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Hey all, first SDN post.
About to graduate from a T14 law school and begin studying for the Bar before starting at my Biglaw firm in the fall. I'm going to stick it out a few years, pay off debt, build a nest egg, etc. But I cannot stand the idea of being a lawyer. I despise law school, I can't imagine spending thousands of hours each year researching tedious questions of law, writing obscure, meaningless memos and motions and whatever else. I went to law school to obtain a niche BigFed job, but missed out on it. I thought that I could justify going to law school based on either getting that or ending up in Biglaw as a backup, but last summer made me realize law is not my career. My first love was medicine and the hard sciences, but my early-college work ethic just wasn't there. I'm crazy passionate about it though (especially now, after seeing what the alternative was like), and I figure after a few years at the firm, I'll certainly have cemented my work ethic necessary to grind and hang in the tough pre med curriculum. My path would be to apply to a post-bacc program that allows me to complete the prerequisites and enhance my record. I would attend the program in the evenings while keeping my job at the firm. I would only quit if I actually got accepted into medical school at the end of it. Is this doable? I know people do crazy **** on the side like get a Tax LLM or bill enough hours to get an absurd bonus.
TLDR; Is a pre-med post bacc in the evenings for two years doable with biglaw if I want it bad enough?
About to graduate from a T14 law school and begin studying for the Bar before starting at my Biglaw firm in the fall. I'm going to stick it out a few years, pay off debt, build a nest egg, etc. But I cannot stand the idea of being a lawyer. I despise law school, I can't imagine spending thousands of hours each year researching tedious questions of law, writing obscure, meaningless memos and motions and whatever else. I went to law school to obtain a niche BigFed job, but missed out on it. I thought that I could justify going to law school based on either getting that or ending up in Biglaw as a backup, but last summer made me realize law is not my career. My first love was medicine and the hard sciences, but my early-college work ethic just wasn't there. I'm crazy passionate about it though (especially now, after seeing what the alternative was like), and I figure after a few years at the firm, I'll certainly have cemented my work ethic necessary to grind and hang in the tough pre med curriculum. My path would be to apply to a post-bacc program that allows me to complete the prerequisites and enhance my record. I would attend the program in the evenings while keeping my job at the firm. I would only quit if I actually got accepted into medical school at the end of it. Is this doable? I know people do crazy **** on the side like get a Tax LLM or bill enough hours to get an absurd bonus.
TLDR; Is a pre-med post bacc in the evenings for two years doable with biglaw if I want it bad enough?
