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Originally Posted by MRM
I went to a law school that aspires to be mediocre. I paid enough taxes last year to pay for a brand new GT3. Probably enought to pay for a new GT2. I'll have to check. Lots of doors remain closed for me because I didn't go to the top 20 school in town. I don't care.
The reason that the answer to the riddle is "because that's what I want" is because that is the single best qualifier to being happy as a lawyer. If she wants to be a lawyer she'll like it, if she likes it she'll be good at it. If she's good at it she'll be able to make her own doors wherever she wants.
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And Bill Gates is a college dropout, so maybe she should drop out now and become a billionaire.
It's all an odds and numbers game.
"Because that's what I want to do," that's what pretty much every unhappy/mediocre/bad lawyer said . . . when they applied to law school 10 years ago.
"If she's good at it she'll be able to make her own doors wherever she wants" sounds nice, but unfortunately isn't true. For example, if she goes to "Golden Gate law school" there are many, many firms (any top or mid tier firm, and probably any really reputable firm) which will instantly throw her resume in the trashcan.