oh yeah

i participated in an online chat for admissions last night. did this few times last semester and it was kinda fun, so i thought i'd do it again. though i gotta say, some of those kids are going to give themselves a heart attack. i mean, maybe i am just a slacker (see below), but i was just taking the LSAT this time two years ago. maybe, because my gpa was less than stellar, i was just being self aware when i decided to wait until i got my results to start thinking about which schools to go to. sure, i was doing research, but in a very wait-and-see fashion. these people already KNOW where they want to go, and are trying to schedule interviews and shit. i didn't even realize we could do that!

i wish i had done a few things differently when i was considering where to go. first, i was pretty broke and it can get expensive to apply to a lot of places. so i didn't. i did five in total. second, i was too emotional about my choices, and not practical enough. it would have behooved me to apply to more places around the same ranking as where i am now, with one safety and one reach. i was all over the map--san diego cause i was born there and have always wanted to go back, temple cause a friend went there and said that a program of particular interest to me was really good, william and mary cause it's pretty and close to the ocean (and they gave me a waiver), and nyu cause everyone secretly wants to know if they can make it in new york. i am happy where i ended up, though i might not make the same choice if i had it to do again.