You want a "creative job" and think law school is the answer? That's not how it works.

Dude- relax. I was in the same boat, but worked hard at every job I landed then "fell into" my current job. Twenty-two years later I still love my job (not what I trained for in college) and enjoy work everyday. You will find your way and yes you are only 25!

Anonymous wrote:Peace Corps then grad program when you get back.

+1 The few people I know who work in international development all were in the Peace Corps.

Anonymous wrote:Tuition free? Look at his grades

Yes, tuition free. As an urm with a 178 LSAT? No question.

Did you take a gap year or two? 25 is on the older side to have just graduated with a BA, especially from a prestigious school.

Don't get an MPP/MPA until you have actually done substantial work in that field and decided you enjoy it. In fact, I would not waste time/money applying to graduate school until you have significant work experience (I would say at five years).

In the meantime, you do what the rest of us did: you work entry level jobs, and you do a good job. You use that knowledge and experience to get a better job, or go to graduate school.

Stick with your campaign job. It will give you a lot of exposure for networking, and a lot of experience very quickly. And it's a ton of fun for a 20-something.

If your candidate loses your state, but doesn't pull out, there may be an opportunity to go to a different state. Take that opportunity. If your candidate pulls out, you will probably be able to move to a different candidate or the national committee. After the general election, there will be a lot of churn in DC. Sign up for Brad Traverse and start applying for lower-level association, non-profit, or maybe Hill jobs.

Good luck!

I agree you'd likely get into some top-14 schools, and probably other top-tiers with full tuition scholarships. I would go ahead and go to law school if you can do so top-tier and tuition-free.

Honestly, as an URM with a high LSAT, you'll probably get into some T-14 schools. But don't go if you aren't confident you'll get much much better grades than you did in college. If you do poorly in law school, you'll be exactly where you are now, only older and $200,000 in debt.

- someone who works at a T-14 school

Law schools are very stingy with scholarship money.

I think borrowing money for law school with already owing 30k would be q huge mistake.

Anonymous wrote:Tuition free? Look at his grades

He's URM. That plus a high LSAT? Yeah, he'll get scholarship $$.

Peace Corps then grad program when you get back.

Tuition free? Look at his grades

If I were you I'd study for the lsat, ace it (you're pretty close already) and then go to a t14 for free. Why not? You don't have to practice if you don't want to and you'll graduate debt free having had three years to spend thinking about what you really wanna do.

You're a super splitter. If you really are interested in law school try to turn your campaign job into something permanent and then pair that with your LSAT and you'll get into Georgetown, Northwestern, etc.

Otherwise, go meditate? I'd be pretty upset if my DS/DD was in this situation.

Since you are under 26, look into interning in the World Bank. Ask your currently employers how they can help you get your foot in the door. They are cutting positions but there are still hundreds of entry level positions.

Following up on pp, also look into speechwriting. Hard to get into but less pedigree oriented (for the most part). At the very least, grad school wasn't a prerequisite for being successful (at least, for me).