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Originally Posted by MaliceUW
I can absolutely promise you this is a bad decision if you don't destroy the LSAT and get into at least a T1, T-14 to be safe...and without a stellar GPA that means 170+ which is extremely tough
If you attend an average or bad school, you HAVE to be top 10-15% in your class (which is obviously extremely hard) to have a chance at a decent job, otherwise you get stuck with some crappy 40-50k/yr job, and after taxes/loans w/ interest you are making 25k-35k
A good route imo if you aren't fully committed or don't have the gpa/lsat to get into a good school is paralegaling, they make decent money without all the law school debt
very strongly this. i have plenty of friends in law school, and this is exactly what i hear.
graduating law school isn't a ticket to getting a job in law. the law market is just like any other, and given how ****ty everything is right now, people have gotten squeezed like never before. you used to be pretty golden graduating any school in the top 50, but now you're pretty much only set in the top 5 or maybe top 14 (set as in can graduate at bottom of class).
i have a friend at emory right now who's bottom 1/4 of his class, and is basically ****ed. he was one of those low gpa/high lsat cases. i don't get why they let people in who never have accomplished much academically, but he's pretty much getting the same grades he always has (low-mid bs).
do your research before making an investment (so much time and money) like this. be realistic about yourself and your goals.
edit: also, law school is where strat strat was founded. some cut throat mother****ers there.
Last edited by vinivici9586; 02-21-2012 at 01:38 PM.