Monday, July 19, 2004
decision made
I've told my whole family, talked about it with friends, have the support of my husband, so I guess it's official—I am going to apply to law school.
I took a practice LSAT, figured out which section I suck at (Logic Games) and ordered some books. I've requested materials from law schools. I've started brainstorming on my personal statement.
In other words, I am way too prepared.
Seriously.
I went to a law school "event" last week (sponsored by Kaplan, which I won't give any of my money to) and UT Law's Dean of Admissions said prospective law students should really plan on spending a year getting all their application materials together. So, if you want to go to law school in the fall of 2005, start getting your stuff together in December of 2003.
I suppose if you think you might seriously tank on the LSAT and need lots of time to prepare, that's not bad advice. But I really don't think you can spend a year working on a personal statement or resume; I can't possibly imagine any professor or employer wanting to write a letter of recommendation that early, either.
The four months I am going to spend seem adequate. I'm already getting kind of burned out thinking about everything—but that's the way my brain works. I make a decision, get really excited about it, spend a week or two freaking out, and then settle into the nitty gritty work of it all. And I work hard on it.
So, OK. I'm going to law school next year. Whatever law school I can get into. Deep breaths. It's really happening!
I took a practice LSAT, figured out which section I suck at (Logic Games) and ordered some books. I've requested materials from law schools. I've started brainstorming on my personal statement.
In other words, I am way too prepared.
Seriously.
I went to a law school "event" last week (sponsored by Kaplan, which I won't give any of my money to) and UT Law's Dean of Admissions said prospective law students should really plan on spending a year getting all their application materials together. So, if you want to go to law school in the fall of 2005, start getting your stuff together in December of 2003.
I suppose if you think you might seriously tank on the LSAT and need lots of time to prepare, that's not bad advice. But I really don't think you can spend a year working on a personal statement or resume; I can't possibly imagine any professor or employer wanting to write a letter of recommendation that early, either.
The four months I am going to spend seem adequate. I'm already getting kind of burned out thinking about everything—but that's the way my brain works. I make a decision, get really excited about it, spend a week or two freaking out, and then settle into the nitty gritty work of it all. And I work hard on it.
So, OK. I'm going to law school next year. Whatever law school I can get into. Deep breaths. It's really happening!
