What to do Forum

[asvart]

I recently started a new job where the salary is pretty decent, around 60k. I was planning on going to law school this fall, but now I am not so sure. I don't have much work experience so I feel as though putting off law school for another year would offer me a good chance to really get a feel for what it will be like to work in an office all day. Plus it would bolster my resume for OCI. My best option is Georgetown with a quite small scholarship. Do you guys think I should a) just attend this fall, b)attempt to defer at Georgetown until next year and work this year, c)work this year and reapply to some of the top schools that waitlisted or rejected me knowing that my resume will be stronger and the competition may be less fierce next cycle?

[asvart]

anyone?

[wreckem]

What ever you do, do not defer as you won't likely get any money next year if you do. An extra year of work experiance isn't going to matter much, but might give you a boost at Northwestern. Taking a year off gives you an extra year to hope the legal market rebounds by for the start of your 2L year. That is really the only advantage of taking a year off that I can see. I'd sit tight on the WL's as some of them you won't really know for sure until the end of July.

[romothesavior]

What ever you do, do not defer as you won't likely get any money next year if you do.

You could ask if they can keep the scholarship for you. Some schools will, some schools won't.

[wreckem]

What ever you do, do not defer as you won't likely get any money next year if you do.

You could ask if they can keep the scholarship for you. Some schools will, some schools won't.

Yeah but I wouldn't hold my breath on having them do that.

[luxxe]

I recently started a new job where the salary is pretty decent, around 60k. I was planning on going to law school this fall, but now I am not so sure. I don't have much work experience so I feel as though putting off law school for another year would offer me a good chance to really get a feel for what it will be like to work in an office all day. Plus it would bolster my resume for OCI. My best option is Georgetown with a quite small scholarship. Do you guys think I should a) just attend this fall, b)attempt to defer at Georgetown until next year and work this year, c)work this year and reapply to some of the top schools that waitlisted or rejected me knowing that my resume will be stronger and the competition may be less fierce next cycle?

your stronger resume isn't going to help you get into any different schools except maybe northwestern. if you are really set on getting into a better school/getting more money, re-take the lsat.

[im_blue]

I recently started a new job where the salary is pretty decent, around 60k. I was planning on going to law school this fall, but now I am not so sure. I don't have much work experience so I feel as though putting off law school for another year would offer me a good chance to really get a feel for what it will be like to work in an office all day. Plus it would bolster my resume for OCI. My best option is Georgetown with a quite small scholarship. Do you guys think I should a) just attend this fall, b)attempt to defer at Georgetown until next year and work this year, c)work this year and reapply to some of the top schools that waitlisted or rejected me knowing that my resume will be stronger and the competition may be less fierce next cycle?

your stronger resume isn't going to help you get into any different schools except maybe northwestern. if you are really set on getting into a better school/getting more money, re-take the lsat.

+1. A higher LSAT is the only way your application will be stronger next year, when the competition will surely be stiffer.

[asvart]

I recently started a new job where the salary is pretty decent, around 60k. I was planning on going to law school this fall, but now I am not so sure. I don't have much work experience so I feel as though putting off law school for another year would offer me a good chance to really get a feel for what it will be like to work in an office all day. Plus it would bolster my resume for OCI. My best option is Georgetown with a quite small scholarship. Do you guys think I should a) just attend this fall, b)attempt to defer at Georgetown until next year and work this year, c)work this year and reapply to some of the top schools that waitlisted or rejected me knowing that my resume will be stronger and the competition may be less fierce next cycle?

your stronger resume isn't going to help you get into any different schools except maybe northwestern. if you are really set on getting into a better school/getting more money, re-take the lsat.

+1. A higher LSAT is the only way your application will be stronger next year, when the competition will surely be stiffer.

i am a splitter with a 172+ lsat so I dont think i can count on doing any better, and not sure how much it would help.

[im_blue]

I recently started a new job where the salary is pretty decent, around 60k. I was planning on going to law school this fall, but now I am not so sure. I don't have much work experience so I feel as though putting off law school for another year would offer me a good chance to really get a feel for what it will be like to work in an office all day. Plus it would bolster my resume for OCI. My best option is Georgetown with a quite small scholarship. Do you guys think I should a) just attend this fall, b)attempt to defer at Georgetown until next year and work this year, c)work this year and reapply to some of the top schools that waitlisted or rejected me knowing that my resume will be stronger and the competition may be less fierce next cycle?

your stronger resume isn't going to help you get into any different schools except maybe northwestern. if you are really set on getting into a better school/getting more money, re-take the lsat.

+1. A higher LSAT is the only way your application will be stronger next year, when the competition will surely be stiffer.

i am a splitter with a 172+ lsat so I dont think i can count on doing any better, and not sure how much it would help.

So it looks like your best option is to attend GULC this year.