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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to an Ivy.  I came from a lower middle class background and bad high school; college was so hard and depressing, as I was so unprepared and had to make up for 12 years of subpar education in less than 4.

[b]If I have gone to law school, I very well could have gone to some low ranked school, and I likely would have no idea that it mattered or that it was a bad idea. My mom would have been thrilled, an attorney in the family! It wasn’t like my classmates and I talked about BigLaw incomes vs sht law or what not. We chased girls and drank beer and crammed for tests. A lawyer was a lawyer as I knew.[/b] [/quote]

What kind of Ivy did you go to where no one ever worried about getting into the most prestigious law/ other grad schools?? Because I went to a school that is not an Ivy, but still in the top 25, and we were ALL very much aware that law school ranking matters A LOT in terms of employment options. I felt like most people were aiming for the law school at our university, or somewhere ranked higher than that. Going to a law school that was ranked lower than the (T14) law school at my undergrad university was widely considered to be a disappointment.[/quote]

[b]Would be way more impressed if more Ivy Leaguers were anxious about using their advantages in life to do good rather than gain admission to T14 law school [/b]… if you can’t do good, at least be funny like Conan O’Brien (Harvard), the comedic genius. I would be so disappointed in my children if they attend an Ivy and do not seek to use their education to help others in whatever way they can.
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You know that public interest law is a thing, right? And that T14 schools have the best loan forgiveness programs for people who want to "use their education to help others in whatever way they can"? Sounds like you need to get a clue before you judge your children or anyone else.[/quote]

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