I finished my undergraduate degree last August in a highly specialized field of engineering. Everyone in my class who graduated in May had a job. I, having graduated August, did not. Everyone told me it would come. My parents refused to discuss the prospect of an alternative plan, because they could not imagine that I wouldn’t have a job. The job will come, they said. It has not. I have interviewed on campus at the career center, only to be compared to the current undergrads that do not have degrees yet. I’ve sent out resumes, visited companies, talked to headhunters… basically done everything in my power to find a job. 6 months after graduation… no prospect of a job.
I wanted to finish my undergraduate degree, get a job, work internationally for a few years, and then get my company to pick up the ticket for me to go to law school—so I could stay with my company in the legal capacity.
Such is not appearing to be the case.
So, I’m starting to think that perhaps I should start looking at law school. I don’t know how I’m going to pay for it (loans)... but maybe engineering isn’t where I was supposed to make a difference in this world. It’s hard to say. I feel like I wasted a lot of time and effort towards an undergraduate degree that I feel is essentially useless.
Before I became an engineering major, I was passionate about international law. While I was in engineering school, I became completely involved (on many different levels) in a local case and trying to educate the public about the gross misdeeds I witnessed. Maybe it was a sign saying that I was supposed to go to law school. Maybe I’m reading too much into this.
I think I should start studying for the LSAT, so I can take it in the fall. Who knows where my life will be at that time, but at least I will have the possibility for an alternative plan if I need/want one.
