my second date with career services
Me: So, essentially, when the job listings say "Top 50%" and I'm over here at "Top 66.67%", am I just screwed? I mean, how do I say to these people "yeah, my grades suck, but I'm not an idiot"?Career Services: You're not an idiot. Law school is like the Olympics. Everyone is the best of the best, and they're all separated by just a little bit.
Me: And there's always that one swimmer from the Ivory Coast that finishes 10 minutes behind the rest of the pack.
CS: But the rest of the swimmers are all a minute apart.
Me: Because they're all on steroids.
Labels: job search blues, sports
posted by Dangerous Mind @ 13:59
5 Comments:
Boy, that's not what they tell you when you're in the top 10%...
Kirsten - point being?
Did you know that 50% of the class is in the top half?
anon - I don't know who you're talking to, but they don't tell you anything special in the top 10%. Mostly they've just given me some contacts to send my resume to and told me to be careful about my blog. I don't think the subject of grades has ever really come up whenever I've gone in.
And of course, this isn't bragging - I am, after all, still fucking unemployed despite my grades.
Meanwhile, all the snide remarks are a great reminder of why I don't call my mother more often.
So thanks for that.
Tex - You obviously aren't familiar with the secret handshake.
As for what they told me at career services...nothing.
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