Need some honest opinions
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:33 pm
Hi everyone, I need some honest opinons before I dive in. I have really been thinking about going to law school for a long time now, but I want to make sure if I go, I go to a t14. Now, I want people's honest opinions. I'm a terrible standardized test taker so I know the LSAT's are going to be a struggle for me, but if I study a lot I feel I could possible pully off mid 150's. Now I know t14 is all about numbers, but what do you guys think of my chances.
Undergrad GPA (small state school) 3.73, magna cum laude, double major in English and education (I wanted to be a teacher) and double minor in psych and history. I did a bunch of volunteering and I presented at a national conference and sat on a panel at that conference.
Grad school: Yale, I will have a master's in psychiatric nursing and I'll come out as a certified RN and psychiatric nurse practitioner (I'm assuming my grades will be around B, B+ because there is a lot of hard science) For those of you who don't know, a psychiatric nurse practitioner can prescribe medications and do therapy, it's like a physician's assistant. I'm working on an article to get published now and will have about one or two more (hopefully) published by the time I graduate in two years (just finished my first year).
I have worked at one psychiatric residential program for about 6 years and an inpatient psych facility for two years (at the same time while going to school). Both positions I held the title of a mental health counselor. Also the time I apply I will have one year RN experience under my belt.
The whole reason I want to go to law school is to understand policy and help the mentally ill on a larger, legislative scale (to make a very very long story short) and I really believe that a t14 school will allow me to achieve this. Also, are there any chances at HYS?
Anywho, thanks in advance. I typed this in a bit of a rush so I apologize before hand for any errors/mistakes.
Undergrad GPA (small state school) 3.73, magna cum laude, double major in English and education (I wanted to be a teacher) and double minor in psych and history. I did a bunch of volunteering and I presented at a national conference and sat on a panel at that conference.
Grad school: Yale, I will have a master's in psychiatric nursing and I'll come out as a certified RN and psychiatric nurse practitioner (I'm assuming my grades will be around B, B+ because there is a lot of hard science) For those of you who don't know, a psychiatric nurse practitioner can prescribe medications and do therapy, it's like a physician's assistant. I'm working on an article to get published now and will have about one or two more (hopefully) published by the time I graduate in two years (just finished my first year).
I have worked at one psychiatric residential program for about 6 years and an inpatient psych facility for two years (at the same time while going to school). Both positions I held the title of a mental health counselor. Also the time I apply I will have one year RN experience under my belt.
The whole reason I want to go to law school is to understand policy and help the mentally ill on a larger, legislative scale (to make a very very long story short) and I really believe that a t14 school will allow me to achieve this. Also, are there any chances at HYS?
Anywho, thanks in advance. I typed this in a bit of a rush so I apologize before hand for any errors/mistakes.
Would the Yale grad school (in the sciences ) help me out at all?