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<p>FWIW, my cousin actually went to a lower ranked UC, (UC San Diego) and he now works as a consultant at an IT Consulting firm. Granted, he isn’t working at a Management Consulting shop doing a corporate strategy role like it would be the case if he were to work at MBB, Booz, Mercer, Monitor, or other high-end strategy consulting boutique firm, but he still makes over 80k a year at his IT Consulting gig just 4 years into the job. What he told me is that elite strategy-consulting firms do care deeply about the rank of colleges when they recruit, but other types of consulting firms that also do IT or Operational-side of consulting (Think Deloitte, PwC, Accenture, IBM, etc) cast a wider net on the range of undergrad colleges that they recruit from.</p>
<p>Also, most people at top schools won’t get an offer from McK or Bulge Bracket I-banking anyway…</p>
<p>More importantly, it should be mentioned that the legal market right now is brutal. Take a look at:</p>
<p>[Would</a> You Work as a Federal Prosecutor — for Free? Above the Law: A Legal Web Site ? News, Commentary, and Opinions on Law Firms, Lawyers, Law School, Law Suits, Judges and Courts](<a href=“http://abovethelaw.com/2011/05/would-you-work-as-a-federal-prosecutor-for-free/]Would”>http://abovethelaw.com/2011/05/would-you-work-as-a-federal-prosecutor-for-free/)</p>
<p>[Help</a> Wanted in New Jersey: Unpaid ‘Special Assistant US Attorneys’ - News - ABA Journal](<a href=“http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/help_wanted_in_new_jersey_unpaid_special_assistant_us_attorneys]Help”>Help Wanted in New Jersey: Unpaid ‘Special Assistant US Attorneys’)</p>
<p>[Will</a> Litigate for Food: NJ AG Takes On Attorney Volunteers - Legal Lifestyle - Strategist](<a href=“http://blogs.findlaw.com/strategist/2009/12/will-litigate-for-food-nj-ag-takes-on-attorney-volunteers.html]Will”>http://blogs.findlaw.com/strategist/2009/12/will-litigate-for-food-nj-ag-takes-on-attorney-volunteers.html)</p>
<p>Right now, state governments of NJ, PA, among many others hire attorneys for some of their government agency jobs such as DOJ, etc, for free. And, they still end up getting a ton of applications. Essentially, lawyer job market is so screwed up right now that people are competing to work for free. And, this isn’t just a temporary problem, since there has been a vast over-supply of lawyers in this country and this trend will not stop anytime soon.</p>
<p>Where I would agree with you is when a college graduate without decent job options happens to have both high enough of GPA and LSAT to get into a top law school, then yeah, going to a law school may be worth the gamble. However, we need to remember that median LSAT tends to be around 150-155 at most large state schools. Obviously, the vast majority of people from large state schools can’t score high enough to get into top law schools, and they would be better off not bothering with law school in that case.</p>
<p>This ultimately leads to the point that: majoring in humanities in college is risky and you risk being completely screwed job-wise. And, going to law school isn’t the solution to change this fate, unless you manage to crack top 10-14 law school. (even then, no guarantee of success…)</p>