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Is 25-26 "old" for law school?Curious on what people think. My opinion is no since the average age is somewhere like 24-25 (or so I read somewhere) - however for those going at…
... bit intimidated by the youth of most people going, but ... to be a problem because of age.
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... I hear, Big Law prefers people with lots of work experience and ... ! I have definitely heard of folks in mid-30's ... folks want it because of the hours. -
Feel Good Anecdotal Stories of People Getting Accepted into DreamSchools/Big Scholarship MoneyI am sure we all have spent a little too much time poring over the median admission stats for our top choices and studying the spreadsheets of the in…
... I got in with big money at Vanderbilt and George ... the WL at the law school which is normally ... PA. The dean of admissions of the law school was recommending my ... to defer at the law school as well so ... both the law school and the Fels Institute of Government. See ... -
Is 25-26 "old" for law school?Curious on what people think. My opinion is no since the average age is somewhere like 24-25 (or so I read somewhere) - however for those going at…
... went back to work. Big Law is a mixed bag with ... a minus for women (lack of dedication). Take it one ... time - do well in law school and many more options ... to go to Big Law, btw, though many of my friends and ... gone through interviews at big firms in the past. -
Where do you want to go to law school and why?And don't say "because of it's ranking". I'm just curious based on your goals why you're choosing a particular school(s).
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GWU: the number of clinics available for students, the ... as well, a lot of the law firms also do work ... about
NY - well Big Law.... NYU and Columbia would be ... . Also applying to all of the other schools in Philadelphia ... -
Where do you want to go to law school and why?And don't say "because of it's ranking". I'm just curious based on your goals why you're choosing a particular school(s).
University of Texas! I want to stay ... pull at Big Law in the Texas market (a lot of 1L's ... is great), and also because of the Return on Investment, especially ... environment is there. My next big one is Vanderbilt. -
Letters of Rec are almost 5 years old ~So my letters of rec are from January of 2014. I am applying most likely for this cycle or maybe the next. Is it ok to apply with these letters? …
Most of the law schools prefer academic letters of rec and want people ... experience outside of college. So I doubt they have a big problem ... with old letters of rec.
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Letters of Rec are almost 5 years old ~So my letters of rec are from January of 2014. I am applying most likely for this cycle or maybe the next. Is it ok to apply with these letters? …
... /> > Most of the law schools prefer academic letters of rec and want ... outside of college. So I doubt they have a big problem ... with old letters of rec.
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Letters of Rec are almost 5 years old ~So my letters of rec are from January of 2014. I am applying most likely for this cycle or maybe the next. Is it ok to apply with these letters? …
... /> > Most of the law schools prefer academic letters of rec and want ... outside of college. So I doubt they have a big problem ... with old letters of rec.
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What school would you pay sticker for?So in the wait for scores to come out, I have a discussion starter! What school would you pay sticker for? No arguing about others' decisions/…
... everyone knows what kind of law they want to practice, ... of salary range you will possibly have.
Big law ... have to be aware of what the other options ... do not make it into big law. Are you ok with ... $100,000 coming out of law school? If not, then ... -
What school would you pay sticker for?So in the wait for scores to come out, I have a discussion starter! What school would you pay sticker for? No arguing about others' decisions/…
... call attending a top law school a "dividend-paying ... increase for straight-out-of-law-school jobs for the ... place, I think offsets costs of debt.
> < ... t finish paying his law school loans till he ... of sticker at Columbia too. I feel like securing a big law ... -
Chances of getting waitlisted at Northwestern?So I got my score, and although I'm not sad about it, I'm not jumping for joy. My dream school is Northwestern, and my score is one point below the m…
... insight as to my odds of being waitlisted at Northwestern with ... as a paralegal from a big law firm (top 20). I think ... -
Chances of getting waitlisted at Northwestern?So I got my score, and although I'm not sad about it, I'm not jumping for joy. My dream school is Northwestern, and my score is one point below the m…
... insight as to my odds of being waitlisted at Northwestern with ... as a paralegal from a big law firm (top 20). I think ... -
Would anyone like to evaluate my plan for applying to law school? 166 LSAT on 2nd try and 3.78 GPAMy plan is to blanket the T14 schools with no expectations of acceptance. As far as I can tell, my best shot is University of Austin Texas (or #14). …
... problem. Especially with respect to big law.
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Would anyone like to evaluate my plan for applying to law school? 166 LSAT on 2nd try and 3.78 GPAMy plan is to blanket the T14 schools with no expectations of acceptance. As far as I can tell, my best shot is University of Austin Texas (or #14). …
... a very good shot at big law in Texas. They have a ... nationally, but not like many of the other T-14 schools ... -
Early binding decision: Cornell, Berkeley or neither?Background: 163 on LSAT first try, 166 second try, and a 3.78 LSAC GPA. While I realize I'm not in absolutely the best position to get into either…
... > But given the investment of law school, I'm not sure ... . According to Above the Law, the average faculty salary ... something like nearly 90% of law professors are Yale/Harvard/Stanford ... Big law in NYC, Cornell is one of the largest feeders into NYC big law ... -
Pressure from other people to rush to take exam when you need longer to prepareWhat are some tactful responses you have given to friends and family about this? Thanks!
