<p>You’d be a fool if you didn’t hedge against law school. This entire forum is devoted to teaching people how to do that. We teach people to hedge against legal employment by going to the best schools while keeping debt down. We also teach people going into college with an eye on law school how to hedge against the risks of that enterprise. While assertive rhetoric like “You either want to do it, or you do not,” sounds awfully nice, the real world is much less certain. Hedging is how you deal with uncertainty, even if that means taking on a bit more risk on the front end to avoid disaster on the back end.</p>
<p>As to the LSAT, clearly you’ve never looked at the statistics of all the people who take classes. I examined them thoroughly when looking to take my LSAT. Lots of people take the LSAT seriously and study, and most see improvement. Nevertheless, there’s only room for a few at the top, which is how curved tests work. Lots of people move from 140 to 150 or 155 to 165 and never get to 170. Those that banked on law school- and nothing else- now fill the T1 with its dangerous job prospects. Better to avoid that altogether and pick up a few classes now. </p>