Re: best gap year options (beyond TFA, PC etc)
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:31 pm
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If serious, join the Reserves. They will let you train for that year (with pay) and then help pay for the JD to make it debt free.heywatchitbuddy wrote:So people have recommended I take a gap year since I'm a k-jd who will be graduating a year early. What I really want to know is what are some of the lesser known programs that are similar to the more popular ones (like TFA, peace corps, and fulbright). An example of one I've found so far is Princeton in Asia, not a huge program, but still very intersting. I'm also not looking to do this to boost my app, just looking for interesting options.
Basically I'm thinking about taking a year or two off before law school, any suggestions?
180 bro. Great job. I should have done this for my bar summer.jselson wrote:I actually did this, but in WY. It paid for a one-month vacation in NYC, followed by a one-month vacation in Europe, not to mention I skied every Sunday.Desert Fox wrote:Make BANK in North Dakota as an oil worker.
Are you saying that you wish you would have worked during bar prep?Desert Fox wrote:180 bro. Great job. I should have done this for my bar summer.jselson wrote:I actually did this, but in WY. It paid for a one-month vacation in NYC, followed by a one-month vacation in Europe, not to mention I skied every Sunday.Desert Fox wrote:Make BANK in North Dakota as an oil worker.
Yea, make some money in the MIDBESTthelawdoctor wrote:Are you saying that you wish you would have worked during bar prep?Desert Fox wrote:180 bro. Great job. I should have done this for my bar summer.jselson wrote:I actually did this, but in WY. It paid for a one-month vacation in NYC, followed by a one-month vacation in Europe, not to mention I skied every Sunday.Desert Fox wrote:Make BANK in North Dakota as an oil worker.
It was seriously the best decision I've ever made. Met a ton of interesting people, and it was the focus of my PS. Way better than living broke in Brooklyn doing political fundraising or ticket counter stuff.Desert Fox wrote:180 bro. Great job. I should have done this for my bar summer.jselson wrote:I actually did this, but in WY. It paid for a one-month vacation in NYC, followed by a one-month vacation in Europe, not to mention I skied every Sunday.Desert Fox wrote:Make BANK in North Dakota as an oil worker.
Nope, English/Art History major, but my dad works for Shell, and asked the project manager if there was anything available. I was originally going to be doing office work, but the pm wanted to "shock the city outta me" and put me in materials for awhile (pulling/hauling pipes and valves around). Eventually, I got in with Quality Assurance, mostly because I could type well and do basic database stuff. Like, my first project in QA/QC was making consistent our records for the composition of our steel parts (there's a particular name for this thing, but I can't remember), and making it easier to search for them.heywatchitbuddy wrote:@jselson
what kind of job was it? are you an engineer?
Easy identification, I've posted jokey things I'll probably take down at some point.thelawdoctor wrote:Resisting urge to quote.................yet respecting it anyways.
There wasn't bad in there, why the request?
oh, I see....................jselson wrote:Nope, English/Art History major, but my dad works for Shell, and asked the project manager if there was anything available. I was originally going to be doing office work, but the pm wanted to "shock the city outta me" and put me in materials for awhile (pulling/hauling pipes and valves around). Eventually, I got in with Quality Assurance, mostly because I could type well and do basic database stuff. Like, my first project in QA/QC was making consistent our records for the composition of our steel parts (there's a particular name for this thing, but I can't remember), and making it easier to search for them.heywatchitbuddy wrote:@jselson
what kind of job was it? are you an engineer?
Also, please don't quote this post.
thelawdoctor wrote:oh, I see....................jselson wrote:Nope, English/Art History major, but my dad works for Shell, and asked the project manager if there was anything available. I was originally going to be doing office work, but the pm wanted to "shock the city outta me" and put me in materials for awhile (pulling/hauling pipes and valves around). Eventually, I got in with Quality Assurance, mostly because I could type well and do basic database stuff. Like, my first project in QA/QC was making consistent our records for the composition of our steel parts (there's a particular name for this thing, but I can't remember), and making it easier to search for them.heywatchitbuddy wrote:@jselson
what kind of job was it? are you an engineer?
Also, please don't quote this post.
thelawdoctor wrote:oh, I see....................
When I was looking at it, you could go for 3 months on 6k...ofc, it could last you 2 weeks too. Depends on how you live.Otunga wrote:Are people that go backpacking in Europe for any extended period of time all independently wealthy? It's a compelling suggestion. I just don't get how it's feasible for most people. I also don't think it's very advisable, even if you have sufficient money for it. Save that shit for expensive COL, right?
I've known plenty of middle class prior who've done it.Otunga wrote:Are people that go backpacking in Europe for any extended period of time all independently wealthy? It's a compelling suggestion. I just don't get how it's feasible for most people. I also don't think it's very advisable, even if you have sufficient money for it. Save that shit for expensive COL, right?
Lol spot on, at least for western europe. Its the modern hipster aristocratic Great Tour. The bohemian thing was viable back in the 70s with a strong dollar; now its ludicrously expensive to travel anywhere west of the danube. This is coming from someone who's lived in europe extensively. Even respectable "backpacking" is prohibitive when you include the lost work hours, to the point where its effectively a bourgeois domain. Thank god daddy called american express bfore you left so his credit card (or the biggest bs, the "graduation money") will get you out of trouble should you ever actually face discomfort. This doesnt stop lots of sappy pseudo-leftist students from elite universities and upper middle class families from pretending its their own progressive existential experience.Otunga wrote:Are people that go backpacking in Europe for any extended period of time all independently wealthy? It's a compelling suggestion. I just don't get how it's feasible for most people. I also don't think it's very advisable, even if you have sufficient money for it. Save that shit for expensive COL, right?
jbagelboy wrote:If you really want a cheap and fascinating backpacking experiece, dosouthamerica
True. Very true. There are parts of this country with such low CoL. I have a close friend who lived in the back of his truck for 8 months after graduation. He drove across the country staying in walmart parking lots and out in the desert. Sharp guy, great experience at surprisingly low costjselson wrote:jbagelboy wrote:If you really want a cheap and fascinating backpacking experiece, dosouthamerica