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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't remember parental income being considered at all when I applied back in the late 90s. Am I remembering this incorrectly? My parents did not pay any of the tuition. [/quote]

When I went in the 90s my parents' income was considered - I didn't get financial aid. I did get offered merit scholarships at some great T20 schools [b]and like a total idiot decided to take out full loans to go to Columbia instead.[/b] My parents didn't pay any of my law school loans; they had covered college. [/quote]

How long did it take you to repay your student loans ?[/quote]

20 years but that's because I pursued a very unusual and extremely poorly paid career path. If I'd done the normal Columbia thing it'd only have been 4 or 5 years.[/quote]

Same situation for me but different school. Full loans and a career in government service that somehow always managed to escape loan forgiveness because my Stafford loans weren’t direct from government. Arg. My friends with parents from lower col areas got grants and then went to law firms and made serious bank. It’s a weird assumption that anyone’s parents are going to pay for law school unless they’re really wealthy. I didn’t get a dime. My parents were also public servants but in a higher cost of living area.[/quote]

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