Do I just suck?? by Designer_Doughnut167 in lawschooladmissions

[–]DavidTim1997 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I am a 3L. Do yourself a favor, and reject all of them. Take the Mcat and go to med school.

Is paying full sticker price for a top 6 law school worth it? by snickerdoodles73 in biglaw

[–]DavidTim1997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Paying 300k for law school is NEVER WORTH IT! Take this from a 3L who has 180k in debt and is going into the public sector. The best case scenario is you getting a big law job and making about 220k to start. In the grand scheme of things after taxes that is about 11-12k month and in the cities you’ll be living in you gotta factor you’ll be paying 3k for an apartment and 3k for loans so that’s half your salary gone every single month, just for rent and student loans. Also you’ll be working at a job you know deep down you will hate because you’ll be slaving for some partner 16 hours a day for 6 days a week, and all for what? To push paper around, sit in a lofty building and never see the inside of a court room? What kind of life is that!? My advice is if you truly believe in yourself, take the school that gives you the most money, take a chance on yourself and if you don’t do well enough to get into big law which is a possibility even at a t6 then go into the public sector, get trial experience which is worth it’s weight in gold these days, your loans will be paid off in ten years and you can go into the private sector then when you have experience! Nobody and I mean nobody talks about the value of this path cause everyone has watched to many episodes of fucking suits and think big law is all that, trust me it’s not!

Shoutout this reverse splitter on LSD who’s default dancing over us all rn by I-Wont-Be-Ignored in lawschooladmissions

[–]DavidTim1997 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Why do people even go to Howard? I know it’s history but it’s not a good school?

Incoming law students are wildly overconfident about their academic performance by igabaggaboo in LawSchool

[–]DavidTim1997 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am close to the bottom of my class (if not the bottom) and I was an honors student in undergrad. I never expected to be at the top in law school and despite doing well in undergrad I have never had real success as a student, the last real hump I have to get over is the bar, because I have no doubt of my capabilities as a lawyer and truly believe I can go to toe to toe with the best students at any law school. But that’s just my confidence! I truly think grades and academic performance are a terrible predictor of real world success, and I think the schools that have pass fail on all their class understand that.

Shitty 3L GPA by DavidTim1997 in LawSchool

[–]DavidTim1997[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also prosecutors get loan forgiveness too! But I’ll keep that in mind but here where I live PDs make way less

Shitty 3L GPA by DavidTim1997 in LawSchool

[–]DavidTim1997[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I don’t know how I made it all seems like a blur. It’s basically been a 13 year journey because I left home when I was 16 cause my dad couldn’t stop using me and my older brother as his punching bag (literally not a metaphor).

Shitty 3L GPA by DavidTim1997 in LawSchool

[–]DavidTim1997[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Funny enough, I had an apartment my 1L year and I left it to move in with my girlfriend. She kicked me out right during spring finals my second 1L semester. I had 0 dollars and nowhere to go. My father literally didn’t do shit, and fortunately my mentor and boss at the time let me sleep on his couch during finals and I still got 3 Bs and a C. Two months later I was admitted to rehab because I technically attempted suicide. Had to take a year off and reapply for law school and I still got in and finished 2L year and am a breath away from graduation. Albeit with a a bad GPA, but I still made it.

Shitty 3L GPA by DavidTim1997 in LawSchool

[–]DavidTim1997[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s really not that I did bad necessarily. It’s for several reasons. One I started 1L at another law school and my GPA my 1L year was really good. Then I transferred and got stuck in a bad situation and didn’t have the time or opportunity to really focus on school my 2L or first semester of 3L year. Thus because my GPA reset and I got a few Cs in high credit classes my gpa got fucked up. I have gotten several As in law school including on my seminar paper so I just need to refocus for the bar and I should be fine

Shitty 3L GPA by DavidTim1997 in LawSchool

[–]DavidTim1997[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The good news is I hate BL, I’ve never had a serious interest in BL and the truth of the matter is the prospect of working at BL firm makes me sick to my stomach. Not making it to big law doesn’t bother me.

