Taking Time off Before Law School
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 3:51 pm
Hey Everyone,
So after taking the LSAT twice and not being happy with my scores either time I have decided to work for a year before going to law school. I plan on taking this summer to study and take it one last time before applying for the next cycle. I'm also feeling burnt out from college and I feel like I would not do as well if I went straight.
I have a good ugpa and I could go to top schools if I can just get the test down. I just need to break into the 160's. I feel like I can do that by studying rigorously during the summer.
I am of Afro-Caribbean descent and I have been experiencing SIGNIFICANT pressure from my family to go straight to law school. They are literally saying things like "you won't score higher on the test, so don't waste time", "if you take time off you will get a girl pregnant and you will NEVER go", "Settle for a 2nd or 3rd tier law school if you have to" or "if you find a good well-paying job you won't want to go to law school anymore." As you can imagine, this is very stressful for me to hear all of this from my family members. They are basically saying that they don't trust that I have the discipline to do things I want to do without it going very wrong and I am making the mistake of my life by not going straight.
So seeing as this is the URM forum, I thought I might be able to get some insight from other URM ls and graduates. Am I wrong for wanting to take a year off to work before going to law school? Personally, as much as a financial undertaking as law school is, I don't want to go in it without giving myself the best shot I can to get into the best schools I can, and that requires time off. But maybe they are right and I'm wrong?
I appreciate your advice in advance!
So after taking the LSAT twice and not being happy with my scores either time I have decided to work for a year before going to law school. I plan on taking this summer to study and take it one last time before applying for the next cycle. I'm also feeling burnt out from college and I feel like I would not do as well if I went straight.
I have a good ugpa and I could go to top schools if I can just get the test down. I just need to break into the 160's. I feel like I can do that by studying rigorously during the summer.
I am of Afro-Caribbean descent and I have been experiencing SIGNIFICANT pressure from my family to go straight to law school. They are literally saying things like "you won't score higher on the test, so don't waste time", "if you take time off you will get a girl pregnant and you will NEVER go", "Settle for a 2nd or 3rd tier law school if you have to" or "if you find a good well-paying job you won't want to go to law school anymore." As you can imagine, this is very stressful for me to hear all of this from my family members. They are basically saying that they don't trust that I have the discipline to do things I want to do without it going very wrong and I am making the mistake of my life by not going straight.
So seeing as this is the URM forum, I thought I might be able to get some insight from other URM ls and graduates. Am I wrong for wanting to take a year off to work before going to law school? Personally, as much as a financial undertaking as law school is, I don't want to go in it without giving myself the best shot I can to get into the best schools I can, and that requires time off. But maybe they are right and I'm wrong?
I appreciate your advice in advance!