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Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 7:58 pm
by preamble
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)?
Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 7:59 pm
by sublime
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Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:04 pm
by minnbills
I would not go to law school if I could do it over. I'll be lucky to make minimum wage when I graduate.
Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:04 pm
by dowu
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."
Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:04 pm
by dowu
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
Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:06 pm
by DoveBodyWash
go to business school
Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:07 pm
by star fox
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.
Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:08 pm
by minnbills
Every moron I know who went to business school is killing it right now.
Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:17 pm
by Shortterm12
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
Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:23 pm
by dudley12
would have tried some business classes in UG and not taken any poli-sci classes
Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:27 pm
by sundontshine
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.
Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:48 pm
by minnbills
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.
Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:49 pm
by prezidentv8
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?
Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:51 pm
by minnbills
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.
Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:54 pm
by rad lulz
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Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:56 pm
by Yea All Right
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).
Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:56 pm
by sublime
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Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:58 pm
by Gunnar Stahl
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
Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:00 pm
by rad lulz
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Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:02 pm
by Hipster but Athletic
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
Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:03 pm
by Mal Reynolds
Major in accounting.
Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:07 pm
by rad lulz
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Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:16 pm
by BentleyLittle
Do well in high school. Go to a real university. Choose a real major.
Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:19 pm
by anyriotgirl
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.
Re: Hindsight is 20/20
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:21 pm
by nygrrrl
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.)