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Hello sagers. I am in doubt about this. I have a terrific GPA in undergrad. 3.85. My LSAT performance is dismal. I am thinking of accepting an offer from a school which accepts lower tiers LSAT and possibly transfer from there to my school of choice later. is that a good strategy? I don't want to lose anymore time on dreaming im going to do well on the LSAT. I really dont have time to study like many of you i must work for a living and its hard to find time, even tough i put at least 20 hours a week to study. im all over the place. sometimes i do well sometimes i do not so i really cant gauge my level of performance.....
i really want to put the lsat on my rearviewmirror and start law school asap. I know I will do well in law school. its my dream to be there and I will succeed, but the lsat is really pushing me back.
Should i persist on the LSAT or should i enroll in a school that is not really a choice.....and try to transfer.
What say you?
Any comments are welcome.
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I know I will do well in law school. its my dream to be there and I will succeed
You might be in for a rather unpleasant surprise...
Transferring is based on a number of big, big, big, big assumptions. Some of them may well turn out to be false. In a law school, you will be competing against others who are approximately as intelligent and driven as you are. Some of them probably want to transfer too. With all due respect, if your LSAT performance really is as unstable as you claim it to be, why would you think your law school performance - which I hear is far more demanding than the LSAT - will consistently outshine those of your peers, to the extent you will be admitted to a (presumably) higher-ranked institution? Students from other law schools would apply to your school of choice too.
I say retake. It's not as potentially costly as opting for a school you don't like is.
You see i never said I would outshine my peers. what I said was that I can do well in law school is because within the law school frame I know the path I want to take and belieive it or not I dont want to go to a top tier school. I want to stay in New York and attend CUNY LAW which is the city university law school for the sheer fact that it costs a fraction of others.
You see law school dont make you, they just provide you opportunities but what you make of it is up to you. some of us are driven by money others by a desire to help, which fits best with my goals and with what I seek to do. I am not a "rat race" kinda guy. I would like to explore a PHD in law further down. Im a bit older now. I already have worked the 15 hour a day shifts to drive expensive cars, I already made some money, but what I really like to do is study.
I really dont think the LSAT is the clear indicator of who is or will be a good lawyer. being a lawyer is something that must be "in" you. MANY who went to the likes of HARVARD today say they HATE the profession. I know one and he tried talking me out of going that path.
Anyway I know who I am and what I know and dont know. I am here because I want to make a meaningful contribution to society. what we learn in law school is how to be a good researcher and where to find information. I dont expect to a lawyer once I graduate. That should take some time before I earn that respect from my peers.
I am hunmble. but know this, if you see me in a courtroom it wont matter where you studied. I will come rolling down the isle like a steamroller.....then we will see......(KKKK)
hahahahaha!!!! just kidding amigos!
Hating being an attorney doesnt mean you're a bad attorney. I know a lot of attorneys that hate to read and they do a great job and make lots of money. Similarly, I know a lot of attorneys who love their work and they do a bad job and are very unsuccesful.
You do in fact have to "outshine your peers" in order to transfer, that's why schools all have like a 1% transfer rate. A lot of people are gunning to transfer and or be the top percent of the class, hence the term gunners.
Why ask about going to a school you don't want to attend if you were accepted(?) into CUNY and that's where you want to go...or if you weren't accepted to CUNY and that's where you want to go then why wouldnt you retake?
If the sole reason you want to go to law school right now is bc you're over the LSAT and dont want to keep studying for it, then you're really not gonna enjoy the amount of studying you'll have to put in for law school.
your transfer rate is not right.many people transfer. A professor of law from Brooklyn Law school told me that the number is quite high. your argument that people who hate their job do a good job is just bizzare. who the hell want an attorney who hates his or her work? makes no sense. i wonder who are the attorneys you claim you know. how do you know they are unsuccessful? did they tell you? I doubt it. my friend studying for the LSAT and studying for law school are not the same.