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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm wondering about this--how much is your future trajectory impacted (in this day and age) if you don't do particularly well in college?
Med school is almost definitely out (baring some really unusual extenuating circumstance). Is law school? Grad school in other disciplines?
How much does this impact job opportunities?
I know this is a very broad question (and of course varies by college) but any thoughts?
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It's been some time now, but my anecdotal experience re law school - I graduated with less than a 3.5 from a regional liberal arts school in the 1990s - even had a D and/or C on my transcript.  Didn't matter for first job or second (not applying to McKinsey or CIA but still starter-level admin jobs) - applied to law school a few years out - scored 164 (or in that range - hard to recall) on LSAT.  Got accepted at a Top 100 law school and waitlisted at Top tier.  Got significant scholarships for Tier 3 and 4.  Took full scholarship at lower-level school and graduated top of my class - which translated into an offer from a top tier law firm.  It all worked out.  Test scores are absolutely key if you don't have stellar grades.

The avenues that I think closed to me because of the above - feeder clerkships (probably could have clerked somewhere other than DC or NY but that wasn't feasible at the time) - which translates into more opportunities down the road including ease of making partner and getting into various govt agencies.[/quote]

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