Alternatives to law school
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Anonymous
| If your daughter's impression of the practice of law is that attorneys argue and talk with people, she should get some exposure to the field of law. |
Anonymous
| Ones going in such fields are after purpose, ambition and prestige, not dollars and cents. If you are interested in money, add a lucrative minor and go into finance or consulting. IR doesn't limit smart students, specially ones from top colleges. Ones not going far are limited by ability, not by their major. |
Anonymous
| If you want IR related fields AND make load of money, enjoy meaningful work for 5-10 years, gain experience, then move to private sector. |
Anonymous
| If you daughter is into money, consider used car sales. |
Anonymous
| Consulting or Pharmaceutical sales or Tech sales |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
\ To add, the lowest of law schools is the very same equivalent! |
Anonymous
But can you get into it with a poly sci degree? |
Anonymous
|
Work a couple of years at Enterprise rent-a-car.
They like college grads. |
Anonymous
+1 this sounds like what a 5yo thinks a lawyer does. |
Anonymous
| If she goes to a good college and get good grades, a lot of big law firms hire college grads as paralegals. They make decent $ and can actually see how attorneys live and work. If in a couple of years she decides this life is not for her, it's fairly easy to move into an administrative law firm role from that position. |
Anonymous
| Teaching / education? |
Anonymous
| Just want to point out that the road to foreign service officer jobs is also highly competitive, many people get grad degrees, and it is more than a little bit of travel it is living outside the country for years at a time. Great job but an applicant needs to be focused and on the ball. Not a fallback job. |
Anonymous
| Mortgage broker or title agent? I also agree with the PP who said car sales. |
Anonymous
| Peace Corps |