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Re: USNWR rankings for non-biglaw?
I will be around 110K because I have like 7 years of accounting experience and will have a doctorate (JD, I know it is not a real doctorate, but in federal pay grades PhD=JD). Went to undergrad job fair lately, talked to lady representing Department of Homeland Security, who, after I described my background, said that when I graduate I will be so marketable that it is not even funny. She may not know what she is talking about, but I am jess saying. As lawyers and future lawyers we all know there is no objective truth in life , truth is what you make it.
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Doesn't mean that you wouldn't be lynched as a heretic if you told people you knew how to fly during the dark ages or Salem witch hunts.Desert Fox wrote:People knew things could fly way before we figured out how to do it.Anonymous User wrote:Or lest you invent an airplane. Air travel is impossible, everyone knows that.rayiner wrote:Conventional wisdom also says to look both ways before crossing the street.Anonymous User wrote:Those certainly are the conventional wisdoms......
Follow conventional wisdom, lest you get hit by a bus.
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Lol I love all these analogies
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I'm not trying to rain on your parade or anything..Anonymous User wrote:I will be around 110K because I have like 7 years of accounting experience and will have a doctorate (JD, I know it is not a real doctorate, but in federal pay grades PhD=JD). Went to undergrad job fair lately, talked to lady representing Department of Homeland Security, who, after I described my background, said that when I graduate I will be so marketable that it is not even funny. She may not know what she is talking about, but I am jess saying. As lawyers and future lawyers we all know there is no objective truth in life , truth is what you make it.
But, you are aware that the country is in a "cut the deficit" *thing* now where even Obama says he wants to cut back on government spending, right? Just something to think about.
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I do, do you realize that revenue generating IRS agents who make 110k a year and generate 3 mil a year in tax recovery are usually not subject to lay-offs and hiring freezes? Simple math.ResolutePear wrote:I'm not trying to rain on your parade or anything..Anonymous User wrote:I will be around 110K because I have like 7 years of accounting experience and will have a doctorate (JD, I know it is not a real doctorate, but in federal pay grades PhD=JD). Went to undergrad job fair lately, talked to lady representing Department of Homeland Security, who, after I described my background, said that when I graduate I will be so marketable that it is not even funny. She may not know what she is talking about, but I am jess saying. As lawyers and future lawyers we all know there is no objective truth in life , truth is what you make it.
But, you are aware that the country is in a "cut the deficit" *thing* now where even Obama says he wants to cut back on government spending, right? Just something to think about.
By the way, thanks everyone for discouragements and reality check, I clamor for it.
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Rational men shall think in this way. Politicians have constituents which do not. Not saying you're wrong - just saying it may be a factor and nothing is 100%.Anonymous User wrote:I do, do you realize that revenue generating IRS agents who make 110k a year and generate 3 mil a year in tax recovery are usually not subject to lay-offs and hiring freezes? Simple math.ResolutePear wrote:I'm not trying to rain on your parade or anything..Anonymous User wrote:I will be around 110K because I have like 7 years of accounting experience and will have a doctorate (JD, I know it is not a real doctorate, but in federal pay grades PhD=JD). Went to undergrad job fair lately, talked to lady representing Department of Homeland Security, who, after I described my background, said that when I graduate I will be so marketable that it is not even funny. She may not know what she is talking about, but I am jess saying. As lawyers and future lawyers we all know there is no objective truth in life , truth is what you make it.
But, you are aware that the country is in a "cut the deficit" *thing* now where even Obama says he wants to cut back on government spending, right? Just something to think about.
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Where did you go to undergrad and where can you get into business school? You have about a .1% chance of lateraling from Law School to Investment Banking, and even less chance of getting into PE without I-banking experience. Management Consulting is a different story, but even they look for pedigree.Anonymous User wrote:I am thinking about possibly going into Private Equity, IB or management consulting after law school. I know rankings are everything for biglaw and federal. Would PE, IB and management consulting look at the rankings also? Cause I am thinking of transferring into T10 from T30 (please people I do not bank on it, just planning on it if my grades are stellar) and from talking to a few friends and relatives from NYC financial world my T30 brings a lot better response than the T10 I am hoping to transfer to. Have many years of accounting experience and CPA.
