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Law School is a sham

West End Deac said:
More "good" news on law schools: https://www.insidehighered.com/news...pete-students-many-may-not-have-admitted-past
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I don't think its a novel concept at this point, but some of these places are just going to have to close. Appalachian with an incoming class of 48!? I'm sure costs in Gundy Va are not that high, but that is unsustainable. Charlotte will be with us until actual reform with the ABA process is accomplished. Meaning, Charlotte is not going anywhere.
 
171 LSAT is always gonna get you looked at in the Top Tier. Anything in the 70s is impressive, its akin to over what, a 1500 on SAT?
 
Go said:
171 LSAT is always gonna get you looked at in the Top Tier. Anything in the 70s is impressive, its akin to over what, a 1500 on SAT?
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171 is 98th percentile. 98th percentile on the SAT is ~750 for reading and writing, ~780 for math most years.
 
TownieDeac said:
171 is 98th percentile. 98th percentile on the SAT is ~750 for reading and writing, ~780 for math most years.
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Thanks, my friend got a 172 and he had a terrible GPA at Wake but he's at a top 10 LS now.
 
The real reform needs to happen with the federal loan programs.
http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/08/the-law-school-scam/375069/

wakelaw13 said:
I don't think its a novel concept at this point, but some of these places are just going to have to close. Appalachian with an incoming class of 48!? I'm sure costs in Gundy Va are not that high, but that is unsustainable. Charlotte will be with us until actual reform with the ABA process is accomplished. Meaning, Charlotte is not going anywhere.
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West End Deac said:
The real reform needs to happen with the federal loan programs.
http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/08/the-law-school-scam/375069/
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Totally agree.

I do have a lot of sympathy for kids who go and cannot find jobs. When I graduated undergrad in 2010, I definitely didn't realize how much the market was struggling. I also had planned the previous four years around going to law school, and as a poli-sci major there wasn't much else to do. I was fortunate to do well on the LSAT, and graduate from Wake with a pretty decent rank, and it has paid off so far. But I understand kids who are about to graduate college and feel they have no other option. I will definitely be advocating for my kids to major in a something more useful than I did.
 
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wakelaw13 said:
Totally agree.

I do have a lot of sympathy for kids who go and cannot find jobs. When I graduated undergrad in 2010, I definitely didn't realize how much the market was struggling. I also had planned the previous four years around going to law school, and as a poli-sci major there wasn't much else to do. I was fortunate to do well on the LSAT, and graduate from Wake with a pretty decent rank, and it has paid off so far. But I understand kids who are about to graduate college and feel they have no other option. I will definitely be advocating for my kids to major in a something more useful than I did.
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You lucked out you were 10 or 11 from law school.
 
wakelaw13 said:
I don't think its a novel concept at this point, but some of these places are just going to have to close. Appalachian with an incoming class of 48!? I'm sure costs in Gundy Va are not that high, but that is unsustainable. Charlotte will be with us until actual reform with the ABA process is accomplished. Meaning, Charlotte is not going anywhere.
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I get a lot of patients from Grundy. We affectionately call it Grungy. It's situated in a valley and the lack of sunlight and coal operations in the area make it feel rugged. It is, however, home of the only two story Wal Mart in the country (so I'm told). There is absolutely no reason to ever be in Grundy unless you or your family are coal miners.

http://www.blueridgemuse.com/node/10957
 
Go said:
Thanks, my friend got a 172 and he had a terrible GPA at Wake but he's at a top 10 LS now.
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This was very similar to me. Not a great GPA but not terrible. Good for Wake but terrible compared to most other schools.

I had a very interesting application cycle based on those numbers. I also applied in '05-'06 which was an extremely competitive period.
 
I've decided to not be a little bitch and make my own route with this law school game. Took and internship at the state Capitol this semester and am now shooting to be a lobbyist. I feel like most kids that aren't getting jobs don't do anything to address it before they graduate.
 
Manifest Destiny said:
I've decided to not be a little bitch and make my own route with this law school game. Took and internship at the state Capitol this semester and am now shooting to be a lobbyist. I feel like most kids that aren't getting jobs don't do anything to address it before they graduate.
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OMG, you'd be a fantastic lobbyist. For whatever. Awesome.
 
Manifest Destiny said:
Thank you sir. I think it's going to be awesome. You'd love state government, it is exactly like Youth and Gov but with crazy adults.
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I was rewarded, for personally getting N.A. elected as Youth Governor (as his campaign manager) with a pronographic film on VHS. I proceeded to haze a freshman cross country kid by making him wear it around his neck for the duration of a Wilmington trip. He later went on to make the mile finals at ACCs for State. Y&G is one of my greatest high school memories. I still have a bunch of pictures of us posing with statues all around town.
 
wakephan09 said:
I was rewarded, for personally getting N.A. elected as Youth Governor (as his campaign manager) with a pronographic film on VHS. I proceeded to haze a freshman cross country kid by making him wear it around his neck for the duration of a Wilmington trip. He later went on to make the mile finals at ACCs for State. Y&G is one of my greatest high school memories. I still have a bunch of pictures of us posing with statues all around town.
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That is hilarious. Cross country peeps always did a solid amount of hazing. I'd be curious to know if Tabor still runs the Y&G
scene these days. We had a 400+ delegation my senior year.
 
Manifest Destiny said:
That is hilarious. Cross country peeps always did a solid amount of hazing. I'd be curious to know if Tabor still runs the Y&G
scene these days. We had a 400+ delegation my senior year.
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I dated a Y&G person both my junior and senior years. The senior one was a Salem girl (whom you definitely know -- another heiress to the KK dynasty). Hamrick convinced me to break up with her, just like he did for no fewer than three of my other high school girlfriends.
 
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