@Consolation, to each his/her own, but given the career prospects (and I don’t see chained to a 6-figure debt while working 100 hours a week in Big Law as a wonderful life), I would advise against spending a lot of money on a PhD or most JDs. Again, I’d need to hear the details, but I’m merely pointing out that passing up on a Yale undergraduate education (which doesn’t seem like it will cost @OrchidBloom $250K) in order to save for grad school may not make the most sense, depending on the grad school and goals.