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So lately I've been having this extensive internal monologue about what I should do with the rest of my life. For years I'd been saying "Well! I'll just go to Law School!" But now that undergrad comes to an end, I'm not sure if I want to fight tooth and nail through three more years of insanely intensive and competitive education, go an additional 60-90k in debt, and maybe come out with a job as a public defender. I don't know if I want to be a stressed out workaholic for if not just those three years, but for the rest of my life.
Right now I'm in two research intensive classes. At the end of the semester I need to give two presentations and had in about 50 pages worth of material that I have researched, argued for and compiled in my own words.... And I'm hating it.
It reminds me of this girl I used to work with who all her life thought she wanted to be a professor in History. Then she took research intensive courses and realized she absolutely loathed it... and since all of Grad school is research, and since most professors are required to do research, she realized it was not for her and is not in a similar predicament to mine.
A few options for myself have come to mind:
1. Suck it up and apply to law school to begin in fall 2009. Pay for those expensive LSAT classes and pray that my GPA and test score will be good enough to get me into a school thats not in the middle of buttfuck nowhere. Unfortunately law school is pretty close to a full time job, so working will be difficult and bills will be my best friend :/
2. No more school. Graduate, find some sort of career in Madison (since I am paying for an apartment there till August 2009) and just do that. If the mood (and bank account) strikes me, possibly go back to school for something.
3. Paralegal school. MATC has a paralegal program for people who already have their bachelors degree. You only have to take 21 credits over 2 semesters, 12 of which need to be in the classroom and the other 9 can be online. The in class-classes are mostly offered at night so I'd still be able to work a full time job most likely. Not super expensive either. Plus if I decide I actually want to go to law school later, I'll have some good experience.
4. Culinary school. I'm only half joking about this. I always thought it would be kick ass to run a catering company, or to be a pastry chef. A degree in culinary arts is 2 years, Pastry school is only 1. However, I would probably only be able to work half time... thought I might still qualify for my moms insurance since I'd be a full time student again.
5. Write that damn book I've had floating in my head for the last half decade. Or at least work on it when school is over and hope someone likes it... Not a career necessarily, just something to do.
If I decide on options 3 or 4 I need to apply soon. I know the paralegal program fills kinda fast. At any rate, I WILL be graduating on May 18th, and I will be getting a full time job in Madison this summer, and probably for the next year or so, possibly along with more education. I'll be living with Jim while he finishes school... what I do after that really depends on which of those little numbers I pick.
Sometimes I wish I could be 12 again and not have to care about anything. School was easy, I didn't have to work, I didn't have to even starting thinking about my future.
Right now I'm in two research intensive classes. At the end of the semester I need to give two presentations and had in about 50 pages worth of material that I have researched, argued for and compiled in my own words.... And I'm hating it.
It reminds me of this girl I used to work with who all her life thought she wanted to be a professor in History. Then she took research intensive courses and realized she absolutely loathed it... and since all of Grad school is research, and since most professors are required to do research, she realized it was not for her and is not in a similar predicament to mine.
A few options for myself have come to mind:
1. Suck it up and apply to law school to begin in fall 2009. Pay for those expensive LSAT classes and pray that my GPA and test score will be good enough to get me into a school thats not in the middle of buttfuck nowhere. Unfortunately law school is pretty close to a full time job, so working will be difficult and bills will be my best friend :/
2. No more school. Graduate, find some sort of career in Madison (since I am paying for an apartment there till August 2009) and just do that. If the mood (and bank account) strikes me, possibly go back to school for something.
3. Paralegal school. MATC has a paralegal program for people who already have their bachelors degree. You only have to take 21 credits over 2 semesters, 12 of which need to be in the classroom and the other 9 can be online. The in class-classes are mostly offered at night so I'd still be able to work a full time job most likely. Not super expensive either. Plus if I decide I actually want to go to law school later, I'll have some good experience.
4. Culinary school. I'm only half joking about this. I always thought it would be kick ass to run a catering company, or to be a pastry chef. A degree in culinary arts is 2 years, Pastry school is only 1. However, I would probably only be able to work half time... thought I might still qualify for my moms insurance since I'd be a full time student again.
5. Write that damn book I've had floating in my head for the last half decade. Or at least work on it when school is over and hope someone likes it... Not a career necessarily, just something to do.
If I decide on options 3 or 4 I need to apply soon. I know the paralegal program fills kinda fast. At any rate, I WILL be graduating on May 18th, and I will be getting a full time job in Madison this summer, and probably for the next year or so, possibly along with more education. I'll be living with Jim while he finishes school... what I do after that really depends on which of those little numbers I pick.
Sometimes I wish I could be 12 again and not have to care about anything. School was easy, I didn't have to work, I didn't have to even starting thinking about my future.