<p>Hey guys, i was wondering if law school should still be an option in my career choices. I was really passionaite and dedicated to law, but now due to my undergraduate experience, I dont know if Law school would work in my life or i I even had a shot.</p>
<p>Heres a bit about me:
Asian-American Male
Poor. Really Poor.
UT-Austin; Red McCombs School of Business: PPA-Accounting Honors program(BBA in Accounting and MPA-Accounting) (# 1 in the nation). (maybe another major more writing intensive)
GPA: 3.3-3.6 by the time i'll graduate
EC:
1-A successful proposal with the dean installing new programs within the college
2-President of Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity
3-Vice President of Baaldan Charities- Education based service organization in India
4-Mock Trial
5-PPA Admissions Board
6-10 year commitment to temple fundraising and management-over 4000 hours
7-Finance Research - 4 years
8-Capital Internship with the Governer and leading republican senator (texas)
9- founded and directed a national forensic camp that raises alot of money and brings in alot of students who end up winning state and national tournaments
10-started/founded an business organization</p>
<p>I took a practice LSAT and got a 150 and i still will take classes and practice for another year or so before i actually take the real LSAT. Im aiming for a 170+.</p>
<p>I have alot of personal ailments ive gone through like E.Coli, death's, no economic support, supporting family members, etc...</p>
<p>this sounds like an undergrad application, but its pretty much everything so far in college, and i really want to offer a more law-oriented application, so not all of this will be present on the application. </p>
<p>Ill end up applying to the top 20-30 law schools, plus some in Texas (baylor, SMU).</p>
<p>what are my chances and what do i need to work on?</p>
<p>There's no real point in speculating since you don't know your GPA or your LSAT. You say that you're going to get a 170+ LSAT, but that's what we all hope for, and less than 2% of the country can do so. Your GPA is also relatively weak for T14 Schools. Get a 168 LSAT, work your butt off in UG, get a 3.6, and you'll be in at UT, which is a great school for staying in Texas.</p>
<p>Your posts interests me, because Im currently in the PpA program at Texas A&M with a 3.51 GPA. I'd love to get into UT law school, but sometimes I wonder if it'd be worth the trouble. A masters in accounting could net me close to 50k right out of school. Im wondering if the lost wages the 3 years I was studying law plus the actual cost would ever be made up for in a law career.</p>
<p>Well, it is true that being an accountant might net you 50K per year, as opposed to spending 50k for 3 years in going to law school. However, going to law school depends on how ambitious you want to be. If money is your one of your main motivations, then accountants usually top out at 100K, and that's if you're a great accountant with tons of clients. Lawyers, coming out of law school and going into corporate law, easily making 145K, before bonuses are taken into consideration, while partners make 500K+. </p>
<p>If you ask me, a grad school degree is vital to finding and surviving in today's job market</p>
<p>There are a few thousand partners at law firms who make $500K a year. There are close to a million people practicing law who make considerably less.</p>
<p>The median wage for attorneys with less than one year's experience makes about $57K. (Half of them make less, half make more.) The median for attorneys with 20 years experience is a little under $125K.</p>
<p>There are accounts who make considerably more than $100K partners at the Big 5, or however many there are these days, for example. I'm old enough to remember the Big 8.)</p>