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StuckandScared

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  1. If anyone's read my other post, you know what's going on, but if you haven't....Long story short I'm in law school and I hate it. I'm considering applying to other grad programs. The problem? Most of the programs I've looked at require 3 LORs, preferably academic ones. That's a problem, because the teachers who knew me best, I already asked for LORs for law school. I was never that super outgoing/best-friends-with-the-professor student in undergrad, so my pool of professors to ask is very limited. I'm definitely thinking I want to apply to a counseling program, and 2 of the professors I asked for my law school letters were psychology professors--My junior level writing requirement for my psych major (he saw more of me and my writing than probably any other professor combined), and my senior capstone professor, who also saw my writing and research projects. They both wrote them and I'm grateful. My question...Is it alright to ask a professor for a second letter of recommendation? Or is that super tacky and make me look like a terrible person? I'm going home for "fall break" next week, and have the opportunity to go meet them at their office hours and ask in person, and this is the only such in person opportunity I will have, possibly ever (I'm not going home for thanksgiving because of finals week brewing, and I won't be home for Christmas break until after my undergraduate institution's holiday break begins and they won't have office hours at that point). If it is okay..What do I say? "Hello Dr. ____. Remember me? Thank you for the best letter of recommendation I've ever seen. I hate law school, and I'm wondering if you'd write me a more general letter of rec?" My other options OF PROFESSORS WHO HAVEN'T WRITTEN ME LETTERS OF REC include: A. a biochemistry professor I had this spring (I was in his office weekly because I strugged with biochem and had to work extremely hard to succeed in that class), so he has a good concept of me as a student and my work ethic, but he never saw me write a paper. B. An online anthropology professor who I had for multiple classes (I have a minor in anthropology), and I wrote many essays for her classes and had great grades, but she never met me in person. C. A T.A. for a biology junior level writing requirement lab, very writing intensive, she probably still knows me by name, from this spring, but she is a grad student (hence a TA) herself. She saw my writing abilities and tenacity as a student and was aware of my plans to go on to law school, but I only got a B in the class. D. A professor who had me at community college in high school for FOUR classes, and saw a dozen of my written essays and who absolutely loved me--he was my favorite professor in all of my college years--he was going to write me a letter of rec for law school but became very ill and couldn't at last minute. E. A professor who had me for a senior level psychology class this summer--the very last undergraduate class I ever took. I got an A in his class, communicated with him often via email for feedback in the class, and had to write a research essay, but there's a problem...It was an online class. Is it kosher to ask a professor from an online class for a letter of rec? Help please. I would hate to never have the opportunity to apply to any other grad program simply because I can't find anyone else to write me a letter of rec.
  2. I went for it. The math score was really really horrific, but the verbal I can live with. Quantative: 142. Verbal: 159. I guess that's what happens when you're in law school full time and trying to study for the GRE--it's kind impossible. I also haven't seen geometry in a long time. Is a 159 decent for a first try on the verbal? Percentile wise it looks okay. I looked up the reqs of all the potential programs I'd want to get in and my combined score is high enough to satisfy the combined score requirement.
  3. I took the LSAT last fall, applied to law schools over the winter, really thought this was what I wanted to do with my life. Got accepted, picked my school, graduated from undergrad in May...Moved across the country...and started law school last month. And it sucks. And I hate every moment, of every day. I don't like the environment, I REALLY don't like the people I go to school with (not that it's such a big deal, but you end up working with them usually once you're out of school), I don't like what I'm learning, I hate the inhuman element of the law (which has prompted all my family to ask me "HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY BE SO WRONG? HOW DID YOU GET HERE? DID YOU NOT THINK THIS IS WHAT THE MATERIAL OF LAW SCHOOL WOULD BE LIKE?"). This just doesn't feel like me. There's more I could say and maybe I will later, but I have a class in a little while... Anyways, I never took the GRE. And I should have. My bachelors degrees are in biology and psychology (yes I graduated with two in may), and I really really am starting to think I should have applied to a masters in counseling or genetic counseling program (that would combine the strengths of my bio and psy background)--And I never even gave it any thought. I was so hell bent on law school, I never even CONSIDERED for a second, other options. Anyways, if nothing else..I need to take the GRE. But there is a problem. Where I'm going to law school at, the GRE is not offered at a time I could squeeze into my schedule because I have class 5 days a week. The only time I can take it and squeeze into my schedule is a farther drive out, and is only offered once a week. I was planning to take it a week from now. But I have to ask..Is that a disaster waiting to happen? From anyone who's taken the GRE? Anyone taken the GRE and the LSAT? Comparatively which was more difficult? I studied for the LSAT for a month, while also taking over 20 credits of undergrad, and scored above average. I took a practice GRE from Kaplan's website just as a "cold run" to figure out what my diagnostic would be without having ever seen the material, and I got a 280. My quant score needs to come up--but thankfully, doing physics and biochemistry equations through the spring, and bio and chem calculations early in the summer haven't left me too out of practice. Anyways..I could wait and not take it next week, but THEN we have midterms and a big memo due the first and second weeks of October, and law school is time intensive--I can't commit much time to additional study for the GRE while also reading 100 pages a night for law school and briefing and drafting memos and outlines. Then in November everyone starts kicking into finals mode, and the first HALF of December I have finals. The programs I would want to apply to for grad school give you the best chances if you apply by December. SO...That's a longwinded...Is it worth just taking next week to see how I do? Is it possible to study sanely for the GRE for a week? I have a class cancelled tomorrow, which equates to less reading over my day and weekend, so I can use those extra couple hours to devote to quantitative study.
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