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Ainsley McTree posted:Well, I didn't really do anything to earn it honestly - a friend of mine who works at the company suggested me for the project and they hired me without an interview or even asking for my resume(not as risky as it sounds, I firmly believe that with enough training a second grader could do this job satisfactorily but I'm still not complaining because it's stress-free) so all I did really was have an awesome friend. Life is unfair. It just happened to be unfair in your favor this time. Enjoy it!
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Professor just explained that his grading rubric is dictated to him by a bottle of scotch as he's grading. I love this class.
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# ? Oct 21, 2010 19:26 |
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All of your professors grade that way, he's just the first to admit it.
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# ? Oct 21, 2010 19:37 |
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http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1290088quote:A third-year Boston College Law School student facing dismal job prospects and a mountain of student loan debt has offered the prestigious Hub institution a unique deal: Keep the degree ... and give me back my tuition!
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# ? Oct 21, 2010 20:14 |
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Incredulous Red posted:http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1290088 This was only mentioned a few times on this page already, but thanks for the picture!!
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# ? Oct 21, 2010 20:51 |
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Federal gov. employee goons: Does FOIA actually require the federal government retain documents, or are the only documents that can be requested ones that the agency randomly decided to keep?
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 00:09 |
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Speaking of federal employees, it's time to join the IRS! http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=91589845&aid=89081893-211010&WT.mc_n=125
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 00:19 |
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TheMadMilkman posted:Speaking of federal employees, it's time to join the IRS! So how's the whole accounting principles or whatever test thing work? When do you take it? Is it part of the application or do they contact you to take it some time after you apply? Also, how much time does it take to study for it and what do you use to do that
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 00:29 |
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TheMadMilkman posted:Speaking of federal employees, it's time to join the IRS! I'm loving my first and only tax class ever and would immediately apply for this if not for that pesky citizenship requirement.
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 00:32 |
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Jesus is it depressing when the yale law grad with 50 years of torts experience rewrites your work. Not because he rewrote your work, but because it's so loving good and you know it'll take your entire career to get to that point. If ever. G-Mawwwwwww fucked around with this message at 00:58 on Oct 22, 2010 |
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Tetrix posted:Federal gov. employee goons: Does FOIA actually require the federal government retain documents, or are the only documents that can be requested ones that the agency randomly decided to keep? FOIA does not impose any retention requirements. Each agency will have its own retention policies.
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 00:56 |
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Ainsley McTree posted:So how's the whole accounting principles or whatever test thing work? When do you take it? Is it part of the application or do they contact you to take it some time after you apply? Things have changed a bit since I applied, but here goes. As part of the application I had to fill out KSAs (don't ask me what it stands for) where I explained how my experience and schooling prepped me for the particular job requirements. This part has apparently changed substantially. I'm not sure you even have to answer the questions anymore. After being selected from the initial applicant pool, I had to do a 2-part online evaluation. One was a multiple choice test that covered customer service or some other garbage. The second part was a java- or flash-based simulation where you would have to interpret simplified tax law and apply it to individuals that you were auditing. You also had to make sure the choices you made stayed within things like scheduling rules. After passing the simulation (and if you don't there's something wrong with you) I was called in for an interview. Because I didn't have the accounting credits I had to take an accounting skills test. I bought an Intro to Accounting review book from Borders and read through it the night before. I passed pretty easily. The actual interview involved 8 standard questions and included things like how you would prioritize work, how you would give negative news to people, and some minor mathematical work. It was stupid easy. From there I got my job offer. Definitely apply for it. If you get to the interview, send me a PM and I'll give some better advice about the accounting test.
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 01:39 |
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Red Bean Juice posted:Justice Breyer swung by today, and I got him to sign a comic To add to the ego stroking: You also have fans at Cornell.
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 02:02 |
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and fans at UMass (among the poli sci professors). Also, a friend is not too smart:
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 02:14 |
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TheMadMilkman posted:Things have changed a bit since I applied, but here goes. Cool - so at this point, I don't need to know anything about accounting at all? I can wait for them to call me re: the next steps before I have to start studying for anything? I'm clearly very qualified for this position I don't know why they wouldn't call me
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 05:11 |
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Petey posted:and fans at UMass (among the poli sci professors).
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 05:49 |
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Lilosh posted:To add to the ego stroking: And Minnesota :O)
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 07:32 |
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Torts professor made fun of the class (again) yesterday for going to law school. He laughed at there being no jobs for us. The majority of class laughed with him. I'm thinking not because it was funny because it was true, but because it was funny because everyone's a special snowflake and that just won't hold true for them. That's why I laughed. It helps to mask the otherwise blind panic and fear.
