<p>college freshman- virtually everything in your post is incorrect except that 100K is a lot of money to borrow. If indeed you are a college freshman and plan to go to law school I encourage you to read everything available about law school and legal careers. And the notion that good EC’s in law school will trump the quality of your school is an absolute canard. Law Review- good EC. Editor of the Law Review- even better EC. Everything else- just table stakes. And in fact- it doesn’t matter if you can perform on the partner track, as you state- if you can’t get hired in the first place.</p>