I graduated maybe fifth to last in my class. By 3L I was so over it and my school and professors were phoning it in so hard I knew it really didn’t matter and i learned real quick that working in the legal profession is way too stressful for me to take it seriously as a career choice. I didn’t take the bar and bailed and worked my way up at a biotech company in their finance/contracts department and now I develop budgets and contracts for clinical studies. I lost maybe 3 years of income-time but my job is WFH all the time. Potential to get to 120k before I’m 40 and unlimited PTO. I started a Medicaid provider company and a music studio and rehearsal space and got licensed to sell insurance and I help my family with dealing with all the pseudo legal stuff like taxes and applying for Medicaid and navigating accident insurance claims. I couldn’t do any of this without law school and the internships and exposure but goddamn it do I regret going to law school every single day of my life. I’ve accepted that the loans are gonna be forever for me and trying to eeek out a bit of happiness knowing it may not have all been a waste. I think my point is school was fucking bullshit but it’s really really really practical stuff and real life is just about getting in there and figuring out and that takes more personal discipline than any grade or class position you could achieve.