<p>I'm 15 and am class of 2011 and will be graduating college as class of 2013, I was considering going into law, medical, or mechanical engineering. Which areas of law pay over $100,000 a year starting or even after a few years and are in many areas of the country? Or would I be better going the doctor or mechanical engineer route?</p>
<p>your in high school? have some fun. And DO NOT graduate college in two years. Also, doctor is an exponentially safer route than being a lawyer is.</p>
<p>Why not graduate college in two years?</p>
<p>You’ll regret it the rest of your life, believe me you will.</p>
<p>Professional schools hate it, for one thing. You’ll harm yourself very significantly.</p>
<p>So they hate me pushing myself? That seems strange</p>
<p>They’ll deem you as immature, which frankly you are and will continue to be if you graduate in 2013. Running through your youth is a quick way to run into unhappiness.</p>
<p>But yes it’s been shown that very young people do worse than their numbers show in admissions to professional schools. You’ll be hurting yourself as well by not actually getting involved and doing things that a two year graduation will prevent.</p>
<p>I can’t really help graduating in 2013 though cause when I graduate high school I’ll have enough credits for an associates degree</p>
<p>take extra classes or take small loads. Or if you do graduate do something esle for several years before applying to a professional school.</p>
<p>I don<code>t agree.In Britain students start attending law schools at the age of 17 as undergrads.The law degree takes 3 years to complete.After that there is the legal practice course (LPC) which continues for a year and students can practice at the age of 21…
I don</code>t think his age will prevent him from doing excellent in law.
school.In fact, I am currently admitted to a top 10 UK law school (Queen Mary, University of London) but I preferred to do International relations instead in a different uni and apply to US law schools later.
However, not being able enjoy the best years of his life will hurt him later.</p>
<p>Overachiever, your point is moot for two reasons: You cannot compare the way law school works in England and the US, and no one said he wouldn’t be a good lawyer, people said he would be at a large disadvantage when applying to law schools.</p>
<p>Keep your stats high and these professional schools wont hate you.</p>
<p>So which areas of law pay over $100,000 a year starting or even after a few years and are in many areas of the country?</p>
<p>Income isn’t based so much on specialty as it is on who your clients are. And in any case you don’t specialize in college or even during law school, so it’s moot until you’re actually practicing law.</p>
<p>FrenchBoy: From what I’ve seen, age is the one thing – I’m not kidding, the one variable I’ve ever seen – which will get you rejected from schools where your numbers would otherwise be a fairly safe bet. They care. They care a lot.</p>
<p>Recommendations, I would assume, tend to be weaker the faster you graduate.</p>