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 10:13 |
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comfort me lawgoons the MPRE is super easy and only takes like 10 hours of study right? I have not taken ethics and have not yet opened a book
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 18:08 |
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Soothing Vapors posted:comfort me lawgoons i studied for maybe 5 hours (most of which was half-listening to the free online kaplan videos) and still passed
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Soothing Vapors posted:the MPRE is super easy and only takes like 10 hours of study right? I have not taken ethics and have not yet opened a book To quote myself: Wyatt posted:Yes. The ethics rules are pretty intuitive. Unless you are a corrupt bastard, you could probably do okay without studying at all. Just read through the rules and you'll be fine.
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 18:16 |
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5 hours/no hours sounds even better thanks friends~
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 18:19 |
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Had a client threaten to "liquidate" someone today. More importantly
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 18:33 |
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Bud Manstrong posted:Had a client threaten to "liquidate" someone today. law school applications just went up 10% with that picture.
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 18:44 |
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Bud Manstrong posted:Had a client threaten to "liquidate" someone today. FLOUR tortillas?
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 18:47 |
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My professional responsibility class was essentially an MPRE review course, so I never did one minute of studying outside of that class and I passed with no problems whatsoever.
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 18:49 |
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Soothing Vapors posted:comfort me lawgoons It is easy and you will pass. Seriously, spend like 3 hours listening to some lectures you'll be fine.
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CaptainScraps posted:FLOUR tortillas? Some people are allergic to corn. edit: not me. builds character fucked around with this message at 18:58 on Oct 22, 2010 |
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CaptainScraps posted:FLOUR tortillas? They're corn. Phone camera washed them out. They don't have flour tortillas . Bud Manstrong fucked around with this message at 18:58 on Oct 22, 2010 |
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Bud Manstrong posted:They're corn. Phone camera washed them out. They don't have flour tortillas . Acceptable.
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The Rokstar posted:My professional responsibility class was essentially an MPRE review course, so I never did one minute of studying outside of that class and I passed with no problems whatsoever. This would have been useful. Instead, mine was a semester of asking what we all thought about certain moral dilemmas and issues, as well as watching youtube clips from lawyer-related movies. At least the section on Legal Education allowed me to write my research paper on how there were too many law schools and not enough jobs. I brought that up in class too. The response from another student was basically that people should have easy access to law school so they can exercise their right to be an attorney. Edit: Job update - just offered a position as an Assistant Attorney General. TheBestDeception fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Oct 22, 2010 |
# ? Oct 22, 2010 19:04 |
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This HAD to be one of you guys: http://abovethelaw.com/2010/10/the-barter-deal-from-a-law-graduate-craigslist-doesnt-want-you-to-see/#more-41834
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 20:46 |
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god those tacos look awful. Where is the cheese? Where is the delicious red salsa? Why so many gross rear end onions?
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 20:48 |
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builds character posted:Some people are allergic to corn. this made me so hungry
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 20:51 |
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Petey posted:this made me so hungry hungry enough where it pushed me over the edge and I went and got a carnitas burrito from anna's - dirty rice, carnitas, jalapenos, pico de gallo, and lettuce, flour tortilla. would've taken a picture, but a) they steam their tortillas so they are soft and stick together when rolled and b) too hungry to not eat it.
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 21:08 |
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entris posted:god those tacos look awful. Where is the cheese? Where is the delicious red salsa? Why so many gross rear end onions? You disgust me. Petey posted:
Go to Tacos Lupita outside Porter, their tacos are so goddamn good.
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 21:20 |
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one more dumb mpre question: is the barbri mpre review course even worth going to? I filez-ed the materials (ethics ) and I'd rather not sit through the lecture e: and it's at Cooley, UGH e2: I just checked my and I have audio lectures, outlines, and practice tests, I should be fine. thanks for calming me down a lil bit gooners Soothing Vapors fucked around with this message at 23:46 on Oct 22, 2010 |
# ? Oct 22, 2010 21:47 |
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just replace 'college' with 'law school' http://chronicle.com/blogs/innovations/why-did-17-million-students-go-to-college/27634 quote:
will you be part of the proud 5,057?
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# ? Oct 22, 2010 21:55 |
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I'd guess that 50% of people in entry-level professional jobs that require a college degree received those jobs with the help of family or friends. That's probably a conservative estimate. Rich Richardson III will have a job at his dad's firm, or his dad's friend's firm, as long as he is capable of getting a degree. That's a pointed example, but I'm sure many people got their foot in the door with some extra help, even if they aren't rich. Now, let's say you have no connections, and want to break into a professional field. The best chances of succeeding are being in the top 50% of your class in a hard science or engineering. You also need to have some people skills, so let's say a conservative 5% are unemployable because they are just plain strange. That leaves 55% of hard science/engineering majors and the vast majority of humanities/soft science majors who paid for 4+ years of university who are unable to get a professional job. If I had to give a prospective undergraduate advice, I'd say get into a hard science or engineering and work as hard as you can. Or have good connections. Otherwise, why pay $100k+ for a degree? The deck is simply stacked against you.
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Ainsley McTree posted:Cool - so at this point, I don't need to know anything about accounting at all? I can wait for them to call me re: the next steps before I have to start studying for anything? Yes.
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