Character does not necessarily equate to “paying down some of those [student] loans”. However, this is an issue that has been before the Ohio Supreme Court.
In the matter under discussion, the law grad plans to pay the minimum required amount for 25 years as permitted by student loan repayment rules. This will not reduce the loans and may result in being deemed unfit to sit for the state bar exam, but that issue has not been determined at this time regarding this applicant.