not considering those cousins who are in their late thirties and beyond, all of whom are married with children, i am the only family member of my generation who has yet to attend graduate school.
i graduated from college when i was 21 and even before i turned 22, my aunts and uncles were already speculating when i would be returning for more. to their surprise, they still are. at our family gatherings, i can always hear concerned voices above the clamoring of chopsticks. "what is she doing with her life?" "is she going into law like her brother and sister?" "she's going to go get more education, right?"
lately, the sentiment has been sounding more dismal "she is going to be too old in a few years. you should tell her to just apply anywhere." even my friends are starting to nudge. "time is precious." "the next few years are critical." "what are you waiting for?"
before i finished my first year at UCLA, i promised myself that i would not attend graduate school until i was good and ready. for the past four years, i have been trying to decipher what i want to be when i grow up. to be perfectly honest, i am still not sure. that being the case, i have been feeling more urgency as of late.
i think some of my friends and family are under the notion that i do not like school. WRONG. i love school and it has thus far loved me in return. i just was not ready. after many years of casual consideration, and more recently many months of option weighing, i am rigorously preparing for the LSAT.
even i concede that it is about time that i conform with the masses. it is not easy, after all, to be the last one standing--or perhaps as some would see it, lackadaisically fence-sitting.
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Well, let this be some motivation to you. Whatever it is that you may be figuring out for yourself, you can continue to do that in law school (albeit, you'll be forking out $50K a year, but it's an investment in your future). Then, 9 months later and in the summer of your 1L year, you'll be making $4K a week while you continue to contemplate your future. Law school really can't be too bad for you, even if you ultimately tuck the degree away. ;)
How are the logic games treating you? Those were and continue to be my fave.
Hi chi-ling, you might appreciate this article: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Careers/Story?id=688240&page=1
Chi, this is not just you. Lots of youngsters with a rich opportunity set seem to face this "multilemma".
http://www.parenthood.com/article-topics/article-topics.php?Article_ID=9153#print
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