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is penn at sticker financial suicide?
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Date: May 7th, 2013 1:26 PM Author: Stirring cobalt ratface For a urm with a couple years of work experience
I'm guessing big law 1l and 2l shouldn't be TOO hard to acquire, so some of that would help with loans
Thoughts?
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Date: May 7th, 2013 1:28 PM Author: abnormal black woman Any other options? Any money from Cornell, UVA, or Duke? Do you really want to be a lawyer?
Coming out of Penn, you'd have a very good chance of getting a biglaw job, but at sticker you'd be working years just to break even. Which is pointless if you don't want to be a lawyer. As a URM with work experience and enough brains to get into Penn, you should be able to do better in another field IMO |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 1:37 PM Author: Stirring cobalt ratface I'm a liberal arts shit head working an entry level gov type gig. Ideally I'd like to biglaw -> agency I'm at now as a lawyer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2249631&forum_id=2#23150941) |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 1:45 PM Author: Arousing Nofapping Chapel 10 yr pslf is good. trick is actually getting that job. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2249631&forum_id=2#23150978) |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 1:57 PM Author: Stirring cobalt ratface Lawyers start at 100k+ there. Would I still be eligible? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2249631&forum_id=2#23151046) |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 2:40 PM Author: crimson thirsty striped hyena boltzmann "As a URM with... enough brains to get into Penn..."
URMs get into HLS with 164s. What do you think it takes for a URM to get into Penn? 159?
One with WE too? 155?
"What else will these thousands of students who have been discouraged from attending law school do? Where will they find a more fulfilling career? They’re not all going to be doctors or investment bankers, nor should they." |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 1:33 PM Author: dashing obsidian goal in life federal loans are free money. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2249631&forum_id=2#23150922) |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 1:35 PM Author: Wonderful shaky reading party resort financial and actual suicide (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2249631&forum_id=2#23150934) |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 1:56 PM Author: thriller ultramarine wrinkle range its a bad idea if you're currently unemployed. it's an absolutely terrible idea if you currently have any sort of white collar job. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2249631&forum_id=2#23151037) |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 1:59 PM Author: Deep mad cow disease point Isn't Penn almost like CCN Biglaw % levels?
Penn URM sounds pretty good to me |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 1:59 PM Author: Blathering chocolate theater stage You forgot the part where he has to last in Biglaw for 4+ years to pay off 300k of debt. (Maybe 275k if he can put his 1L/2L cash towards it) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2249631&forum_id=2#23151056) |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 2:00 PM Author: thriller ultramarine wrinkle range he also forgot the part where he has to live like a bum and sit through class/study for exams for three years. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2249631&forum_id=2#23151064) |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 2:02 PM Author: Deep mad cow disease point What else is he gonna do? BIGMCDONALDS or BIGWELFARE? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2249631&forum_id=2#23151071) |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 2:02 PM Author: Blathering chocolate theater stage Tbf a URM may have a good shot at good nonlaw options like second tier consulting. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2249631&forum_id=2#23151078) |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 2:16 PM Author: abnormal black woman Yeah, especially if he cops dat Wharton certificate. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2249631&forum_id=2#23151176) |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 2:04 PM Author: cream galvanic rigor mediation keep his gov job with infinite stability and assured upward mobility since he's a URM (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2249631&forum_id=2#23151093) |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 2:20 PM Author: Stirring cobalt ratface I'd have to go get a master's at some point if I wanted any kind of meaningful promotion.
So one way or another I'm going to be going to graduate school. I actually want to be a lawyer, too. I'd rather do law school than master's in "x" |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 2:42 PM Author: crimson thirsty striped hyena boltzmann A directly relevant Master's, an MBA, or will any do? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2249631&forum_id=2#23151340) |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 2:02 PM Author: Stirring cobalt ratface Yep, penn ranked #1 in the atl employment rankings
So take that as you will |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 2:02 PM Author: Painfully honest stage Probably not. But best case scenario is you are back to zero 7 years from now after 3 years of LS and 4 years of 70 hr weeks at biglaw. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2249631&forum_id=2#23151077) |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 2:05 PM Author: sexy olive corner dont forget where they kill your dog and break into your house to steal things (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2249631&forum_id=2#23151097) |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 2:09 PM Author: comical bistre death wish heaven I wouldn't recommend it. Although pretty much all employment data I have seen indicates that Penn is significantly underrated. I would take Penn at sticker over overpriced NYC shitholes like NYC and Columbia for sure. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2249631&forum_id=2#23151125) |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 2:10 PM Author: abnormal black woman Not sure about Columbia, but yeah I think Penn over NYU is a no-brainer these days. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2249631&forum_id=2#23151139) |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 2:09 PM Author: territorial cruise ship gaping State college is ridiculously cheap so at least your living expenses will be low. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2249631&forum_id=2#23151130) |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 2:09 PM Author: Deep mad cow disease point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2249631&forum_id=2#23151132) |
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Date: May 7th, 2013 2:20 PM Author: Underhanded medicated field tough call with the football scandal but i think it's ultimately worth the experience. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2249631&forum_id=2#23151208) |