[IndianaSigKap]

As someone who has a relative currently in enrolled in one of those lower tier schools, I think you're right about the student's expectations. She wants to come back to her small hometown and practice law. She is content to make a lower salary because she knows the cost of living is lower. A $50-60,000 salary will go pretty far in her hometown. She has also done her research about which state's bar to take, since we live relatively close to 4 states. She will be ok, however a couple of her classmates believe they will be recruited by big time down-town Chicago firms.