I could always snag a stay-at-home dad...wonder if my boyfriend's willing to give up his dream of being a doctor to take care of a few shorties. Unlikely?
That's exactly the kind of "career alternative" I was talking about.
I could always snag a stay-at-home dad...wonder if my boyfriend's willing to give up his dream of being a doctor to take care of a few shorties. Unlikely?
^ Maybe that's why Yalies are happy. It's P/F for the first semester, then Honors/Pass/Low pass for the rest, but no curve. I like that. But I've also talked to people at other schools with curves who don't really get too stressed out by competition.
Guess I am strange too. I was a tax attorney at two major international law firms and I like tax too. I have my LL.M. in Taxation as well. Went back to get it after practicing for a few years, quitting and the travelling around the world for a few years. If you ever need any info, please feel free to PM me. btw, I have left the practice to do something else -- still legal related but less stressful.
I had several friends that went to Berkeley, which has a similar system. However, during interviewing, they told me that employers just viewed honors as A, pass as B, and low pass as C. But in reality, if they had actual grades, the grades wouldn't have spread like that. So they thought it was a disadvantage to have a pass/fail system. Not meant to depress or anything, but I thought I would give you another perspective.
i think alot of new law school grads feel pressured to go into big law firm practice (school's career office basically feeds u into these firms, or pressure u to) but like everyone else said on here, the billable hrs do cut into family time.
a female friend of my DH is an attorney. she graduated from Havard law, worked as a corp litigation attorney, then she got married. 1 yr into her marriage, she was pregnant with her first child so she quit her big firm practice and now works in non profit. shes HAPPIER than ever and she always tell me that having her baby and quitting to go into non profit was the BEST decision she ever made. she said she LOVES her work now and it makes her feel fulfilled. I think alot of us feel pressured twd big firm bc of the compensation. and in reality, it makes sense bc law school (and schooling in general) in US is sooo expensive!! we all end up with lots of debt that we have to pay off...
We had a scary first-year professor who was crazy smart (she was also a MD). The law-school paper printed this little saying about her: JD from Columbia ($100,000); MD from Yale ($200,000); making a first-year-Civil-Procedures student cry, priceless.
Public interest work sounds like a good option. There's just that little thing - I like $$$$ things. Sigh...it looks like my options are to find a stay-at-home or a multimillionaire husband .
My husband promised me millions, I'm still waiting (I need a tapping impatiently smiley). Before we got married, we got a book of questions to ask each other. One of them was "where do you see yourself in 10 years?" He said "ruler of the universe," and I said "ok, I'll be ruler of you."
^ LOVE IT!!!!!!!!
I just failed property last week. (lol) Glad to think I might still make it in spite of