Wavering

For about a day I teetered on the edge of rethinking this whole thing. Part of me is already there but part of me still longs to go to law school. I'm currently awaiting what I'm only guessing will be a courtesy waitlist letter from UT Law - again. I'l admit I didn't do so hot on the LSAT but standardized tests aren't my thing but I feel that I would do well in law school. I believe I would enjoy it. If I could only convince a school to let me in.

Yesterday I was looking around for schools that offer part-time programs and still have a good reputation and ranking. I found several and one in particular that I'm interested in. It's in California and offers not just a concentration in the law I want to study but a whole damn institution dedicated to it. Over forty class offerings - everything from Motion Picture Production and Distribution Law and Working with the Guilds to Historic Preservation and Internet and E-Commerce Law. I'd be in heaven. They accept applications until April 1.

It took me around ten minutes to realize that it probably wasn't worth my $75 to send the application and LSAC report. I really want to go to London. It's an opportunity that really is once in a lifetime. I will never again have the available time and personal situation that would permit to move to another country. This law school will be here in 18 months when I'm done. I can always choose to go. I can always make the time and effort to earn that degree, to live in a city so vastly different from the one in which I grew up and experience life on the Pacific coast. It's not a desire or dream to give up, but rather simply one to put off for a year or so.