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I read the Hillbilly Elegy book in about 2018, and found it really compelling.  I was struck by how bad of a childhood a person could have in America (Kentucky and Cincinatti, OH), as I truly did not realize things could be that bad.  (I grew up in a nice midwestern city and had a very nice childhood, and figured everyone else had a similar childhood.)

JD Vance was smart to apply to Yale Law School.  I know that law schools had been somewhat criticized for not taking enough veterans, and Vance had 4 years in the Marines.  And also, I think JD Vance has a high aptitude (made it through college in 3 years and then did well on the LSAT).  So I think that Yale Law School took a chance on him.  It's very hard to get admitted there, and he managed to do it.  That was a huge crucial milestone in his trajectory.

Typically, YLS graduates (only 200 each year) can get jobs in top law firms.  (I went to a similar law school, and pretty much all graduates are able to get good jobs.)  I was surprised that he went the VC route, as I did not see that in my law school, but I'm also 10 years older than Vance, and maybe VC is a thing now with law school graduates at top schools.

If you watched TV interviews that he did after the book was published, Vance seemed a bit shy and not confident.  He seemed kind of surprised by the attention his book was getting.[/quote]

You have no idea what he scored on the LSAT. You don’t even know his ACT or SAT score. And his memoir and movie were fiction.[/quote]

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