...a good start

11 am
Faxed my admissions packet off to Concord today. Now the waiting starts. I'm hoping to hear before the end of the month. August 30 is the LSAT registration deadline. I really don't want to take the LSAT. For me, taking a multiple-choice standardized test ranks right up there with having dental work done. The part of this whole JD thing I'm dreading the most is the MBE (multi-state bar exam) part I. That's the 200 multiple-choice test on legal theory. Part II is the essay exam. I emailed a friend today telling him I'd far rather take the "baby bar" (first year law exam) than the LSAT. Essay questions over the four core law subjects. I'm used to those types of exams. I took those kinds of exams all through graduate school. Bring it on! Multiple choice tests, however, are a lot more intimidating for me. The first two questions I asked my admissions counselor were: "what is your bar pass rate?" and "what does your school offer in terms of bar prep?" It turns out one of their required classes is a bar prep class.

I'm also getting used to the lawyer jokes. Those don't bother me as much. I will be the 6th or 7th person in my high school class (out of a class of 95) that has gone to law school, and probably the 15th or 20th out of my college class (a class of 120) to go to law school. I'm in good company. The only profession with a higher percentage was medicine.

4 pm

Heard back from Concord. My admissions file is done save for my transcripts. Yaaay! Now I get to wait....and wait.....and wait.