t begin to decide whether or not you’d enjoy them. </p></li>
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<p>@demosthenes49, I really like it all, can’t help it. business and law are my favorite though. If I could do them all I would, but the clock is ticking fast and I have to choose one sooner or later. So why not educate myself on all the fields before I make the jump?</p>

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<p>FYI, this isn’t related to your original question, but merit scholarships are much less available for transfer students than they are for freshman. So, if you have a goal of getting a merit scholarship, you might want to rethink starting out in community college. </p>

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<p>Want a full-tuition scholarship at Duke? Get 3.8+ in undergrad, 172+ on the LSAT…</p>

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<p>You need your Bachelor’s degree in order to go to law school.</p>

<p>At law school you’ll be pursuing your Juris Doctor (JD) degree (right, law aficionados?).</p>

<p>And – law school us necessary if you want to be a lawyer in any capacity: criminal prosecution, criminal defense, divorce and tort law, corporate law, etc. </p>