any of you going through the law school / med school admissions cycles right now? I have the LSAT on Oct. 4 and I'm terrified.. plus, no poker till then.

Then I'm taking the MCAT in april...

I've been on a bunch of forums to talk about applications for med school (mostly, SDN for those familiar) but the people are vapid, self-absorbed pricks. so i decided to come here for intelligent, insightful, and inspiring discourse

You shouldn't go to med school or law school unless you are very sure its something you want to do for the rest of your life. If you are just looking to have a respectable job or make a decent amount of money, there are options that don't involve wanting to kill yourself for the next 3-4 years.

I'm not trying to be a prick or preach, but the fact that you are applying for both sets off some warning flags. Also, your OP doesn't give us much to go on. What kind of schools are you looking to apply to? Whats your major and GPA?

I'm taking the LSAT oct. 4th as well...no need to be worried if you've taken enough PT's...

and yes, many of the forums, such as www.top-law-schools.com are full of elitists or people trying to act like elitists...saying things like 'yea I'm definitely going to retake in December if I don't get a 177+' or 'I have a 4.06 and a 179, how are my chances at GULC?'

Learn to ignore that sh|t, don't let it make you insecure and just keep taking timed PT's

I should also add, that doesn't mean there isn't valuable information or helpful people on those forums, you just have to wade through some bs

I couldn't agree more.

im applying to med school now; ive sent in 18 secondaries so far out of the 23 schools ive applied to. what advice are you looking for exactly?

if you can't decide between law school and med school, the answer is neither.


also, with law school, don't worry about the next 3 years of your life being a living hell. worry about the 10 years after that.

Take some time off after you graduate and do one of the following:

1. Work for pay and support yourself
2. Travel
3. Enlist

Then reevaluate.

If you are seriously considering doing both of those things to the point where you are taking both entrance exams then you are in for a rude awakening.

check your PMs

i did #2, had friends support me while on my "quest" instead of #1 (****ing economy), and will never do #3... now i ****ing cant go back to #1 now that im home and my head is straight again (****ing economy)

Maybe OP is trying to do one of those weird JD/MD programs.

I thought about this, but those programs are 6 years long and absolutely insane, and I figured he'd mention it in the OP, so I decided to dismiss it as a possibility.

If you can get into Med school, forget about anything related to law. Law = sticking needles through your ****.

Depends on what you want out of life. While not as personally rewarding or prestigious maybe, law school is about 1 bazillion times easier than med school. Also, assuming you don't go to a TTT law school, you will make more cash monies as a lawyer than a doctor. Plus, law school is only 3 years instead of 4 and the tuition is generally cheaper.

Does the "average" lawyer make more than the "average" doctor? I have always thought it was the other way around though I did think it was fairly close.

I'm pretty sure the average doctor makes more than the average lawyer due to all the ****ty paying gov jobs...but the ceiling for doctors is generally much lower...so I would say that if a doctor and and a lawyer are equally very successful, in most cases the lawyer would make more.

not sure if staffor's 'TTT' = t15+ or t100+

This doesn't matter because the "average" doctor would get into a way "above average" law school.

TTT is very clearly t15+, ie, any school where you arent guaranteed a good job. My point was based on the fact that your average med student is WAY smarter than your average law student, and would likely get into a good law school even if at an average medical school.

The average lawyer makes less than I will make my first year out of school. A LOT less. This doesn't mean I should have gone to medical school.

wstaffor,

lol at picking lawyer for the money. the correct answer is that if you care about money and are smart enough for a good med school, go get an MBA and work for some PE firm or something.


While there aren't many doctors that earn what big law partners make, they certainly make a good deal of money. If you specialize (cardiovascular, neurosurgery, etc.) then making $500k is the norm once you get going.

Hell, my uncle is a general practioner/pediatrician, has been for just a few years, and he makes $250k+ a year working M,T,W,T,S from 8-5.

Feel free to bump this thread when you are making $250k working 45 set hours per week.

wstaffor,

still bitter you couldn't get into HYS?

Except that decent MBA programs won't accept people that haven't worked a year or 2 at least, and LOL if you think PE/banking/etc is a safe field right now.

Your uncle is not even close to normal. The average pediatrician in the US makes ~155k and likely works more than 45 hours/week.

No, of the 3 I only applied to H and didn't even want to go there. Penn was my second choice and although I got into my first choice (Chi) it wasn't an option since my wife didn't get into any of the Chicago med schools.

ahhh so this about proving you are > your wife

ldo

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