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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: Citrine fanboi stage ?? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804303&forum_id=2#34736732) |
Date: November 21st, 2017 12:14 AM Author: Indecent contagious national 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: Citrine fanboi stage 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: Indecent contagious national 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: burgundy liquid oxygen 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: Marvelous Office 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: disturbing diverse mediation 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: Cyan Kink-friendly Lay (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: ivory resort yarmulke (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: Citrine fanboi stage 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: disturbing diverse mediation 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: Citrine fanboi stage 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: disturbing diverse mediation 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: Citrine fanboi stage 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: rusted menage 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: Citrine fanboi stage 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: rusted menage 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: judgmental feces 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: cerise bisexual tanning salon pisswyrm 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: ivory resort yarmulke 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: ivory resort yarmulke 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: Citrine fanboi stage 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: metal very tactful temple 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: Citrine fanboi stage (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: Laughsome Useless Personal Credit Line (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: rusted menage 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: Trip School Cafeteria Dog Poop (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: Milky boyish theater stage 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: rusted menage 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: Milky boyish theater stage 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: rusted menage 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: Milky boyish theater stage 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: disturbing diverse mediation 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: rusted menage 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: Citrine fanboi stage 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: disturbing diverse mediation 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: Citrine fanboi stage 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: rusted menage 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: disturbing diverse mediation 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: mind-boggling laser beams 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: Citrine fanboi stage 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: disturbing diverse mediation 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: Citrine fanboi stage 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: Exhilarant heaven 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: Citrine fanboi stage 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: ivory resort yarmulke 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: Citrine fanboi stage 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: ivory resort yarmulke 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: Citrine fanboi stage 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: mind-boggling laser beams 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: Citrine fanboi stage 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: exciting ratface 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) |