is being a lawyer losing its appeal compared to tech or finance for high achieving students?

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Anonymous wrote:I did well in biglaw. Son is attending now. Entering Law, is, still the best upward mobility vehicle I know of aside from med school, which takes much longer. After clerking, he'll enter DC or New York firms making $246K or better. Yes, he knows how mindboggling boring it can be. He's heard it from me and all of my friends. Itis what it is. But it will get him set financially for life and after being an associate, he can find a better path should he want it. There are many other things that law graduates can do. Many

Only true if you get into T14. Otherwise you won’t even get an interview at most biglaw firms.

True yet T14 is pretty easy to get from yop undergrad.
T14 is the most common destination for law from kids' ivy even averageish 3.8/Lsat 169 kids get into lower T14. Big5 is what the 3.9/171+ chase (Y, H, S, Penn, Chicago). Majority use ED to one of the T14, ivy advises it for most

This is just not true. A 169 on the LSAT makes you a long shot for a T14 regardless of where you go to college. Law schools don’t practice “holistic” admissions the way undergraduate schools do and place a great deal of emphasis on the LSAT — more than anything else. Going to a top undergrad doesn’t get you a pass, especially with a 3.8 GPA. Just google the numbers for the schools. They’re plain to see.

My kid's T10 non ivy has numbers and matriculation lists by GPA and LSAT. T14 definitely happens pretty regularly for the 168-170 group. That is an average LSAT at the school and the average kids get in to T14 there.

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Anonymous wrote:Big law lawyer here of 10+ years. I would never recommend this path to my children. Choose finance or medicine or tech over law every single time and it’s not a close call. Far fewer doctors bankers and product managers say all their sacrifices weren’t worth it. Fewer divorces and alcoholics too.

physician here. have many physician friends. almost no one wants their kids to follow their footsteps.

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Big law wife here. DH busted his ass and we sacrificed early on, but it has paid huge dividends. There was no shortcut and I’m extremely proud of how hard he has worked to provide for our family.