Is law school worth it if I go to a top 14 school with a full ride? Or should I just continue pursuing a career in IB?
I feel IB salaries aren't what they used to be. I don't hear about anyone making 6 figures in their first year anymore. Big banks know they don't have to pay kids a lot (even if they could -- banks are having a tough time regardless of what their quarterlies say), and botiques rarely paid 6 figures to begin with.
I'm thinking about memeing the system and becoming an M&A lawyer. That way I work less and get paid by the hour, rather than being a slave for 100hr/week for a fixed salary and unknown bonus.
Nolan Martinez
Trump is dismantling Dodd Frank and deregulating the industry. Staying on the IB path may be worth while to ride the new wave of growth.
Oliver Lewis
>m&a lawyer >not working 100+ hours a week on weeks when deals are on the table
Pick one.
Also, what'd you make on the LSAT and how many people do you actually know in the investment banking business? Those two answers should dictate what direction you take.
Kevin Howard
Law school is only worth it if you have family in already in law.
Otherwise, you're going to be working your ass off for peanuts as you pay off your massive debt as you watch the boss at every firm you're in bring in his fresh out of school son on as a partner.
Joshua Watson
Work in corporate finance. Cushy as hell, high wage growth, and everyone outside the business community will assume you work in IB anyway. Finance is all the same to women. First year out of college I earned $66k and put $25k in the market. Only worked 35 hours most weeks.
Honest recc to anyone in college is to search for FLDP positions on Google and then spam LinkedIn to get the position.
Landon Edwards
Law and banking firms sound like institutionalising cuckery to me, why don't you do something that that contributes positively to society or at least something interesting?
Ethan Torres
LSAT: 167 People I know in IB: maybe 5 important people, plus 20+ analysts
I feel like each metric is really average. My LSAT is just the bare minimum I need to get into many of the lower-half of the T14. Like I said, I would be doing a full-ride T14 program, so debt's no issue.
Luis Murphy
That's a laughable LSAT score. You won't be on full-scholarship to a T14 with that. Go for IB, seems like you have better prospects with that lane. Best of luck man!
Colton Parker
>laughable
It's the median LSAT of Georgetown, and just under the median of the most of the other T14. And I have a GPA that's at median or above the 75th for most of the T14. I also have a middle-eastern background that I cannot wait to exploit for "muh diversity" sympathy.
Do you go on LSN? You'd see a lot of kids with my stats and much worse getting full rides to the lower T14. I sure as shit ain't trying for Harvard with this score hombre.
Samuel Scott
your middle-eastern background doesn't mean jack shit you're not a URM. the LSN people getting full rides off of sub-170s are AA, NA, MA
also, M&A lawyers don't get paid by the hour lolll
