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If I went to law school at 35, would I have a shot at biglaw?
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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:06 AM Author: mind-boggling ticket booth rigpig ?? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34736732) |
Date: November 21st, 2017 12:14 AM Author: Bearded scarlet lay Yes, almost as good as a 25 yr old provided you have had a relatively steady career in something up to that point and a decent story for why you now are in law school. For example, you were in some business job moving up the ladder, interacted with the company's outside counsel every so often and found their work interesting. If your resume is all over the place it won't work. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34736771) |
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Date: November 22nd, 2017 1:56 AM Author: mind-boggling ticket booth rigpig coming out of academia (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34746228) |
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Date: November 22nd, 2017 8:36 PM Author: Bearded scarlet lay You're fine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752711) |
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Date: November 22nd, 2017 8:39 PM Author: Chrome public bath I'm 34 and wouldn't go back to law school for less than $3,000,000. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752728) |
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Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:10 PM Author: Ivory marvelous old irish cottage casino I'd sell back my JD for 500K (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752892) |
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Date: November 22nd, 2017 8:40 PM Author: Carmine step-uncle's house Are you on drugs? I would honestly choose to amputate two fingers than be a 38 year old biglaw first year. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752731) |
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Date: November 22nd, 2017 8:45 PM Author: Seedy Beta Native Preventive Strike (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752755) |
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Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:13 PM Author: Exhilarant saffron meetinghouse boistinker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752906) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:22 PM Author: mind-boggling ticket booth rigpig lol try any other profession (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757438) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:43 PM Author: Carmine step-uncle's house you need to figure out a better way to resolve what sounds like a midlife crisis. i’m 5 year’s younger than you, did two years of biglaw and never looked back. biglaw is soul crushing at any age. i can’t imagine what it’d be like as a 38 year old signature page monkey (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757560) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:45 PM Author: mind-boggling ticket booth rigpig i think you biglawyers are a tad spoiled given your high incomes and lack perspective about how shitty the vast majority of white collar work is (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757571) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:45 PM Author: Carmine step-uncle's house i left biglaw after two years because it felt like being perpetually water boarded dude. your logic here (lemme spend 200k + 3years to do the very worst white collar work bc i wrongly think all white collar work sucks) makes me hope, for your sake, that you won’t be smart enough to even have the option to become a biglawyer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757574) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:51 PM Author: mind-boggling ticket booth rigpig Try living on 35k working 90 hours a week teaching retards (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757599) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:52 PM Author: amber jewess quadroon if this is true, then just learn a trade. plumbers can make 6 figures. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757607) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:54 PM Author: mind-boggling ticket booth rigpig Actually sort of doing this with real estate photography (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757615) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:07 PM Author: amber jewess quadroon just do that then. even if you made biglaw, given the cost of attending and the missed income for 3 years, you'd at best break even in your early 40's... and that's if you get biglaw (who knows what the economy will be like in 3 years)... if you don't get biglaw then you are in a worse position financially and have a more stressful career than snapping photos. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757689) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 6:42 PM Author: Electric house Very few tradesmen make 100k LOL especially not a random domestic plumber (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34758110) |
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Date: November 22nd, 2017 8:42 PM Author: Ebony Sticky State Twinkling Uncleanness this can't be serious (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752738) |
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Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:13 PM Author: Exhilarant saffron meetinghouse boistinker I think he is (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752909) |
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Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:13 PM Author: Exhilarant saffron meetinghouse boistinker Do m7 instead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752913) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:20 PM Author: mind-boggling ticket booth rigpig oh that's a good idea, might be good for some kind of scummy academic administration position (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757424) |
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Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:20 PM Author: Laughsome costumed foreskin I think it honestly depends how you look. If you look 28, you'll get in. If you look 43, you're fucked. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34752953) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:19 PM Author: mind-boggling ticket booth rigpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757421) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:46 PM Author: Contagious stock car (peterman in 8 years) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757575) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:50 PM Author: amber jewess quadroon This is a really depressing hypothetical (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757597) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 8:04 PM Author: House-broken chad orchestra pit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34758471) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:52 PM Author: ocher histrionic university 38 is too old to just be starting out as a biglaw 1st year. Why would you want to deal with all the bullshit associates deal with from the age of 38 until you're like 46?
That said, only do this if you can't even imagine doing anything else with your life, are incredibly passionate about, and believe you have the talent necessary to stick it out (biglaw) for the long haul. |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:53 PM Author: amber jewess quadroon and why would he want to be in student loan debt until he is 40 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757612) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:54 PM Author: ocher histrionic university Well, this assumes he's taking on debt. Probably 20-30% of all law students graduate with little/no debt. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757614) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:08 PM Author: amber jewess quadroon I assume that he wanted to change careers because he wanted more money. if he had 200k socked away then he should just day trade with that or something. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757696) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:12 PM Author: ocher histrionic university I agree, but most people find day trading risky (even though it doesn't have to be) and don't consider it a viable career option. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757712) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:54 PM Author: Carmine step-uncle's house lol you think he’d pay off loans in 2 years? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757618) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:08 PM Author: amber jewess quadroon good point, I forgot he was going at 35 and graduating at 38, that makes his scenario even more terrible. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757698) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:54 PM Author: mind-boggling ticket booth rigpig I could probably fudge some kind of activist crap (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757619) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:56 PM Author: Carmine step-uncle's house i don’t think he grasps what it’ll feel like to do meaningless grunt work for someone 10+ years younger than him either (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757628) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:58 PM Author: mind-boggling ticket booth rigpig Like the hour I spent helping a student with his paper? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757642) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:09 PM Author: amber jewess quadroon that's less meaningless.
in big law you'll probably be reviewing documents for privilege issues for a 29 year old 3rd year. |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:10 PM Author: Carmine step-uncle's house alright man you can only help people that want to help themselves. God bless you. i love it when hardheaded people suffer the consequences of their own hardheadedness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757704) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:12 PM Author: Canary soul-stirring brunch dingle berry you fell for some meta flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757713) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:14 PM Author: mind-boggling ticket booth rigpig I didn't ask whether I should, just whether I could... but thank you for counsel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757721) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:21 PM Author: Carmine step-uncle's house whether the question is joining a biglaw firm as a 38 year old or just shooting yourself in the face, “should” seems like a more important question than “could” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757750) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:59 PM Author: mind-boggling ticket booth rigpig Maybe Evan and I could start a firm (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757645) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:00 PM Author: stirring jet-lagged office boiling water Sorry peterman. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757648) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:09 PM Author: mind-boggling ticket booth rigpig I'm guessing something like teaching law isn't reasonable (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757700) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:15 PM Author: Exhilarant saffron meetinghouse boistinker Can you cop YLS? If not yeah it’s impossible (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757727) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:17 PM Author: mind-boggling ticket booth rigpig that Prozac woman did... I feel like I'm weird enough (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757730) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:18 PM Author: Exhilarant saffron meetinghouse boistinker Just score 180 on the LSAT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757735) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 6:44 PM Author: mind-boggling ticket booth rigpig don't they waive it for old people? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34758118) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:11 PM Author: Canary soul-stirring brunch dingle berry what happens when your big law firm finds your bird stomping posts? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757706) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:14 PM Author: mind-boggling ticket booth rigpig Conflicted out of Audubon account (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757717) |
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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:18 PM Author: turquoise rehab travel guidebook Wow. Make $175-$300K for ages 38-45 and then make $500K plus after 45 to do bs paperwork. Sounds 180. Much better than a welder who will already be retired and broke. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757737) |