Reply #31: It can be.

[Dangerously Amused]

Yeh, it can be a lotta debt. Depends on which school you attend and how you live. Lotta kids, they'll just take all the financial aid they can get and spend it like drunken sailors, cuz the school doesn't keep track of what you REALLY spend it on (read, "beer"). But you sound more responsible than that. Also, depending on what kind of law you do after you get out, some states will forgive some of the debt if you do public service work (state prosecutor or public defender). Howard Dean worked that deal out in his state. Plus remember that you will be making a lot more than you are used to, so with a little discipline you can pay it all off in a couple of years.