# Do lots of people go to law school because they don't know what else to do?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 1, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-lots-of-people-go-to-law-school-because-they-dont-know-what-else-to-do/504989 "2009-08-01T18:57:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-lots-of-people-go-to-law-school-because-they-dont-know-what-else-to-do/504989/21 "2009-08-02T21:40:02Z")

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MBAs are another degree people go for “'cause they don’t know what to do.”

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-lots-of-people-go-to-law-school-because-they-dont-know-what-else-to-do/504989/22 "2009-08-02T21:52:54Z")

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> [@Markxxx](#):
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> MBAs are another degree people go for “'cause they don’t know what to do.”

Not really. Most MBAs require some amount of work experience, so you have to make a conscious decision to go back to school, which usually entails a significant loss of income. Most people aren’t going to do that without a good reason.

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