I've gone and done it now.....

[hdsteele]

Well, at the ripe old age of 48 I've paid my $103 for the LSDAS and registered for the June LSAT.  Oh geez, what have I done?  I guess this nonsense is really going to the next step.....my saving grace mentally is that I can always postpone the LSAT if I dont feel ready but I really want to apply to Stetson for Spring 2005....

Gulp.

[Revenant]

Well, at the ripe old age of 48 I've paid my $103 for the LSDAS and registered for the June LSAT.  Oh geez, what have I done?  I guess this nonsense is really going to the next step.....my saving grace mentally is that I can always postpone the LSAT if I dont feel ready but I really want to apply to Stetson for Spring 2005....

Gulp.

Hehe, congrats and best wishes!

[jgruber]

Holy Repeat, Batman.  I was 48 when I sent in my check for the LSAT.  Now I'm 49 and accepted to Nashville School of Law.

Go for it, dude.   

[planejane]

I registered a couple of weeks ago to take the LSAT in June and I think at stared at the LSAC information all that day at work.  I was wondering what I got myself into by that point.  The next morning I realized I signed up for something I wanted to do my whole life.  I want to go to law school and do that lawyering thing!!!!     

Best of Luck,
Christie

[ajlynnette]

steele, i'll tell you what you've done. you've taken a step toward something you obviously really want and you should deserve the chance at. it shouldn't matter how old you are. if there's something out there that you want? you go for it. like the saying goes 'age is nothing but a number.' and besides, you obviously have the drive and ambition of a twenty-something on your side from my standpoint!

go get'em steele. best of luck to you.

aj

[Revenant]

steele, i'll tell you what you've done. you've taken a step toward something you obviously really want and you should deserve the chance at. it shouldn't matter how old you are. if there's something out there that you want? you go for it. like the saying goes 'age is nothing but a number.' and besides, you obviously have the drive and ambition of a twenty-something on your side from my standpoint!

go get'em steele. best of luck to you.

aj

Umm, you may want to take Lynnette's advice with a grain of salt.  "Twenty-something... from my standpoint" doesn't mean much coming from a Sr. Citizen

[nathanielmark]

Just make sure that whatever schools you apply to have accomodations for the elderly.

[hdsteele]

That was cruel.... however, I'll consider it a training exercise.  I can only imagine the comments I would heart from an average LS class over the course of 3 years.

Later.  Gotta go change the batteries in my hearing aids.   

[nathanielmark]

I am just having fun with you.  I give you tremendous respect for going back in all sincerity.  I am not so much the youngster myself either.  I will be applying this fall for part time, and will be 29 in december.

have a wife, a baby, a full time job and a mortgage.  im applying to 5 area part time programs and will attend wherever i can get in.  im expecting the most difficult 4 years of my life but i am ready to make the sacrifice now for many years more years of options later on.  i am also hoping that it will help my boy to see his dad working hard in school before he even starts kindergarten.

best of luck to you.

[sagemenscircle]

STEELE: Just a word of advice. I'm 53, by the way. I took the LSAT a year ago, expecting to do poorly and just get it out of my system. When I got a 162 I started taking things seriously. The problem is, getting into law school is like climbing a mountain, it gets steeper the closer you get. I applied to a bunch of schools, have been accepted to a school I like a great deal. Now, I'm struggling with the money. I may wind up getting all this way, just to crap out on the finances. I even went to the school's reception and preview. LOVED IT. I really could see myself succeeding at this stuff. But, I may lose out at the last minute. So do your best on the LSAT and be prepared for an emotional roller-coaster ride from there on out. Commitment is everything. Money, too.