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Originally Posted by DaFonz
His argument for becoming a lawyer thus far has been:
Had he said something like "I am very good at research and writing", then I might believe it.
One can also look at how he's going about trying to get into school. High school courses one at a time? What a total waste of time and money. He's likely not done any research whatsoever (likely considering he said 8.5 years of school) on the fastest way to do it.
If I was to do it in his situation, I'd do this:
- Finish my GED while studying for LSAT. If I got 165+, I'd apply to as many law schools as I could that would accept mature students. If accepted, great, if not, then plan B.
Plan B
- Go to college while taking distance university courses that would accept mature students
- Take as many courses as possible that transfer while getting 90+ marks
- Transfer to a university in second year and pick the easiest subjects that would allow for a high GPA while taking a more than full course load
- Study for LSAT again and aim to get 160+
- After 90 credits (or whatever minimums law schools wants), start applying. This could potentially happen 2 years assuming a stacked summer course schedule.
Plan C
Finish degree in 3 years, find other job.
I've just cut 8.5 years down to a minimum of 3 (direct to law school) to a maximum of 6.5 years (1 year college, 2.5 years uni, 3 years law).
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my calcualtion of 8.5 includes the 7 years required to complete law degree. correct me if i am wrong, but law requires 3 years of law school and 4 years of pratical or something like that?
i agree with you, maybe being good at debating isn't what law is about. my reason to become a lawyer was too vague. may be i'll become a prosecutor. maybe this maybe that. your plan is great, but like you said, "if you're in my situation". if you're in my situation, you would not be able to take your GED yet and go to law school because you would be financially unstable (3 year car lease, saving enough to buy out car) and time would be what you're battling against working this 11 hour/day job for 6 days a week.
i wake up at 5:15pm to get to my work at 6pm, work until 5:30am.
get home at about 6am, shower and stuff to about 6:45am.
wake up at 10:30am to go to school for 2 hour class (1 course) until 1:00.
get home at 1:30pm, sleep at about 2pm, wake up again at 5:15pm.
so tell me how would you make money on the side and finish your GED, law school, etc etc. in 3 years.
im thankful that my dad pays for the rent, but everything else i pay for myself.
anyways, i would like to thank everyone for their input in the direction i am going with my career but the main topic of this thread is to assure me that this job is decent with school on the side, not if my career plan is right or wrong. i guess prioritizing my direction in my career was what i was looking for. and right now, making money with school on the side for the next 3 - 4 years is what i plan to do. i should be done my diploma in 1.5 years, then when my car is paid off and bought out, i should still have a decent amount of money to go to college/university full time while working a part time job.