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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: HoyaSaxa03 on May 19, 2005, 04:06:00 pm
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well, i was getting ready for a move up to NYC to attend brooklyn law school next fall, when i got the call off the waitlist from american.
so you have their admissions officers to blame for me sticking around here for a few more years ...
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funny, that. i just made the quite-clever decision to tell all my schools that i'm not coming. to any of them.
i figured going $120K into debt to get a job less exciting and that pays less than i make now wasn't a wise decision.
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
well, i was getting ready for a move up to NYC to attend brooklyn law school next fall, when i got the call off the waitlist from american.
so you have their admissions officers to blame for me sticking around here for a few more years ...
well now that you will be an eagle can you take the damn Hoya out of your name?
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
i figured going $120K into debt to get a job less exciting and that pays less than i make now wasn't a wise decision.
I have no opinion on the wiseness of your decision, though I'm puzzled that it appears you only have one job option coming out of law school. I know JDs with all SORTS of jobs, many quite fascinating and exciting, and several very well paid. (Though I will admit that the pay and the excitement level often seem to be at odds...)
Why did you apply to several schools -- did your perception or understanding of job opportunities change since you paid all those application fees?
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
well, i was getting ready for a move up to NYC to attend brooklyn law school next fall, when i got the call off the waitlist from american.
so you have their admissions officers to blame for me sticking around here for a few more years ...
No ivy league for you
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heh, one of my friends is going to brooklyn next year, hopefully. sounds like a nice place
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I've been to brooklyn...it sucks!
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Originally posted by Bags:
I know JDs with all SORTS of jobs, many quite fascinating and exciting,
Thank you, Bags.
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Originally posted by Bags:
Why did you apply to several schools -- did your perception or understanding of job opportunities change since you paid all those application fees?
yes.
i actually talked to several people that do what i thought i wanted to do, and discovered that it was horrible.
as in, terribly boring.
as in, the job i would want all of 10 people in the us have and all of them went to top 3 schools. i didn't get into top 3 schools.
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Congrats, Chimbly, for researching and making an informed decision. One of my pet peeves is folks who go to law school for no apparent reason other than it's a 'logical next step' in their education -- it's a hell of a commitment to make when you're really just not sure what you want to do now that you've graduated from undergrad. I think there should be a mandatory two-year waiting period before folks go back for law school. In a perfect world, they'd all have to work at a law firm as well, but it's true that are lots of cool jobs outside of the helatious firm world (as attractive as that money is with $150K of debt hanging over your head). Still, at least you'd know the worst you may have to deal with...
Inevitably I've done the opposite. I have a lawyer's job (that I love) but without the JD. ;)
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
the job i would want all of 10 people in the us have and all of them went to top 3 schools.
They probably don't have time to hang out on this board all day either, which is the first thing I ask every potential employer.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
They probably don't have time to hang out on this board all day either
people have jobs like that? poor souls
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Originally posted by general grievous:
well now that you will be an eagle can you take the damn Hoya out of your name?
hell no!