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Date: March 7th, 2010 9:08 AM Author: embarrassed to the bone duck-like parlour Stats:
UG GPA: 3.81 LSAT: 173 white guy
26 years old, top-25 private UG, MA in a BS field that won't get me a job + 3 years of solid WE in a field that isn't going to lead anywhere I want to go. Average recs.
I know the economy is shit, but do I have a shot at an unemployment-proof school? (HYS?) Or if at CCN, can I age-pwn all the 22 year olds who never learned how to study? I usually do pretty well in classes. My GPA in college would have been 3.9 except that I got a 3.0 one semester after a death in my immediate family approximately 3 weeks before exams (like a stupid shit, I just went to the funeral, came back to school and took my exams instead of going to the dean and asking for an extension or whatever). Also, when applying, do I explain the 3.0 semester, or does it just make me sound like a whiner? |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 9:14 AM Author: Wine talented faggot firefighter orchestra pit how did you manage less than a 3.98 studying humanities? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14320229) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:26 PM Author: embarrassed to the bone duck-like parlour I went to a real school without grade inflation. My 3.81 was summa + phi beta kappa, top 5% of class. But actually, my degree was in econ. I just decided to go to grad school in something worthless instead of to do consulting, and I think it's now too late to cash in on the econ degree given that I've done nothing with it for the last 4 years. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14320821) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 2:31 PM Author: swashbuckling buck-toothed cuckoldry digit ratio lol i guess hes like 99% of people (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14322135) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 10:57 AM Author: startled coral keepsake machete dont explain the 3.0 semester. youll sound like a bitch.
i dunno man; law really REALLY sucks. like, it's awful, awful bitchwork of the worst kind. and to be forced to go 180k into debt for the honor of working at some sweatshop in nyc.... let's just say i wish i had listened to the sage counsel of xoers who 3 years ago told me NOT to do this. but here i am 2 months from graduation and dreading the future even though i have biglaw lined up. |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 10:58 AM Author: gay crackhouse liquid oxygen I don't think there are too many people at CCN who never learned how to study. cept maybe a few of the minorities. knowwutimsayin? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14320459) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:35 PM Author: Excitant tanning salon really tough guy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14320858) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:50 PM Author: embarrassed to the bone duck-like parlour Are you socially retarded? How many above-medians do you know with no big law? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14320980) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:55 PM Author: Excitant tanning salon really tough guy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14321034) |
Date: March 7th, 2010 10:49 AM Author: pea-brained lascivious fortuitous meteor cruise ship you'll get ccn but have 220k to pay off. enjoy! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14320433) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 10:55 AM Author: motley lilac hairy legs den titcr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14320452) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:37 PM Author: Excitant tanning salon really tough guy honestly it works out to even more. if you truly have absolutely no savings/help from parents at all and no grants, it works out to well over 250k at cls and nyu, regardless of what the schools say about cost (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14320872) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 2:42 PM Author: jade shivering scourge upon the earth Explain this please?
How much do you spend on living expenses in NYC, 25K per year??? |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 2:43 PM Author: amethyst dead corner sandwich lots of people spend that on rent alone (edit: or much more). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14322246) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 11:09 AM Author: Titillating Rebellious Locus Apply, see where you get money, come back and repost. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14320500) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:31 PM Author: amethyst dead corner sandwich where do you want to live where you're older? take $$$$ at a place like BU, graduate debt free, work at Ropes & Gray or Goodwin or that place Denny Crane works for a couple of years and live happily ever after.