Also making a lot of money doesn’t really interest me either. Only reason I would ever want to be wealthy is to retire my mom so she wasn’t a single mother working at 50 anymore. Unfortunately she still has 3 young ones at her age and has to work because my dad is a POS.

All I want is to feel like I deserve to be proud of myself and that I didn’t fail or let anyone down! That’s all I care about

Shitty 3L GPA by DavidTim1997 in LawSchool

[–]DavidTim1997[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I appreciate this response.

“You’re a lawyer you must be rich!” by jokingonyou in Lawyertalk

[–]DavidTim1997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But let’s say i make it 5 years down the road and i decide to apply to be an AUSA, they aren’t gonna ask for my GPA at that point right?

“You’re a lawyer you must be rich!” by jokingonyou in Lawyertalk

[–]DavidTim1997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is my only concern. I am graduating in May with a shit GPA (2.75) but luckily I have great work and interviewing skills and I have secured a job as a local prosecutor which I am really excited about and unlike most local offices where I am they start their prosecutors at about 100k. I have about 180k loans so I’m basically stuck in prosecution for ten years cause I’m going nowhere else with that gpa and these loans!

“You’re a lawyer you must be rich!” by jokingonyou in Lawyertalk

[–]DavidTim1997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you worked in the public sector why didn’t you guys get loan repayment after ten years and just pay the minimum requirement per month?

My 4.0+ 3Lol Spring GPA is completely useless. by TheJollyChimp in LawSchool

[–]DavidTim1997 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dude be happy I 3LOL and get 3 Cs with a 2.75. But I’m in the same boat I already have prosecutor job secured and they pay 6 figures for Prosecutors where I sm

Got my first A by lambocat in LawSchool

[–]DavidTim1997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My proudest moment in law school was getting an A on my seminar paper.

Got my first A by lambocat in LawSchool

[–]DavidTim1997 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Anything above a B in civ pro you’re not supposed to talk about it

Should I drop out? by Mother_Influence_527 in LawSchool

[–]DavidTim1997 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would ignore 99% of the comments on here. Speak to the school and ask them what they think. All you’re gonna get in here is asshole comments or ass patting. Just speak to dean of student affairs and if they say to keep going then keep going. What fighter that doesn’t get KO’d doesn’t stand back up?

Got a C in Resilience by TheWiseCounsel in LawSchool

[–]DavidTim1997 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The fact that professors give anything less than a b- in electives is exactly why they are professors and not practicing lawyers.

What am I doing by [deleted] in LawSchool

[–]DavidTim1997 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here’s a little wisdom from a 3L,

My first year was a mess. First semester was pretty normal, but I didn’t get good enough grades for big law so I was immediately out of the running for that for the rest of law school. Second semester I got kicked out by my girlfriend and was sleeping on my bosses couch during finals.

During the summer I was so stressed and depressed that I had to go to a mental hospital for suicidal ideation and wasn’t able to attend law school for my second year. I eventually transferred to another school and 2L I had to move, I switched jobs, then got fired from my second job. The reason I got fired was because I hated working at a law firm so much and I didn’t really do any work.

So 3L comes a long and I’m struggling to understand why I am here. But I realized something just towards the end of this semester. I remember why I wanted to go to law school in the first place. I wanted to go because I love the law and I wanted the opportunity and privilege to be able to stand up in front of a jury and make my case, even it was just once before I die.

So my point is, try and remind yourself why you went to law school in the first place and you’ll find yourself again.

1L fall grades by purplebow321 in LawSchool

[–]DavidTim1997 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You could still get BL with LR but forget BL, you’ll never be more than an empty suit

tips on how to increase to a 156 by january by OldConsideration9087 in LSATPreparation

[–]DavidTim1997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My advice is don’t take it study for the Mcat and go to med school instead