get into law school!

...to UT, Virginia, UCLA, and Washington University (in St. Louis).

It’s so strange to see “Transmitted” up on the website!

I am applying to a ridiculous amount of schools.

That is all.

I just need to finish a few things… I should have most of my applications in by next weekend. !!!!! My letters of recommendation are in, transcripts are processed, now it is all on me to finish this. Super excited.

LSAT is done with. I think it went okay, so now it’s just ever more waiting.

And writing a damn personal statement.

+ Acquired FOUR letters! A serious surprise.
+ Updated resume; still have to bring it by career center and let someone look over it
[+ Procured a volunteer position for this semester, so no more gaps!]
+ Got one of my transcripts sent successfully to LSDAS, have to work on the other one from the community college I took a few summer courses at, argh.
+ Filled out the basic information in the applications.

All that’s left….. write essays, put it together, decide exactly where I’m applying, which all depends on

THE LSAT IN SIX DAYS!!! :)

but I love getting to check things off lists.

-Procured 2 of my recs, still need at least 1, preferrably two.
-Registered for LSDAS
-Sent transcript to LSDAS
-Started the common part of the applications
-Received my real LSAT today so I can take it as a practice this weekend hopefully (lsac sells the real ones, the ones in the book just “mimic” the real ones apparently)

eeeeeeeeeeee. Hopefully I’ll be done with this process by December !

Must study for LSAT! eek! I haven’t even picked up the book in weeks. I realize this is why most people take classes. But honestly. Thousands of dollars. Not going to make that investment. Going to study every evening for at least twenty minutes, and on Thursday before my classes (2:00, yay senior year) I’m going to lock myself in the library and take a practice one. I have 25 days. I can do this.

!!!! :)

Went to a meeting yesterday that had a bit of info on admissions, the LSAT, your first year of law school, etc. It was mostly interesting when I walked in (praying that the dress hadn’t been business attire) and saw a variety of people. Most of the people were older, which makes me sad, as I don’t want to have to compete with people who have Masters and Work Experience and Life Experiences, but whatever. One of the guys who just got accepted into UT Law on the panel was an absolute jerk, and I kind of wanted to punch him in the face when he admitted that the only reason he joined in the Big Brothers mentoring program was to have something corny to put on his resume and write his personal statement about.

But! I need to figure out which professors I’m getting recs from. The way it is now, apparently, they simply upload the letter to the LSAC website, where we can view them (!!) and then send them to the schools we want them sent to. I’m planning on asking the same professor that I am having as my thesis advisor (since he knows me, and has since freshman year, and has seen me grow! woo!) and then….. I have no idea. I could kick myself for all those silly science classes I took (and loved) (except fucking physics) (which is the devil) (which I will be taking three more hours of, upper-division, come fall) (feel free to send Xanax)... I just lost my train of thought.

Oh! I don’t believe I have any classes that I “regret” taking. But I definitely wish they hadn’t been with so many other students… i.e., that the professors never got to know me. I was going to ask my psychology professor, but seeing as she is now also my major advisor, it seems like a lot to ask. Oh, and she makes me start bawling every time I’m in her office. “Dear Law School, Sarah is very bright, but actually cries like a baby at the slightest bat of an eye, therefore I would recommend not having her into your law school. Furthermore, she has too much of a soul, the lack of which is obviously a prerequisite for the study of the juris doctorate. Sincerely, Professor Of All Professors.”

And aside from that, I need to write a personal statement, which honestly the more I hear about sounds like something right up my alley: a “snapshot” of a part of your life that catches the interest of the readers and provides insight into your character. (NOT why you want to go to law school, be a lawyer, save the world.)

So. UT will be ridiculously hard to get in to, but I have to try. Aside from that, I’m pretty sure I could get into one of the schools in New Orleans, which would be pretty fun, kind of like coming full circle! Or I could up and leave for California and spend half my salary on living expenses.

So many choices, so many choices.

I took a free LSAT at Kaplan today.

It was the most miserable experience of my life.

I made a 170. :)

<3

And I got 100% of the logic games right.
I feel… accomplished!!!

There are so many good schools! I go back and forth between wanting to stay in Texas, or go somewhere else (read: California!)

But just browsing through schools…

I like Loyola in LA; I like how they have mandatory pro bono hours before you graduate…

If I could get into Texas I don’t see how I could turn them down. I already love the city. [Although I’m dying to get out of Texas, at least for a little while…] UT’s decently selective, and it’s difficult to get in if you’ve gone to undergraduate at UT.

There’s a law school in Waco, but I don’t know if I could take the atmosphere. Which I know is not how you pick schools. But you have to assume you’ll have some type of [starved malnourished pathetic] social life even in law school, and I can’t see myself fitting well there.

My friend Jessica’s going to Tech, but that is in Lubbock. Which is far away. Where it snows. ... But it will be good next year to hear about her experiences as a first year, etc.

And another reach school would be Berkeley ...which doesn’t really need any explanation.

There are lots of other schools in California. My friend Luke will be starting at Cal West in the fall. Which will be another resource! And a possible floor to sleep on if I end up going to SD to tour schools/interview/etc…

But it’s exciting. I stopped by half-priced books today and got an LSAT prep book. The casher flirted with me a little, but I was too flustered from driving in from College Station and dealing with getting my contacts filled (I. hate. insurance.) to reciprocate. Plus my blood sugar must’ve been negative, I swear. But then I remembered I had a bag of cheerio’s in my purse, grabbed a handful, and survived the rest of the drive home.

So! I like adventures. I think this will be a good one.