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« on: March 04, 2008, 10:47:55 PM »
Ok here is my situation...
I'm 21 in I'm finishing up a science degree in one of the best undergrad schools in Eastern Canada (we think we're the best, and we're always ranked pretty high in Mcleans). I want to go to law school in the US for sure, and eventually I want to wind up in Texas (most of my cousins live in either Dallas or Houston, and I love the Cowboys...Dat Nguyen was the best linebacker ever!!!). Anyways, on June 07 Lsat I got a 164, and in Sep07 a 169. I was postponing my application to get my next semester grades to bring my GPA to between a 3.5 and 3.6. Unfortunately I never got them in time, and so I have decided not to apply this year but to wait until next year. Finally, I got my grades and needless to say I'm going to be between 3.3 and 3.4 by the end of my degree, not 3.5+. The other part of this equation is I have a 33R MCAT score (95th percentile), and could go to medical school, but I really want to be a lawyer, and I get sad when I think about being a doctor.
(By the way, I took powerscore in Toronto and studied my ass off for the Lsat, and did the MCAT with only a minimal amount of prep with a Kaplan book, so contrary to what many people say, I think the LSAT is harder. The MCAT is all the stuff you have already learnt, and if you are good at memorizing it is mostly a refresher in a way. It is still tough, but there is nothing like logic games on it...logic games are my downfall.)
So why I'm really disappointed is because I had my heart set on going to a t14 school, and with a 169/3.3ish I'm not going to make it. Even at the lower t14 schools like G-town I think I would have probably been rejected this year. Next year will not be any easier, I'm sure. Now, at first I was thinking UT, and when I visited it I liked it (well, sort of, the building isn't what I was expecting), but at the same time all my research tells me that they are not the best place for me to go for what I want to do. What I want to do long term is pharmaceutical patent law I think. It fits in with my undergrad, and from what I heard it pays well.
So what should I do:
Option #1: Re-take the Lsat for the third time in June 08 and hopefully hit the 170's
Option #2: Apply as is, and hopefully get into one of the t14, but likely have to settle for UT or one of the lower schools.
Option #3: Go to a medical school up here in Canada, and die a slow death on the inside (this option is why I changed my name because I am not Going South for sure anymore....I would do medical school up here.)
So what would you do if you were me??? I honestly am at a loss here.
Other factor:
Parents are typically cheap (the stereotype is true
), but the one exception is my education. They are paying for everything so I don't really have to worry about the cost of either US law vs medical school.
I'm 21 in I'm finishing up a science degree in one of the best undergrad schools in Eastern Canada (we think we're the best, and we're always ranked pretty high in Mcleans). I want to go to law school in the US for sure, and eventually I want to wind up in Texas (most of my cousins live in either Dallas or Houston, and I love the Cowboys...Dat Nguyen was the best linebacker ever!!!). Anyways, on June 07 Lsat I got a 164, and in Sep07 a 169. I was postponing my application to get my next semester grades to bring my GPA to between a 3.5 and 3.6. Unfortunately I never got them in time, and so I have decided not to apply this year but to wait until next year. Finally, I got my grades and needless to say I'm going to be between 3.3 and 3.4 by the end of my degree, not 3.5+. The other part of this equation is I have a 33R MCAT score (95th percentile), and could go to medical school, but I really want to be a lawyer, and I get sad when I think about being a doctor.
(By the way, I took powerscore in Toronto and studied my ass off for the Lsat, and did the MCAT with only a minimal amount of prep with a Kaplan book, so contrary to what many people say, I think the LSAT is harder. The MCAT is all the stuff you have already learnt, and if you are good at memorizing it is mostly a refresher in a way. It is still tough, but there is nothing like logic games on it...logic games are my downfall.)
So why I'm really disappointed is because I had my heart set on going to a t14 school, and with a 169/3.3ish I'm not going to make it. Even at the lower t14 schools like G-town I think I would have probably been rejected this year. Next year will not be any easier, I'm sure. Now, at first I was thinking UT, and when I visited it I liked it (well, sort of, the building isn't what I was expecting), but at the same time all my research tells me that they are not the best place for me to go for what I want to do. What I want to do long term is pharmaceutical patent law I think. It fits in with my undergrad, and from what I heard it pays well.
So what should I do:
Option #1: Re-take the Lsat for the third time in June 08 and hopefully hit the 170's
Option #2: Apply as is, and hopefully get into one of the t14, but likely have to settle for UT or one of the lower schools.
Option #3: Go to a medical school up here in Canada, and die a slow death on the inside (this option is why I changed my name because I am not Going South for sure anymore....I would do medical school up here.)
So what would you do if you were me??? I honestly am at a loss here.
Other factor:
Parents are typically cheap (the stereotype is true
), but the one exception is my education. They are paying for everything so I don't really have to worry about the cost of either US law vs medical school.
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