... of life lived as a lawyer. If you were in big law ... this would be from a pre-tax salary of $ ... them a spot in big law before studying the LSAT ... could be financially better (Big Law) or judged as better ... likely to be in big law with your present LSAT ... -
T14 or Bust?Is going to a t100 law school like Syracuse or Buffalo for example worth it? I've been told that if you don't kill the LSAT and get into a top ranked…
... T-14 will open the big law door/equally lucrative door wider ... my first 2 years of undergrad. Most of my closest friends ... Going to the University of Cincinnati School of Law would help me, but ... should receive an extensive amount of scholarship money from them, ... -
T14 or Bust?Is going to a t100 law school like Syracuse or Buffalo for example worth it? I've been told that if you don't kill the LSAT and get into a top ranked…
... of the T14. But it depends. For example, if someone is big law ... not accept anything less than big law, their best option would be ... school for higher chances at big law. Or for example if someone ... -
T14 or Bust?Is going to a t100 law school like Syracuse or Buffalo for example worth it? I've been told that if you don't kill the LSAT and get into a top ranked…
... chance of getting the better big law salary to justify the chance of being ... trapped with a debt of ... shot at big law for the median student.
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T14 or Bust?Is going to a t100 law school like Syracuse or Buffalo for example worth it? I've been told that if you don't kill the LSAT and get into a top ranked…
... very bimodal. You either get big law or something else. For biglaw ... everything else the major concentration of income is in the $40 ... I've researched, the non-big law salary is higher for major ... the national average for non-big law? -
T14 or Bust?Is going to a t100 law school like Syracuse or Buffalo for example worth it? I've been told that if you don't kill the LSAT and get into a top ranked…
... . Any time someone talks about "big law" (wtf is that anyway) I ... way. Gotta remember, a lot of law school hopefuls are prestige chasers ... -
T14 or Bust?Is going to a t100 law school like Syracuse or Buffalo for example worth it? I've been told that if you don't kill the LSAT and get into a top ranked…
... bimodal. You either get big law or something else. For ... everything else the major concentration of income is in the ... the national average for non-big law?
I' ... are not a lot of jobs out there that ... salary inbetween the middle of the two modes. -
T14 or Bust?Is going to a t100 law school like Syracuse or Buffalo for example worth it? I've been told that if you don't kill the LSAT and get into a top ranked…
... life long pay off of a JD at about ... of the bimodal distribution leave out the fact that big law ... s sibling works in big law and many of the cohorts left ... you are in the corporate (law firm) ladder, the more ... had. In the end of the day, one shouldn' ... -
T14 or Bust?Is going to a t100 law school like Syracuse or Buffalo for example worth it? I've been told that if you don't kill the LSAT and get into a top ranked…
... compatible. A significant fraction of lawyers get the high ... carry Big Law sized debt with them. The gains of the ... first group are so big that when ... don't expect the big law salary I would generally ... rather than paying the big law price unless I was ... -
T14 or Bust?Is going to a t100 law school like Syracuse or Buffalo for example worth it? I've been told that if you don't kill the LSAT and get into a top ranked…
... bimodal. You either get big law or something else. For ... else the major concentration of income is in the ... the national average for non-big law?
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& ... are not a lot of jobs out there that ... a salary inbetween the middle of the two modes.
T14 or Bust?Is going to a t100 law school like Syracuse or Buffalo for example worth it? I've been told that if you don't kill the LSAT and get into a top ranked…
... you there. Both because of your debt and because ... with doing most types of that Legal work, then ... think you can get big law but you really want ... drop off with a lot of people going into finance, ... programming or hundreds of other jobs. You know, ...T14 or Bust?Is going to a t100 law school like Syracuse or Buffalo for example worth it? I've been told that if you don't kill the LSAT and get into a top ranked…
... get big law if you are in the top 10-15 percent of ... UH/SMU/Baylor Law which are in ... the top 50 law schools. UT wasn't top ... they placed A LOT of people in big law in Houston and Dallas ... if you go to a law school in the right region ...T14 or Bust?Is going to a t100 law school like Syracuse or Buffalo for example worth it? I've been told that if you don't kill the LSAT and get into a top ranked…
... you there. Both because of your debt and because ... with doing most types of that Legal work, then ... think you can get big law but you really want ... drop off with a lot of people going into finance, ... programming or hundreds of other jobs. You know, ...T14 or Bust?Is going to a t100 law school like Syracuse or Buffalo for example worth it? I've been told that if you don't kill the LSAT and get into a top ranked…
... as advocating for the attendance of lower ranked institutions (which seems ... from what I know of competition in law school, close to ... as advocating for the attendance of lower ranked institutions (which ... may be sufficient to get big law or the LRAP may make ...T14 or Bust?Is going to a t100 law school like Syracuse or Buffalo for example worth it? I've been told that if you don't kill the LSAT and get into a top ranked…
... in getting well paying (possibly big law) employment from bad schools ... the link between analysis of the return on money ... education and the determinants of financial success feel free ... I didn't misrepresent any of your arguments and cherry picking ...
