Should I attend law school?

NYULawyer
Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:12:37 +0000

And what about the oversupply of non-graduates relative to jobs? What about the MILLIONS of non-graduates stuck in dead-end retail jobs?

That’s the fundamental flaw in your analysis - your persistent lack of a ‘control group’. You can’t simply assert that a particular choice, such as obtaining a college degree, is ‘horrible’ - you have to compare it to the alternative. However poor your job prospects may be with a college degree, those without degrees have even worse prospects. The unemployment rate for college graduates is actually roughly better or perhaps slightly better than the national average - conversely, unemployment is strongly concentrated amongst the non-graduates.



You are reading it all wrong.

My point is that education, in and out of itself, doesn’t do much for anyone’s career. Education that gives someone MARKETABLE skills or credentials, is worth the investment.