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My undergrad is a respectable private comprehensive college that I would rather not disclose. I got 690 on GMAT which is expired now so hopefully I can get 720 or something of that sort eventually. But MBA is out of the question unless my employer pays for it or I am against the wall.James Bond wrote:Where did you go to undergrad and where can you get into business school? You have about a .1% chance of lateraling from Law School to Investment Banking, and even less chance of getting into PE without I-banking experience. Management Consulting is a different story, but even they look for pedigree.Anonymous User wrote:I am thinking about possibly going into Private Equity, IB or management consulting after law school. I know rankings are everything for biglaw and federal. Would PE, IB and management consulting look at the rankings also? Cause I am thinking of transferring into T10 from T30 (please people I do not bank on it, just planning on it if my grades are stellar) and from talking to a few friends and relatives from NYC financial world my T30 brings a lot better response than the T10 I am hoping to transfer to. Have many years of accounting experience and CPA.
Compare and contrast of PE and IB versus MC is helpful however.
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Goldman Sachs had some Private Wealth Management guys at Northwestern last week. They said they liked JD's. But I suspect they are the exception.
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I have heard that IBs and PE love JDs for the oomph. JD has a huge prestige for laymen unfamiliar with legal market, even from TT and TTT. But I am sure Goldman looks for Top 10. Mckinsey and Co has a lot of JDs, and they are all top 10 as far as I could see...Desert Fox wrote:Goldman Sachs had some Private Wealth Management guys at Northwestern last week. They said they liked JD's. But I suspect they are the exception.
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The problem with IB is that it is a career caught up in pedigree and prestige. Usually, you want to be a Princeton or Harvard grad from UG, or a Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, UPenn (Wharton), MIT (Sloan), or Chicago (Booth), Northwestern (Kellogg), or NYU (Stern) grad from business school to even have a chance. Some of the later I listed don't even fare very well.Anonymous User wrote:Compare and contrast of PE and IB versus MC is helpful however.
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I know that is what the best chance to get a job in IB. But they do respect grades too, somewhat comparable to law firms. I am a double major in Accounting and Finance with 3.91. A guy from my college got an IB job with Citibank with GPA similar to mine, no connections, Finance major, foreign (Bulgaria). He was not smart enough with his work visa though, which he fooked up and had to go back to Bulgaria.James Bond wrote:The problem with IB is that it is a career caught up in pedigree and prestige. Usually, you want to be a Princeton or Harvard grad from UG, or a Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, UPenn (Wharton), MIT (Sloan), or Chicago (Booth), Northwestern (Kellogg), or NYU (Stern) grad from business school to even have a chance. Some of the later I listed don't even fare very well.Anonymous User wrote:Compare and contrast of PE and IB versus MC is helpful however.
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Why are you people arguing with this guy?
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Because law students are insufferable nitpickers.Aqualibrium wrote:Why are you people arguing with this guy?
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Desert Fox wrote:BecauseAqualibrium wrote:Why are you people arguing with this guy?law students are insufferable nitpickersotherwise i would have to actually outlining like i am supposed to be.
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Hey I am not trying to contradict you guys, just trying to get as many opinions as possible thats all. I myself outlined only 1.5 classes today for next week's classes versus 2 that I hoped for. Well there is tomorrow.IAFG wrote:Desert Fox wrote:BecauseAqualibrium wrote:Why are you people arguing with this guy?law students are insufferable nitpickersotherwise i would have to actually outlining like i am supposed to be.
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Shit you outline for future classes. I'm still at Sept 1st.Anonymous User wrote:Hey I am not trying to contradict you guys, just trying to get as many opinions as possible thats all. I myself outlined only 1.5 classes today for next week's classes versus 2 that I hoped for. Well there is tomorrow.IAFG wrote:Desert Fox wrote:BecauseAqualibrium wrote:Why are you people arguing with this guy?law students are insufferable nitpickersotherwise i would have to actually outlining like i am supposed to be.
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