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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP again: I went to one of the fanciest law schools. Top five in the country. Most people graduating went to big firms - I came from what I thought was an UMC background but learned there that I was actually a hayseed; I didn't have parents footing my law school bill and I didn't even know what a big law firm was when I started law school. I tried biglaw for a year and hated it, and have earned a very very modest income ever since. No kids, didn't buy a house until I was in my 40s, because them's the breaks.

Anyway, I remember our career guidance person giving a big talk one time about how if you didn't have someone paying for law school, and weren't there on a scholarship, you probably shouldn't be there. I was't in either of those situations. Here I am, 18 years later, stil paying off my loans - but one day they'll be gone, hopefully before I'm 50.

We make choices. Sometimes dumb choices. Sometimes choices that affect how we live for the rest of our lives. 
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I also went to a Top-5 law school.  You sound very naive or fragile for not sticking it out in biglaw for more than 1 year.  You're still paying off your loans 18 years later?  Most of my friends from law school paid off their loans within 2-4 years of graduation, as did I, by just grinding away in biglaw.  During law school, I didn't know anyone whose parents were footing the bill, nor do I think there were many "scholarships" for law school. [/quote]

All that grinding seems to have done wonders for your disposition. I went to a top law school as well and many people had rich parents who paid for law school or helped out in other ways (buying an apartment or at least down payment on a house).[/quote]

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