Before he went all scientology-psycho, a certain actor once delivered one of my favorite movie quotes of all time: Sometimes you just gotta say “What the fuck, make your move.”
Right now I should be taking the LSAT. I’ve registered for it. I’ve payed for it. It’s happening, right now, a few miles from where I sit. But I decided to say “what the fuck.” I don’t want to be in school until I’m 30. On top of that, I barely have the motivation to go to class right now. I certainly don’t have the motivation to do it for the next 4 years of my life. People have asked, “why don’t you just take out student loans?” so that I can stop working full time (or at all) and just cruise through school in 2.5 or 3 years. Well, the answer is that I’m not totally comfortable plunging myself another $100K into student loan indebtedness. See, I still haven’t found a job that will allow me to pay off the $20K or so of loans that I accrued in my undergrad studies.
My roommate took out about $30K in student loans for his 1L alone! He is in class all day. He is at the library all night. Every night. He hasn’t gotten laid in 4 months. And he hates everything that he has to do. With a price tag of $20-30k/year, that’s not exactly my cup of tea.
Hell, I can finish my Masters in Economics, with thesis, probably in April of 2007. I couldn’t even begin law school until August 2006, which would bisect my Masters program, postponing that goal even further. I’m 25. I have neither the time nor the dedication to spend the next 4 years of my life memorizing utterly useless minutia. And I have no reason to believe that the JD is some sort of golden-ticket to a fulfilling & rewarding existence.
What the fuck.
Good for you, dude! I was 20 when I started grad school but 33 when I started law school. And I regret neither decision. Whatever tickles your pickle.