# I Paid off My Law School Loans on Thursday **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 25, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-law-school-loans-on-thursday/632641 "2012-08-25T21:32:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-law-school-loans-on-thursday/632641/1 "2012-08-25T21:32:23Z")
Pretty MP, but IMS. I graduated in 2009 from a law school towards the bottom of the top 100 US law schools, that I attended on a scholarship that covered about 75% of tuition. I had to maintain my GPA to 3.25 retain it, which I did all three years (I think my average was about 3.53 in the end, but I sweated it every semester). I have a government job. I made a lot of good choices, worked my ass off, and had the benefit of some good fortune as well. I was especially lucky to have the support of my pal **phatlewt** , my husband, fellow Doper, and all around awesome human being. It feels pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-law-school-loans-on-thursday/632641/2 "2012-08-25T21:38:40Z")
Curse you and your hard work and talent!!! -HSHP, an attorney in hock to the gubmint. Seriously, though- congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-law-school-loans-on-thursday/632641/3 "2012-08-25T22:20:08Z")
Yeah, what he said! I graduated in 1997 (Jesus, can that be right?) And I still owe more on my education than we do on our house. This highlights how making uninformed choices and being generally clueless makes for different results from yours! I don’t suppose you know of any good job openings near Raleigh? ---
**Author:** ![TnTangent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e4f/32.png) [@TnTangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TnTangent)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-law-school-loans-on-thursday/632641/4 "2012-08-27T20:08:52Z")
Congratulations!! I’m entering my 3L year, and of course the loans continue to pile up. Fantastic to hear of your good planning and success in working through those loans! Congratz! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-law-school-loans-on-thursday/632641/5 "2012-08-27T21:03:45Z")
_swims up through a mountain of student loan debt_ That must feel amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-law-school-loans-on-thursday/632641/6 "2012-08-27T21:15:20Z")
Congratulations! πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-law-school-loans-on-thursday/632641/7 "2012-08-27T21:45:35Z")
congratulations!!! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-law-school-loans-on-thursday/632641/8 "2012-08-27T21:47:50Z")
Way to go! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-law-school-loans-on-thursday/632641/9 "2012-08-27T22:26:20Z")
Congratulations! πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-law-school-loans-on-thursday/632641/10 "2012-08-27T22:27:33Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > Pretty MP, but IMS. > > I graduated in 2009 from a law school towards the bottom of the top 100 US law schools, that I attended on a scholarship that covered about 75% of tuition. I had to maintain my GPA to 3.25 retain it, which I did all three years (I think my average was about 3.53 in the end, but I sweated it every semester). I have a government job. I made a lot of good choices, worked my ass off, and had the benefit of some good fortune as well. I was especially lucky to have the support of my pal **phatlewt** , my husband, fellow Doper, and all around awesome human being. > > It feels pretty good. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-law-school-loans-on-thursday/632641/11 "2012-08-27T22:43:16Z")
Good for you. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-law-school-loans-on-thursday/632641/12 "2012-08-27T23:13:52Z")
Congratulations, **Hello Again**! Well done. ---
**Author:** ![Grey\_area](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-law-school-loans-on-thursday/632641/13 "2012-08-27T23:22:15Z")
Congratulations! - From a lowly 1L ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-law-school-loans-on-thursday/632641/14 "2012-08-27T23:59:40Z")
Big congrats! I remember how it felt when I’d paid mine off. In fact, I seem to remember I started a thread about it too. πŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-law-school-loans-on-thursday/632641/15 "2012-08-28T16:44:22Z")
Well done ! Bet that you fel great ! ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-paid-off-my-law-school-loans-on-thursday/632641/16 "2012-08-28T20:00:21Z")
Congratulations, counselor. Three years is pretty quick. -corkboard, Esq. ('97)