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1. LLB or BA from a government college for minimal fees. Itβs hard for non-EWS general category students to make it to reputed ones because of reservation, so as a backup I could look at Symbi or Nirma.
2. LLM overseas or an MBA at ISB or NUS Singapore.
If you can't afford the cost or can't get good scholarship (many guys on 75% and 50% fee concession), go to NLU or govt law college
Btw, this is not the jindal of the early days. University is just doing aggressive expansion at the cost of quality.
SIMPLY NOT WORTH IT.
Also this person did not avoid the issue and jump into standard of living, you brought it up yourself buddy.
2. The question is not about range of electives, but about the quality and rigour. Even the range is negated by your batch size. NLUs may offer 10% electives but their student strength is also 10% of yours.
3. You deliberately avoided the issue and went into standard of living. It's about the academic standard and how your faculty are forced to tow the lines of the students and the admin at Jindal. You have got very little clue about academic freedom in NLUs, otherwise you would not have said that they place restrictions on teaching methodology that JGLS doesn't. If by that you meant that your teachers are free to swear in front of students or show them bumble profiles, then that's probably not the best of advertisements for JGLS.
The crux of the matter is that you have got no substantive ground to claim that your faculty is the best unless you can show that they are producing the best students.
Addressing the comment regarding our electives and academic rigour, sure I'll agree that not all electives are the most academically challenging but do bear in mind that we get a total of 220 electives to pick from. Even NLUs at max are offered 10. Now out of the 220, if there are at least 50-70 challenging ones (which I guarantee you, after seeing NLU and other uni electives, they are), I'd be quite content!
Regarding the "few good people who are left there", I'm sure the standards of living can and will be improved. No doubt there's issues with living in Sonipat, trust me I hate having to stay here, but a lot of faculty live in Delhi and travel down here for 2 days. It's only an hour away. So if you're getting paid well, love teaching and get to live in Delhi (personally I don't love the city but I'm sure it appeals to a lot of people), then I'd say you're doing quite well and this mode is likely to appeal to other profs as well. If you don't believe me, why don't you ask the profs at your uni, especially based on what they earn and the restrictions placed on teaching methodology :)
One thing I can guarantee about Jindal is that the opportunities are endless but it's all about what you seek to achieve at law school. Jindal offers electives that are far better than any other law school in the country. Our faculty is known to be the best. Our placements are of course not great when you consider the entire batch strength but its necessary to note that not everyone joins Jindal to secure a job in law, a lot of students just need degrees to carry on their family businesses. While a lot has been said about distractions and ROI, I truly believe that you can do well at Jindal but that would probably be true about any law school. All of it boils down to your efforts.
All-in-all, if you need to take out a 30L loan, then avoid enrolment, you can succeed at other colleges like Symbi & Christ. All the best!
If not, then if you are brilliant in your studies (which can automatically fetch u good rank in CLAt even after prepping a month of two), you can try investing in Bachelors at Oxford/NUS Singapore. Just donβt burn your money at Jindal
In regards to your second question, I guess the following threads can be of immense help: -
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/160181-is-it-worth-taking-a-loan-to-study-at-jgls-or-save-for-an-llm
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/265788-lsat-results-announced-still-wise-to-join-jindal
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/234788-worth-taking-risk-of-10-15-lakh-9-education-loan-to-continue-at-sls-pune
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/175083-scholarships-at-jindal
So my options are op jindal and symbiosis pune. For op jindal the loan will almost be 30 lakhs. So can someone please tell me if it is worth to take a loan.