Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Law School vs. Med School

For an ambitious high school or college student, there are many career opportunities in front of him. Inevitably, people will ask him what he wants to do, and many will suggest law school or med school. For some reason, doctors and lawyers are grouped together as similar professions. In reality, med school is not an option for most law students, as most law students struggle with basic math, let alone organic chemistry. Doctors also have lawyers beat in other categories, such as potential income and job satisfaction. But maybe becoming a lawyer has some advantages over becoming a doctor that aren’t quite as obvious. Thus, we did a side by side comparison of law school and med school to find out which one is truly better.

Years Until Graduation
Law School: Three and out
Med School: Four, plus four years of residency
Advantage: Law School, although the third year is really unnecessary

Teaching Method
Law School: Socratic Method
Med School: Take students on rounds to see real patients
Advantage: Med School. Seeing real patients with real problems has to be more educational than some arrogant professor continually asking ‘why’.

Cool Title You Get Upon Graduation
Law School: Esquire
Med School: Doctor
Advantage: Med School. No guy has ever, ever picked up a girl by saying he’s an “esquire”

Real Life Simulation
Law School: Moot Court
Med School: Gross Anatomy
Advantage: Med School. No brainer. Cutting open a cadaver and exploring the wonders of the human body, or playing advanced mock trial with nerds from other schools.

Bottom of the Barrel
Law School: 4th Tier
Med School: The Carribean
Advantage: Med School. Another no brainer. If I’m going to attend a second rate school, I’d much rather do it in a tropical paradise.

Quirky NBC Comedy About Profession
Law School: AUSA
Med School: Scrubs
Advantage: Med School. AUSA was cancelled after about six episodes, proving even TV lawyers are boring.

Job’s Worst Case Scenario
Law School: You screw up and your client loses everything
Med School: You screw up and your patient dies
Advantage: Law School, although many people say they would rather be dead than poor.

Alternative For Those Who Can’t Cut It
Law School: Sales.
Med School: Dental School.
Advantage: Med School. Dentists can still make their car payment if they don’t sell a warranty along with the filling they just put in.

Well, there you have it, law school is trounced by med school, 6-2. Tommorrow we'll be back to see if we can find a better comparison for law school.