[ramonesfreak]

making getting in to the absolute top schools should not be a priority. getting into a good school is just fine. so what i didnt go to harvard and didnt graduate at the top and get into some white shoe firm after school.

if any of these top-paying law firms after school had offered me $200K to start - knowing what i know now about the stress and lack of a life and happiness....i would have ran the other way. no thanks. blahhh. its not for everybody. i would rather make less than 100K and work 8am - 5pm, 5 days per week than make $200K working 15 hours per day and have ridiculous billing requirements and die of a heart attack.

i went to an average school and had average grades. i had no problem getting work. none of the people i graduated with had any trouble either. yea we are not rich but ive got plenty of free time to enjoy life outside of work.

if the goal is to get a top paying job like Tom Cruise in that silly movie, then yes....your gonna need to go to an ivy league school. thats a hell of a lousy life...in my opinion. though others thrive in that environment. i would rather spend my time on the porch sipping a cocktail after 5pm