P.S. this is the most credited advice you will receive if you want to be a lawyer. ignore it at your peril. |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:38 PM Author: Excitant tanning salon really tough guy You don't even go to law school dude. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14320878) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:40 PM Author: amethyst dead corner sandwich Why would I go to law school when I already graduated and work in biglaw? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14320889) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:42 PM Author: Excitant tanning salon really tough guy going to BU doesn't come close to guaranteeing anything, even if you pwn the curve. don't you know how fucked up recruiting is right now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14320908) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:45 PM Author: amethyst dead corner sandwich Of course it doesn't guarantee anything. The point is OP can go there for free and it doesn't matter if he gets biglaw. Hint: getting biglaw doesn't guarantee anything either. Do you know how many people have been fired from my firm who still have tons of debt left?
edit: my poast above does look like i'm saying he'll get biglaw. i'm saying he has as much of a shot there as anywhere and he won't hhave the debt. |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:47 PM Author: Excitant tanning salon really tough guy well in that case he also needs to ask himself whether he's willing to work at a small firm or as a solo, because that's where he would probably end up (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14320957) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:49 PM Author: amethyst dead corner sandwich true. but fired biglaw associates will likely end up the same way. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14320974) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:37 PM Author: shimmering vivacious faggotry yes, go to law school, but take a full scholarship at a t20 or t25.
do not rack up $200k+ for anything other than hys. |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:41 PM Author: Slate Coldplay Fan Prole I wouldn't even rack up money there. The debt sucks that much (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14320900) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:45 PM Author: shimmering vivacious faggotry $200k debt out of hys isn't bad unless you're totally unmotivated. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14320939) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:49 PM Author: Slate Coldplay Fan Prole If you go into biglaw, you're making the same regardless of where you went to school. You're essentially locking yourself into biglaw for at least 5 years. With his stats, he can get a full ride or close to it to a good school where he'll still have a chance at biglaw but with more flexibility (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14320975) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:50 PM Author: shimmering vivacious faggotry i'm thinking about more than just biglaw. there are many options outside of law available to hys jds. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14320983) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:52 PM Author: amethyst dead corner sandwich 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14321004) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:54 PM Author: Slate Coldplay Fan Prole I have to admit I'm not familiar with those options. Are you talking about things like consulting? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14321021) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:56 PM Author: amethyst dead corner sandwich yeah man. McKinsey is a revolving door for people who didn't get biglaw out of HYS. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14321042) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:58 PM Author: Vigorous Snowy Space really? HYS law school have a great chance at McKinsey? that is interesting news to me. how would the chance compare to top b-schools? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14323710) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:51 PM Author: amethyst dead corner sandwich lol @ locking yourself into biglaw -- most people will be fired long before then (maybe not by the time he graduates). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14320999) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:53 PM Author: Slate Coldplay Fan Prole Right. And then you'll be stuck with a debt load where only biglaw will allow you to live comfortably (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14321016) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 4:59 PM Author: Exciting balding stage masturbator LOL those stats won't get you a full scholarship at a T25, it'll hardly get you $30K at WUSTL. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14323725) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 12:52 PM Author: embarrassed to the bone duck-like parlour What about retaking LSAT? I didn't study because I took two practice exams (timed) and got 177 and 178. Was sick the day of the actual exam (fever of 102) and probably should not have gone.
Worth retaking if I can get 177+? |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 2:32 PM Author: Appetizing personal credit line market Of course, everyone should. A law degree is a good thing to have and you aren't excluded from any careers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14322140) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 2:34 PM Author: multi-colored crusty useless brakes property The question is whether a law degree leads "anywhere you want to go," i.e. do you want to be a lawyer? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14322167) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 2:37 PM Author: free-loading mind-boggling mad cow disease elastic band My guess is those 22y/o "who have never learned how to study" - know how to study better than a 26 year old who hasnt been to class in 4 years. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14322189) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 2:38 PM Author: multi-colored crusty useless brakes property Trying to think through shit like this is a waste of time and misleading anyway. I had "never learned to study" AND was out a long time before going to LS. Still pwned the shit out of my first year classes. It doesn't really take very long to "learn how to study" if the pressure is on and you want to do it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14322200) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 3:22 PM Author: Fishy Stubborn Box Office If you have to ask... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14322578) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 5:40 PM Author: Mustard chest-beating macaca milk The answer is No. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14324205) |
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Date: March 7th, 2010 5:41 PM Author: Heady Tank Meetinghouse what choice do you have (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1243532&forum_id=2#14324220) |