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I'm sorry you feel that way. Before you make up your mind, I hope you consider that this is what I grew up in: https://imgur.com/Hw9zH9j https://imgur.com/Hw9z
by torstenvl 5y ago
I'm sorry you feel that way. Before you make up your mind, I hope you consider that this is what I grew up in:
https://imgur.com/Hw9zH9j https://imgur.com/Hw9zH9j
I worked hard in high school to get a scholarship to a third-tier state school, where I worked hard to get good grades and improve my logical reasoning skills enough to do very well on the LSAT.
Nothing about society was ever catered for me. I had to fight very, very hard.
And yes, I know others work just as hard and don't get the same opportunities. I'm not claiming the current system is perfect. "Ya gotta take care of business, ya gotta go to school, ya gotta get good grades to even have a chance... I'm talkin' about a chance! You might not make it, but you sure as hell won't if ya don't try." ~Hillbilly Elegy
For all its imperfections, it's a lot better than the proposed alternative.
- rejectedandsad 5y agoI see. My apologies, I should have specified “undergraduate” because that’s what makes the most difference in my particular field (not law). I have no idea what law progression is like after undergrad or what it takes to get into an elite law school that can offer upward mobility, but I do know it’s not uncommon to go to a top tier law school after a mediocre undergrad (Tim Kaine comes to mind off the top of my head) I personally know a handful of people from my undergrad at HLS (though they were full scholarship students who were overqualified to go to my undergrad and stayed away from the the simpletons like me).