<prompt> Human: Hello! I had a full-ride scholarship for my undergrad so Ill be getting my bachelors for free, but now its time for me to go to law school. Ive got a few acceptances so far and theyre all varying from the 20-40k range. When I graduate college Im getting around 90k from my father that hes had saved away for me contingent upon my acceptance into medlawwhatever school. So, with that Ill have a chunk of tuitionliving expenses paid for. Ive been lurking in this sub for a while so I know when you get a windfall not to go out and buy a new car or a big new TV though it might be hard to resist buying a 1080ti and HTC vive.... All of that money will go towards living and tuition. The rest will have to come from loans, or a job if I get one my second or third year of law school. But I really dont know anything about student loans and the debt associated with them. Or really a whole lot about debt in general. I just know debtbad and I should avoid it but should I miss out on going to a better law school if I can instead go into a cheaper one in a place I dont like? I really want these next 3 years to be good but I dont want to have a lot of debt. What will that debt mean too? I know that Ill have monthly payments for a long time depending on what kind of job I get after but is getting a bit of debt really all that bad?  <response>: Law school is a lot about connections and reputation. It is not worth it to go to a cheaper law school to save a negligible amount on the cost versus a better one for a slightly higher cost. What matters between the two is the Bar passage rate6 mo. employment in field rate. 