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

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drunken soul-stirring regret menage
  11/21/17
Yes, almost as good as a 25 yr old provided you have had a r...
Godawful scarlet parlor trump supporter
  11/21/17
coming out of academia
drunken soul-stirring regret menage
  11/22/17
You're fine
Godawful scarlet parlor trump supporter
  11/22/17
I'm 34 and wouldn't go back to law school for less than $3,0...
Ivory Death Wish Sweet Tailpipe
  11/22/17
I'd sell back my JD for 500K
frisky cowardly useless brakes
  11/22/17
Are you on drugs? I would honestly choose to amputate two f...
Fear-inspiring Hell
  11/22/17
...
Hideous soggy public bath
  11/22/17
...
Passionate cheese-eating therapy office
  11/22/17
lol try any other profession
drunken soul-stirring regret menage
  11/23/17
you need to figure out a better way to resolve what sounds l...
Fear-inspiring Hell
  11/23/17
i think you biglawyers are a tad spoiled given your high inc...
drunken soul-stirring regret menage
  11/23/17
i left biglaw after two years because it felt like being per...
Fear-inspiring Hell
  11/23/17
Try living on 35k working 90 hours a week teaching retards
drunken soul-stirring regret menage
  11/23/17
if this is true, then just learn a trade. plumbers can make...
Chocolate lettuce background story
  11/23/17
Actually sort of doing this with real estate photography
drunken soul-stirring regret menage
  11/23/17
just do that then. even if you made biglaw, given the cost ...
Chocolate lettuce background story
  11/23/17
Very few tradesmen make 100k LOL especially not a random dom...
Arrogant insanely creepy becky
  11/23/17
this can't be serious
Motley Rebellious Chad
  11/22/17
I think he is
Passionate cheese-eating therapy office
  11/22/17
Do m7 instead
Passionate cheese-eating therapy office
  11/22/17
oh that's a good idea, might be good for some kind of scummy...
drunken soul-stirring regret menage
  11/23/17
I think it honestly depends how you look. If you look 28, y...
Jet twinkling uncleanness quadroon
  11/22/17
...
drunken soul-stirring regret menage
  11/23/17
(peterman in 8 years)
Marvelous meetinghouse masturbator
  11/23/17
This is a really depressing hypothetical
Chocolate lettuce background story
  11/23/17
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crusty clear clown
  11/23/17
38 is too old to just be starting out as a biglaw 1st year. ...
Beady-eyed address
  11/23/17
and why would he want to be in student loan debt until he is...
Chocolate lettuce background story
  11/23/17
Well, this assumes he's taking on debt. Probably 20-30% of a...
Beady-eyed address
  11/23/17
I assume that he wanted to change careers because he wanted ...
Chocolate lettuce background story
  11/23/17
I agree, but most people find day trading risky (even though...
Beady-eyed address
  11/23/17
lol you think he’d pay off loans in 2 years?
Fear-inspiring Hell
  11/23/17
good point, I forgot he was going at 35 and graduating at 38...
Chocolate lettuce background story
  11/23/17
I could probably fudge some kind of activist crap
drunken soul-stirring regret menage
  11/23/17
i don’t think he grasps what it’ll feel like to do meaningle...
Fear-inspiring Hell
  11/23/17
Like the hour I spent helping a student with his paper?
drunken soul-stirring regret menage
  11/23/17
that's less meaningless. in big law you'll probably be ...
Chocolate lettuce background story
  11/23/17
alright man you can only help people that want to help thems...
Fear-inspiring Hell
  11/23/17
you fell for some meta flame
Chest-beating Sticky People Who Are Hurt
  11/23/17
I didn't ask whether I should, just whether I could... but t...
drunken soul-stirring regret menage
  11/23/17
whether the question is joining a biglaw firm as a 38 year o...
Fear-inspiring Hell
  11/23/17
Maybe Evan and I could start a firm
drunken soul-stirring regret menage
  11/23/17
Sorry peterman.
gaped costumed institution
  11/23/17
I'm guessing something like teaching law isn't reasonable
drunken soul-stirring regret menage
  11/23/17
Can you cop YLS? If not yeah it’s impossible
Passionate cheese-eating therapy office
  11/23/17
that Prozac woman did... I feel like I'm weird enough
drunken soul-stirring regret menage
  11/23/17
Just score 180 on the LSAT
Passionate cheese-eating therapy office
  11/23/17
don't they waive it for old people?
drunken soul-stirring regret menage
  11/23/17
what happens when your big law firm finds your bird stomping...
Chest-beating Sticky People Who Are Hurt
  11/23/17
Conflicted out of Audubon account
drunken soul-stirring regret menage
  11/23/17
Wow. Make $175-$300K for ages 38-45 and then make $500K plus...
Sienna sickened property faggot firefighter
  11/23/17


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Date: November 21st, 2017 12:06 AM
Author: drunken soul-stirring regret menage

??

(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: Godawful scarlet parlor trump supporter

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: drunken soul-stirring regret menage

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: Godawful scarlet parlor trump supporter

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: Ivory Death Wish Sweet Tailpipe

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: frisky cowardly useless brakes

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: Fear-inspiring Hell

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: Hideous soggy public bath



(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: Passionate cheese-eating therapy office



(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: drunken soul-stirring regret menage

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: Fear-inspiring Hell

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: drunken soul-stirring regret menage

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: Fear-inspiring Hell

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: drunken soul-stirring regret menage

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: Chocolate lettuce background story

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: drunken soul-stirring regret menage

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: Chocolate lettuce background story

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: Arrogant insanely creepy becky

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: Motley Rebellious Chad

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: Passionate cheese-eating therapy office

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: Passionate cheese-eating therapy office

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: drunken soul-stirring regret menage

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: Jet twinkling uncleanness quadroon

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: drunken soul-stirring regret menage



(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: Marvelous meetinghouse masturbator

(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: Chocolate lettuce background story

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: crusty clear clown



(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: Beady-eyed address

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: Chocolate lettuce background story

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: Beady-eyed address

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: Chocolate lettuce background story

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: Beady-eyed address

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: Fear-inspiring Hell

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: Chocolate lettuce background story

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: drunken soul-stirring regret menage

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: Fear-inspiring Hell

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: drunken soul-stirring regret menage

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: Chocolate lettuce background story

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: Fear-inspiring Hell

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: Chest-beating Sticky People Who Are Hurt

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: drunken soul-stirring regret menage

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: Fear-inspiring Hell

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: drunken soul-stirring regret menage

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: gaped costumed institution

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: drunken soul-stirring regret menage

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: Passionate cheese-eating therapy office

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: drunken soul-stirring regret menage

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: Passionate cheese-eating therapy office

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: drunken soul-stirring regret menage

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: Chest-beating Sticky People Who Are Hurt

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: drunken soul-stirring regret menage

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: Sienna sickened property faggot firefighter

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)