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

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maniacal orchestra pit black woman
  11/21/17
Yes, almost as good as a 25 yr old provided you have had a r...
Cracking church
  11/21/17
coming out of academia
maniacal orchestra pit black woman
  11/22/17
You're fine
Cracking church
  11/22/17
I'm 34 and wouldn't go back to law school for less than $3,0...
arousing disgusting main people heaven
  11/22/17
I'd sell back my JD for 500K
exciting gas station
  11/22/17
Are you on drugs? I would honestly choose to amputate two f...
Mind-boggling Property
  11/22/17
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shaky wonderful degenerate
  11/22/17
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medicated indian lodge
  11/22/17
lol try any other profession
maniacal orchestra pit black woman
  11/23/17
you need to figure out a better way to resolve what sounds l...
Mind-boggling Property
  11/23/17
i think you biglawyers are a tad spoiled given your high inc...
maniacal orchestra pit black woman
  11/23/17
i left biglaw after two years because it felt like being per...
Mind-boggling Property
  11/23/17
Try living on 35k working 90 hours a week teaching retards
maniacal orchestra pit black woman
  11/23/17
if this is true, then just learn a trade. plumbers can make...
khaki ticket booth fortuitous meteor
  11/23/17
Actually sort of doing this with real estate photography
maniacal orchestra pit black woman
  11/23/17
just do that then. even if you made biglaw, given the cost ...
khaki ticket booth fortuitous meteor
  11/23/17
Very few tradesmen make 100k LOL especially not a random dom...
Drunken locale corn cake
  11/23/17
this can't be serious
supple bawdyhouse
  11/22/17
I think he is
medicated indian lodge
  11/22/17
Do m7 instead
medicated indian lodge
  11/22/17
oh that's a good idea, might be good for some kind of scummy...
maniacal orchestra pit black woman
  11/23/17
I think it honestly depends how you look. If you look 28, y...
glittery indigo therapy hell
  11/22/17
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maniacal orchestra pit black woman
  11/23/17
(peterman in 8 years)
Electric business firm
  11/23/17
This is a really depressing hypothetical
khaki ticket booth fortuitous meteor
  11/23/17
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azure odious stead private investor
  11/23/17
38 is too old to just be starting out as a biglaw 1st year. ...
Cocky Embarrassed To The Bone Abode
  11/23/17
and why would he want to be in student loan debt until he is...
khaki ticket booth fortuitous meteor
  11/23/17
Well, this assumes he's taking on debt. Probably 20-30% of a...
Cocky Embarrassed To The Bone Abode
  11/23/17
I assume that he wanted to change careers because he wanted ...
khaki ticket booth fortuitous meteor
  11/23/17
I agree, but most people find day trading risky (even though...
Cocky Embarrassed To The Bone Abode
  11/23/17
lol you think he’d pay off loans in 2 years?
Mind-boggling Property
  11/23/17
good point, I forgot he was going at 35 and graduating at 38...
khaki ticket booth fortuitous meteor
  11/23/17
I could probably fudge some kind of activist crap
maniacal orchestra pit black woman
  11/23/17
i don’t think he grasps what it’ll feel like to do meaningle...
Mind-boggling Property
  11/23/17
Like the hour I spent helping a student with his paper?
maniacal orchestra pit black woman
  11/23/17
that's less meaningless. in big law you'll probably be ...
khaki ticket booth fortuitous meteor
  11/23/17
alright man you can only help people that want to help thems...
Mind-boggling Property
  11/23/17
you fell for some meta flame
Comical location
  11/23/17
I didn't ask whether I should, just whether I could... but t...
maniacal orchestra pit black woman
  11/23/17
whether the question is joining a biglaw firm as a 38 year o...
Mind-boggling Property
  11/23/17
Maybe Evan and I could start a firm
maniacal orchestra pit black woman
  11/23/17
Sorry peterman.
cruel-hearted codepig
  11/23/17
I'm guessing something like teaching law isn't reasonable
maniacal orchestra pit black woman
  11/23/17
Can you cop YLS? If not yeah it’s impossible
medicated indian lodge
  11/23/17
that Prozac woman did... I feel like I'm weird enough
maniacal orchestra pit black woman
  11/23/17
Just score 180 on the LSAT
medicated indian lodge
  11/23/17
don't they waive it for old people?
maniacal orchestra pit black woman
  11/23/17
what happens when your big law firm finds your bird stomping...
Comical location
  11/23/17
Conflicted out of Audubon account
maniacal orchestra pit black woman
  11/23/17
Wow. Make $175-$300K for ages 38-45 and then make $500K plus...
Bat Shit Crazy Scarlet Wrinkle Spot
  11/23/17


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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:06 AM
Author: maniacal orchestra pit black woman

??

(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: Cracking church

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: maniacal orchestra pit black woman

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: Cracking church

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: arousing disgusting main people heaven

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: exciting gas station

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: Mind-boggling Property

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: shaky wonderful degenerate



(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: medicated indian lodge



(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: maniacal orchestra pit black woman

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: Mind-boggling Property

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: maniacal orchestra pit black woman

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: Mind-boggling Property

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: maniacal orchestra pit black woman

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: khaki ticket booth fortuitous meteor

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: maniacal orchestra pit black woman

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: khaki ticket booth fortuitous meteor

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: Drunken locale corn cake

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: supple bawdyhouse

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: medicated indian lodge

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: medicated indian lodge

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: maniacal orchestra pit black woman

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: glittery indigo therapy hell

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: maniacal orchestra pit black woman



(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: Electric business firm

(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: khaki ticket booth fortuitous meteor

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: azure odious stead private investor



(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: Cocky Embarrassed To The Bone Abode

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: khaki ticket booth fortuitous meteor

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: Cocky Embarrassed To The Bone Abode

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: khaki ticket booth fortuitous meteor

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: Cocky Embarrassed To The Bone Abode

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: Mind-boggling Property

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: khaki ticket booth fortuitous meteor

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: maniacal orchestra pit black woman

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: Mind-boggling Property

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: maniacal orchestra pit black woman

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: khaki ticket booth fortuitous meteor

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: Mind-boggling Property

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: Comical location

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: maniacal orchestra pit black woman

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: Mind-boggling Property

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: maniacal orchestra pit black woman

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: cruel-hearted codepig

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: maniacal orchestra pit black woman

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: medicated indian lodge

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: maniacal orchestra pit black woman

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: medicated indian lodge

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: maniacal orchestra pit black woman

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: Comical location

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: maniacal orchestra pit black woman

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: Bat Shit Crazy Scarlet Wrinkle Spot

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)