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If I went to law school at 35, would I have a shot at biglaw?

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at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio
  11/21/17
Yes, almost as good as a 25 yr old provided you have had a r...
Tan gunner
  11/21/17
coming out of academia
at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio
  11/22/17
You're fine
Tan gunner
  11/22/17
I'm 34 and wouldn't go back to law school for less than $3,0...
filthy point philosopher-king
  11/22/17
I'd sell back my JD for 500K
anal dun roast beef trust fund
  11/22/17
Are you on drugs? I would honestly choose to amputate two f...
Big-titted vigorous clown therapy
  11/22/17
...
Medicated amber ticket booth idiot
  11/22/17
...
amethyst cheese-eating brunch
  11/22/17
lol try any other profession
at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio
  11/23/17
you need to figure out a better way to resolve what sounds l...
Big-titted vigorous clown therapy
  11/23/17
i think you biglawyers are a tad spoiled given your high inc...
at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio
  11/23/17
i left biglaw after two years because it felt like being per...
Big-titted vigorous clown therapy
  11/23/17
Try living on 35k working 90 hours a week teaching retards
at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio
  11/23/17
if this is true, then just learn a trade. plumbers can make...
lake gaping
  11/23/17
Actually sort of doing this with real estate photography
at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio
  11/23/17
just do that then. even if you made biglaw, given the cost ...
lake gaping
  11/23/17
Very few tradesmen make 100k LOL especially not a random dom...
angry hairraiser abode
  11/23/17
this can't be serious
Chocolate Stead
  11/22/17
I think he is
amethyst cheese-eating brunch
  11/22/17
Do m7 instead
amethyst cheese-eating brunch
  11/22/17
oh that's a good idea, might be good for some kind of scummy...
at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio
  11/23/17
I think it honestly depends how you look. If you look 28, y...
Well-lubricated vivacious candlestick maker pit
  11/22/17
...
at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio
  11/23/17
(peterman in 8 years)
stirring impertinent bawdyhouse fat ankles
  11/23/17
This is a really depressing hypothetical
lake gaping
  11/23/17
...
Green elastic band
  11/23/17
38 is too old to just be starting out as a biglaw 1st year. ...
opaque thriller stage dingle berry
  11/23/17
and why would he want to be in student loan debt until he is...
lake gaping
  11/23/17
Well, this assumes he's taking on debt. Probably 20-30% of a...
opaque thriller stage dingle berry
  11/23/17
I assume that he wanted to change careers because he wanted ...
lake gaping
  11/23/17
I agree, but most people find day trading risky (even though...
opaque thriller stage dingle berry
  11/23/17
lol you think he’d pay off loans in 2 years?
Big-titted vigorous clown therapy
  11/23/17
good point, I forgot he was going at 35 and graduating at 38...
lake gaping
  11/23/17
I could probably fudge some kind of activist crap
at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio
  11/23/17
i don’t think he grasps what it’ll feel like to do meaningle...
Big-titted vigorous clown therapy
  11/23/17
Like the hour I spent helping a student with his paper?
at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio
  11/23/17
that's less meaningless. in big law you'll probably be ...
lake gaping
  11/23/17
alright man you can only help people that want to help thems...
Big-titted vigorous clown therapy
  11/23/17
you fell for some meta flame
milky lay
  11/23/17
I didn't ask whether I should, just whether I could... but t...
at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio
  11/23/17
whether the question is joining a biglaw firm as a 38 year o...
Big-titted vigorous clown therapy
  11/23/17
Maybe Evan and I could start a firm
at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio
  11/23/17
Sorry peterman.
copper free-loading cuck location
  11/23/17
I'm guessing something like teaching law isn't reasonable
at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio
  11/23/17
Can you cop YLS? If not yeah it’s impossible
amethyst cheese-eating brunch
  11/23/17
that Prozac woman did... I feel like I'm weird enough
at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio
  11/23/17
Just score 180 on the LSAT
amethyst cheese-eating brunch
  11/23/17
don't they waive it for old people?
at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio
  11/23/17
what happens when your big law firm finds your bird stomping...
milky lay
  11/23/17
Conflicted out of Audubon account
at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio
  11/23/17
Wow. Make $175-$300K for ages 38-45 and then make $500K plus...
Racy zombie-like skinny woman
  11/23/17


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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:06 AM
Author: at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio

??

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34736732)



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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:14 AM
Author: Tan gunner

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: at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio

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: Tan gunner

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: filthy point philosopher-king

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: anal dun roast beef trust fund

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: Big-titted vigorous clown therapy

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: Medicated amber ticket booth idiot



(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: amethyst cheese-eating brunch



(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: at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio

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: Big-titted vigorous clown therapy

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: at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio

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: Big-titted vigorous clown therapy

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: at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio

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: lake gaping

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: at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio

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: lake gaping

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: angry hairraiser abode

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: Chocolate Stead

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: amethyst cheese-eating brunch

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: amethyst cheese-eating brunch

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: at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio

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: Well-lubricated vivacious candlestick maker pit

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: at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio



(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: stirring impertinent bawdyhouse fat ankles

(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: lake gaping

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: Green elastic band



(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: opaque thriller stage dingle berry

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757601)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 4:53 PM
Author: lake gaping

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: opaque thriller stage dingle berry

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: lake gaping

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: opaque thriller stage dingle berry

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: Big-titted vigorous clown therapy

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: lake gaping

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: at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio

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: Big-titted vigorous clown therapy

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: at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio

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: lake gaping

that's less meaningless.

in big law you'll probably be reviewing documents for privilege issues for a 29 year old 3rd year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34757699)



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Date: November 23rd, 2017 5:10 PM
Author: Big-titted vigorous clown therapy

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: milky lay

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: at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio

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: Big-titted vigorous clown therapy

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: at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio

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: copper free-loading cuck location

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: at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio

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: amethyst cheese-eating brunch

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: at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio

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: amethyst cheese-eating brunch

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: at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio

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: milky lay

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: at-the-ready crackhouse digit ratio

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: Racy zombie-like skinny woman

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)