To people who say it's worthwhile to do non T-14 Forum

[redsox]

Hit her.

Fuck you.

[whereskyle]

I chose lesser T14 with $$$, which shares the employment prospects of some of the T15-20, but is older and slightly more prestigious. I want to see my family, and, T14 or not, if you go 200k in debt, you're going to have to work all of the time. Just a little bit of my perspective on relenting on the top school or bust mentality. With living expenses debt at the most, I almost feel that this whole law school thing is not entirely insane.

[BillsFan9907]

Wow. I really did not see what they are thinking.

[20141023]

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[whereskyle]

This isn't the appropriate forum, but the people responding here are by far the most helpful people I've met here. Would any of you guys be willing to look over my personal statement? I figure if I posted this request in the personal statement forum, probably none of you would see it.

Sure, Seoulless. I don't think that my PS was necessarily phenomenal, but it definitely didn't screw the pooch. PM me or link me to another thread, and I'll tell you what I think.

[Young Marino]

Hit her.

[jingosaur]

This isn't the appropriate forum, but the people responding here are Regulus is by far the most helpful people person I've met here. Would any of you guys be willing to look over my personal statement? I figure if I posted this request in the personal statement forum, probably none of you would see it.

Fixed that for you.

[stillwater]

Hit her.

totoro would NOT endorse such inappropriate action

[BillsFan9907]

How is it that for all these schools, the 50% percentile is 160,000? Wouldn't we expect to find variance, if only by 1,000 or so?

[20141023]

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[BillsFan9907]

How is it that for all these schools, the 50% percentile is 160,000? Wouldn't we expect to find variance, if only by 1,000 or so?

Because market biglaw salary is $160,000.

Even if there is some variance in reality, you must keep in mind that these are numbers that are self-reported by schools, which in turn get these number through self-reporting from their graduates, so if a student is making $160,932 they might just say that they make $160,000 to make things easier.

Gotcha. So let me know if I've got this right - while the average Penn grad makes the same as the average Columbia Grad, the later has more interesting positions available for that salary than does the former.

[20141023]

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[Lincoln]

I was c/o 2013 at Cornell. Feel free to PM for Cornell-specific questions. Otherwise, just listen to Regulus.

[Hutz_and_Goodman]

She's right and your wrong. Going to a school outside of T10 for the right price can be a great decision.

[PalmBay]

There are tons of people who don't go to t-10 or t-14 and end up having successful and "worthwhile" careers.

[drevo]

There are tons of people who don't go to t-10 or t-14 and end up having successful and "worthwhile" careers.

While I agree with what you're getting at this isn't exactly a great way to state it. Because there are also tons of people who don't go to t-10 or t-14 who end up having shitty careers (if they even get to be a lawyer) and debt they can't service. "Tons" isn't exactly a great measuring stick to use.

[PalmBay]

There are tons of people who don't go to t-10 or t-14 and end up having successful and "worthwhile" careers.

While I agree with what you're getting at this isn't exactly a great way to state it. Because there are also tons of people who don't go to t-10 or t-14 who end up having shitty careers (if they even get to be a lawyer) and debt they can't service. "Tons" isn't exactly a great measuring stick to use.

I never commented on those who don't attain satisfactory careers. Stating that tons of people outside the t-10/14 are able to doesn't imply that there are tons who do not. If that's what you extrapolated, it's not my fault.

[Lincoln]

There are tons of people who don't go to t-10 or t-14 and end up having successful and "worthwhile" careers.

There are also "tons" of people who dropped out of college who ended up successful with "worthwhile" careers. That doesn't mean it's advisable.