73: "even if you don't realize you are getting a soft offer at the time." HAHAHAHAHAHA! What does that even mean? Are you saying you got a soft offer and were too dense to realize it? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA . . . HA!

125: You don't know what "beg the question" means.

Oh God . . . Please . . . My stomach hurts . . . Here it comes again . . . HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I hope I haven't shamed 73 into silence. Please come back. Tell us more. What was that conversation like?

Alternatively, any gifted writers care to take a crack at what the dialouge may have been like at that meeting?

I liked the Partner's silence in your original post. In any event, bravo!

Anyone else? My interpretation is probably a bit more belabored and painful.

96: That makes some sense, but what's the part that went unrealized? I'm still a little confused. Seriously, how did the conversation go? I promise not to laugh. In fact, I'm fascinated.

I understand you perfectly now. In fact, my firm does this. Two friends of mine ended up in departments they did not want to be in because of something like this. One of them left the firm after only a few months. The other ended up liking the work he ended up with.

That last sentence of mine was elegant, huh?

108:

"Are you talking about the same STATE that has more theater seats per capita than any American CITY . . ." (empahsis added)

Nice.

172: and fat people.

187:

I suspect there would be just as many posts if a male and female summer were fired for making out at a firm event.

That said, this version is much more bonerific.

246:

TTT = Two Titillating Three Ls

FRAT STUD? Ohhh, FRAAAAT STUUUUD . . . (called while "playing" cow bell or maybe the triangle).

And as a former high school teacher, kids in my classes used to get their asses kicked by me all the time, figuratively speaking, it was no big deal.

I hope 11:51 is a troll. If not, there are just too many things wrong with that "sentence."

As to the original poster, I've never heard of that happening to anyone else, but it doesn't seem shocking. You do have a lot of debt, the economy is projected to get worse, and the lender is probably unsure (as am I) why you're certain you'll earn 500k per year when you graduate.

If your heart is set on going to business school, why don't you explore more options (e.g., applying for scholarships at other schools) or working in BigLaw for a year or two to pay off some of your debt?

48:

LemonJello, OrangeJello, and Shithead are not urban myths (though the poster who mentioned Shithead above sounds like he/she got an urban legend version of it).

Read Freakonomics by Stephen D. Levitt. It has an interesting chapter discussing childeren's names and the extent to which they predict future success.

I'm a moron.

Boooooo.

I actually just read this again to see if somehow I'd missed something redeeming in it the first time around. I might as well have punched myself in the groin.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

I won't be back for several days. Lat, you should be ashamed of yourself for this one.

Unless . . .

You think ATL is clever enough to give us the shittiest post ever so that we would entertain ourselves for hours in the comments. Genius.

Incidentally, I'm sorry to hear so many of your retreats suck, becuase my firm retreat is pretty sweet. Lawyers take significant others or friends and do whatever they want while there. I enjoyed my colleagues' company at the dinners and the earlier hours at the bars (with the open tabs), but I spent the days getting massages and lounging on the beach with my wife and the late nights with my buddies.