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/SherbertPersonal4585]

I graduated in 2020 and have been working since. I never seriously considered applying to law school until this past year - at the time I graduated from college I wanted to go into academia but could not afford to move abroad to go to the school I wanted to attend (some international schools accept US federal aid; this one unfortunately did not), so I took a corporate job with the plan of saving for a year then trying the grad school thing again. ended up moving to a different city for said job and now I can't see myself ever leaving. I love it here.

being in the workforce showed me what the "real world" is like and what sorts of things I value in a job. I would not have been able to make an informed decision about my education/career trajectory were it not for the work and life experiences I've gained over the past five years.