Hindsight is 20/20 Forum

preamble · Post by **preamble** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 7:58 pm

If you could go back in time to when you were just starting college, knowing now what you've learned about law school admissions and the legal field in general, is there any advice or insight you'd bestow on your relatively naive 17/18 year old self? Would you have tried to deter any law school ambitions in pursuit of something more worthy of your time (and money)?

sublime · Post by **sublime** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 7:59 pm

minnbills · Post by **minnbills** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:04 pm

I would not go to law school if I could do it over. I'll be lucky to make minimum wage when I graduate.

dowu · Post by **dowu** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:04 pm

I would slap myself and say "major in something that may land you a job after college. Take every assignment seriously, get straight As, and stay away anything your future roommate johnny has to offer, except his cereal, you can eat that and he won't care."

dowu · Post by **dowu** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:04 pm

minnbills wrote:I would not go to law school if I could do it over. I'll be lucky to make minimum wage when I graduate.

Lol

DoveBodyWash · Post by **DoveBodyWash** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:06 pm

go to business school

star fox · Post by **star fox** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:07 pm

Just from a law admissions standpoint, things worked out well. But I would tell any 18 year old to not marry themselves to the idea of going to law school and major in political science. Do something that will give you some solid options coming out of school.

minnbills · Post by **minnbills** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:08 pm

Every moron I know who went to business school is killing it right now.

Shortterm12 · Post by **Shortterm12** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:17 pm

cusenation wrote:go to business school

minnbills wrote:Every moron I know who went to business school is killing it right now.

I feel that business school is a worse investment than law school. American MBA programs are crazy expensive:

http://www.economist.com/news/business/ ... yback-time

dudley12 · Post by **dudley12** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:23 pm

would have tried some business classes in UG and not taken any poli-sci classes

sundontshine · Post by **sundontshine** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:27 pm

Shortterm12 wrote:
cusenation wrote:go to business school

minnbills wrote:Every moron I know who went to business school is killing it right now.
I feel that business school is a worse investment than law school. American MBA programs are crazy expensive:

http://www.economist.com/news/business/ ... yback-time

You could always just go to a good undergraduate business program. Everyone I know who did that is doing very well.

minnbills · Post by **minnbills** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:48 pm

Shortterm12 wrote:
cusenation wrote:go to business school

minnbills wrote:Every moron I know who went to business school is killing it right now.
I feel that business school is a worse investment than law school. American MBA programs are crazy expensive:

http://www.economist.com/news/business/ ... yback-time

I'm talking about undergraduate programs.

prezidentv8 · Post by **prezidentv8** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:49 pm

minnbills wrote:Every moron I know who went to business school is killing it right now.

wait, wat?

minnbills wrote:I'm talking about undergraduate programs.

oh.

wait, wat?

minnbills · Post by **minnbills** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:51 pm

I'm serious- all these people I went to high school with who couldn't put two and two together are making 70k+ doing god knows what for local companies.

rad lulz · Post by **rad lulz** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:54 pm

Yea All Right · Post by **Yea All Right** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:56 pm

Basically take classes that you will get solid A's in while majoring in a field that can get you employment in case you decide against law school. Obviously it's hard to satisfy both of these conditions though (ex: it's quite hard to get straight A's in computer science).

sublime · Post by **sublime** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:56 pm

Gunnar Stahl · Post by **Gunnar Stahl** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:58 pm

minnbills wrote:I'm serious- all these people I went to high school with who couldn't put two and two together are making 70k+ doing god knows what for local companies.

Yeah, if you do ok at a not-awful undergrad business school* there's no reason why you can't make 50K your first year out, which is what most law grads will be hoping for (with 10X the debt).

*Majoring in Accounting/Finance/ITM/SCM and not Marketing, HR or some other bullshit

ETA scooped by rad lulz

rad lulz · Post by **rad lulz** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:00 pm

Hipster but Athletic · Post by **Hipster but Athletic** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:02 pm

~~Go to cheap undergrad, have parents pay for all of law school~~

Don't quit lacrosse, get full ride to awesome undergrad, have parents pay for law school

Mal Reynolds · Post by **Mal Reynolds** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:03 pm

Major in accounting.

rad lulz · Post by **rad lulz** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:07 pm

BentleyLittle · Post by **BentleyLittle** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:16 pm

Do well in high school. Go to a real university. Choose a real major.

anyriotgirl · Post by **anyriotgirl** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:19 pm

a girl in my humanities major took finance courses, got an IB internship junior year, and has been working for the same bank ever since. I think she had the right idea.

nygrrrl · Post by **nygrrrl** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:21 pm

Take a year off between HS and UG, take more arts classes and fewer gov/poly sci classes. Don't be focused on law school. Quit screwing around and work for the grades. Study abroad.
(And in the "wow, in hindsight I did that part right" column: put off law school. Get a job, live life, have adventures.)

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