拿了PWC 税务 Offer , 又想读Columbia的JD, 该怎么办？

moonlite1016

本来是想继续读一个JD 的, LSAT考得不错, 准备报columbia & NYU的JD明年入学的,

最近却拿了PWC 税务的offer（UK的）, 现在不知道该如何了？! 

本人刚毕业至今一点工作经验也没有,很不想浪费这个offer

但是如果上班了,等考到税务牌可能是2,3年以后的事情, 到时候再转行法律读JD ,

毕业出来都快三十, 美国雇主还会不会请我？？

如果在四大做几年税务, JD主攻税法, 不知道这样是否可行？

但毕业出来有什么职位可以干？有没有国际税法之类的职位？

moonlite1016

其实我个人还是很希望往法律方面发展的, 因为对律师的工作更有兴趣一些

可是在目前没有任何工作经验的情况下, 这个offer非常具有吸引力（之前申请律师行都被拒了！）

    

现在的选择,大概是:

 

1).拒绝offer, 直接去美国读JD （因为已经考了LSAT, 刚准备申请明年入学的）  

2). 接受offer ,工作两三年再去 （为了不浪费这两三年,就只能再考GMAT, 读一个MBA/JD)

真的很难决定啊, 自己年纪也不小了, 走错一步就会浪费很多的时间....

如果将来不出去读JD有关的degree,  这么辛苦考的LSAT 就白白浪费掉了！（准备了2年多的时间）

可等我工作2/3年出国读书, 毕业以后差不多30岁了, 结婚成家就业都会有影响的吧？

    

其实, 四大工作经验是不是对申请MBA/JD有帮助呢？据说大部分MBA申请人都是咨询背景的, JD申请人有法律背景,

四大工作初阶有没有发展leadership的机会（MBA很看重的吧？)

到底值得不值得为了这个 offer 浪费2/3年时间, 好郁闷啊！

Fightingman

Not sure whether I am qualified to give advice~~ though I do share similar background with u to some degree.

I graduated with a bachelor degree in law 6 years ago, joined one of the big 4's (then big 5) tax advisory division after graduation, left the accounting firm for a U.S. MBA 2 years ago, and will join a strategic consulting firm back in China this fall. I have never considered JD after my graduation from college because I have known from then that my enthusiasm lies in business instead of law.

So, the basic question that you need to answer is what you want to do in a long term. If you want to be a lawyer, I'd suggest going for a JD - Yes, some of my friends worked for big four as tax consultant first, and then moved to law firm, and then went to U.S.A for JD or LLM. But I don't believe that's the most efficient way for you if you have a good JD offer right after graduation - I am assuming that you have a JD offer from a top 10 school~

On the other hand, you mentioned that you do not want to waste your efforts on LSAT ... My advice,it's just sunk cost and it should not affect your choice by much. Moreover, by preparing for the test, you may have gained more than just a impressive score. At stake is your whole future career and you got to make your judgement based on your aspirations instead of the past cost~

Hope my advice is of a little bit help to u~~ best luck!

renye

以下是引用Fightingman在2008-4-30 11:39:00的发言：

My advice,it's just sunk cost and it should not affect your choice by much. Moreover, by preparing for the test, you may have gained more than just a impressive score. At stake is your whole future career and you got to make your judgement based on your aspirations instead of the past cost~

Can not agree more with Fightingman!

sapphireag

以下是引用Fightingman在2008-4-30 11:39:00的发言：

Not sure whether I am qualified to give advice~~ though I do share similar background with u to some degree.

I graduated with a bachelor degree in law 6 years ago, joined one of the big 4's (then big 5) tax advisory division after graduation, left the accounting firm for a U.S. MBA 2 years ago, and will join a strategic consulting firm back in China this fall. I have never considered JD after my graduation from college because I have known from then that my enthusiasm lies in business instead of law.

So, the basic question that you need to answer is what you want to do in a long term. If you want to be a lawyer, I'd suggest going for a JD - Yes, some of my friends worked for big four as tax consultant first, and then moved to law firm, and then went to U.S.A for JD or LLM. But I don't believe that's the most efficient way for you if you have a good JD offer right after graduation - I am assuming that you have a JD offer from a top 10 school~

On the other hand, you mentioned that you do not want to waste your efforts on LSAT ... My advice,it's just sunk cost and it should not affect your choice by much. Moreover, by preparing for the test, you may have gained more than just a impressive score. At stake is your whole future career and you got to make your judgement based on your aspirations instead of the past cost~

Hope my advice is of a little bit help to u~~ best luck!

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