Should I quit my job, focus on LSAT? Forum

[laggyking]

loooooooooool, 2hours after i posted this, i lost my job, the company is experiencing a financial issue, they decided to let 1/3 people go, pretty much all the hard working people are gone now. I can do full-time prep now. So funny.

[cbbinnyc]

Well Well, with my background, I feel like I have a good chance to get into UT Austin(3.7/4.0 ugpa from a foreign university, tons of national class award, top 1 from my year. 3.4/4.0 graduate gpa from ut austin architecture school, damn), I guess if i get 170+, its not that hard for me to get accepted by ut. The problem is I dont have time for lsat prep, only have 2 hours free time everyday, travel between cities every weekend, but if I quit my job, my family wont have income for a long time, my wife is still in school, and we have a kid. Can someone offer some advice? Should I quit my job, or fuck my dream, and make 50k forever.

Don't quit your job. I suppose I would need more details to be sure of this, but it sounds like you can make time for LSAT study. 10 hours per week of study for a few months should be sufficient, though you might want to step it up and find more time in the month before the test.

[laggyking]

Well Well, with my background, I feel like I have a good chance to get into UT Austin(3.7/4.0 ugpa from a foreign university, tons of national class award, top 1 from my year. 3.4/4.0 graduate gpa from ut austin architecture school, damn), I guess if i get 170+, its not that hard for me to get accepted by ut. The problem is I dont have time for lsat prep, only have 2 hours free time everyday, travel between cities every weekend, but if I quit my job, my family wont have income for a long time, my wife is still in school, and we have a kid. Can someone offer some advice? Should I quit my job, or fuck my dream, and make 50k forever.

Don't quit your job. I suppose I would need more details to be sure of this, but it sounds like you can make time for LSAT study. 10 hours per week of study for a few months should be sufficient, though you might want to step it up and find more time in the month before the test.

like what kind of detail? first thing first, I'm not from an english speaking country, even though english is not problem as i survived 3 year graduate school, but when I am super tired, preparing for a english based test is not fun at all, so, i dont think 10 hours a week is sufficient to me. I have to stay in office for 10 hours/day, 2 hours for commuting, 8 hours sleep, 2 hours for other things, I could cut off some sleeping hours, but its not a long-term plan.

[RamTitan]

Well Well, with my background, I feel like I have a good chance to get into UT Austin(3.7/4.0 ugpa from a foreign university, tons of national class award, top 1 from my year. 3.4/4.0 graduate gpa from ut austin architecture school, damn), I guess if i get 170+, its not that hard for me to get accepted by ut. The problem is I dont have time for lsat prep, only have 2 hours free time everyday, travel between cities every weekend, but if I quit my job, my family wont have income for a long time, my wife is still in school, and we have a kid. Can someone offer some advice? Should I quit my job, or fuck my dream, and make 50k forever.

Don't quit your job. I suppose I would need more details to be sure of this, but it sounds like you can make time for LSAT study. 10 hours per week of study for a few months should be sufficient, though you might want to step it up and find more time in the month before the test.

like what kind of detail? first thing first, I'm not from an english speaking country, even though english is not problem as i survived 3 year graduate school, but when I am super tired, preparing for a english based test is not fun at all, so, i dont think 10 hours a week is sufficient to me. I have to stay in office for 10 hours/day, 2 hours for commuting, 8 hours sleep, 2 hours for other things, I could cut off some sleeping hours, but its not a long-term plan.

If you woke up early every day and studied for ONE hour you could take it this October or December (with practice tests on the weekend).

[laggyking]

Well Well, with my background, I feel like I have a good chance to get into UT Austin(3.7/4.0 ugpa from a foreign university, tons of national class award, top 1 from my year. 3.4/4.0 graduate gpa from ut austin architecture school, damn), I guess if i get 170+, its not that hard for me to get accepted by ut. The problem is I dont have time for lsat prep, only have 2 hours free time everyday, travel between cities every weekend, but if I quit my job, my family wont have income for a long time, my wife is still in school, and we have a kid. Can someone offer some advice? Should I quit my job, or fuck my dream, and make 50k forever.

Don't quit your job. I suppose I would need more details to be sure of this, but it sounds like you can make time for LSAT study. 10 hours per week of study for a few months should be sufficient, though you might want to step it up and find more time in the month before the test.

like what kind of detail? first thing first, I'm not from an english speaking country, even though english is not problem as i survived 3 year graduate school, but when I am super tired, preparing for a english based test is not fun at all, so, i dont think 10 hours a week is sufficient to me. I have to stay in office for 10 hours/day, 2 hours for commuting, 8 hours sleep, 2 hours for other things, I could cut off some sleeping hours, but its not a long-term plan.

If you woke up early every day and studied for ONE hour you could take it this October or December (with practice tests on the weekend).

loooooooooool, 2hours after i posted this, i lost my job, the company is experiencing a financial issue, they decided to let 1/3 people go, pretty much all the hard working people are gone now. I can do full-time prep now.

[Mint-Berry_Crunch]

I had a similar thing happen, laid off right before I ramped up prep and decided to study full time. I don't really recommend. Depending on how you feel, I would suggest getting another job (preferably one that's intellectually stimulating), picking up a part time job, or even just volunteering somewhere. Towards the end of my studying I took a fun part time job and I think it really helped relax me.

[crumb cake]

loooooooooool, 2hours after i posted this, i lost my job, the company is experiencing a financial issue, they decided to let 1/3 people go, pretty much all the hard working people are gone now. I can do full-time prep now. So funny.

Get another job. It can only help your application, and will help you at OCI.

[RamTitan]

loooooooooool, 2hours after i posted this, i lost my job, the company is experiencing a financial issue, they decided to let 1/3 people go, pretty much all the hard working people are gone now. I can do full-time prep now. So funny.

Get another job. It can only help your application, and will help you at OCI.

I disagree. The universe is pointing you towards a certain direction; study for the LSAT, then get a new job.