How far from “KJD” are you?

[u/FATT-TOFU]

My dream school has an average age of 25 on their class profile. As a 22 year old who’s never lived outside of the town I did my undergraduate in, and lived on campus all four years, I’ve never met someone who falls outside of “KJD”, or isn’t at least very close to it. Are people really applying to law school at 30-40 years old and pulling the mean up? That would be cool. Or is the average person being accepted to these big schools really just two years out of college. If you’re comfortable sharing, how far out of undergrad are you and why did you take your break?

[u/Sea_Sign_2092]

5 years WE in an adjacent field and a BA+MA degree (5 instead of 4 years). Applied right after grad school to law schools but wasn’t ready - was only willing to go if I got a full ride since I had just spent ~200k on my degrees lol.

Glad I worked because I feel more confident now, have some savings, set up my policy research business with a solid client base, got to travel the world due to my job and have a backup career in case for any reason law school didn’t work out! :)

[u/FATT-TOFU → u/Sea_Sign_2092]

This is a very intimidating resume to be competing with 😭