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<p>My parents don’t make much, so I got 80% of my tuition covered by financial aid while attending Cornell. My parents helped me out with apartments, and I paid for the remaining 20% of tuition doing summer jobs, etc.</p>
<p>For NYU law, I got a small partial scholarship. But not that much. So, I got a pretty intense debt load.</p>
<p>Next 3-4 years working in NYC biglaw won’t be very fun. I will need to live frugally, cut down the drinking, stop going out as often, and potentially dump my high-maintenance girl friend to pay the loans off ASAP.</p>
<p>The loans by itself is not that big of a deal if you get Biglaw, since you make enough to service the debt principal. What really kills is the 8.0% interest on your loans, hence my burning desire to rid of it ASAP.</p>