Comments on: Rayman’s LSAT Guide http://gavelsandgears.com/2010/03/15/raymans-lsat-guide/ The Story of an Engineer Turned Lawyer Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:16:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rayman http://gavelsandgears.com/2010/03/15/raymans-lsat-guide/#comment-63 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:15:32 +0000 http://gavelsandgears.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-63 AP — Glad you liked my blog. It has been a while since I have posted but I still maintain the site. I hope than things turn out well with your LSAT score. As long as you get into law school you should be able to succeed. Success in law school does not require super human intelligence — It only requires hard work, dedication, and an emphasis on strategic time management. I’m going to write an update on my experience last year soon. Later I will also post all of my outlines. So please check back soon.

]]> By: AP http://gavelsandgears.com/2010/03/15/raymans-lsat-guide/#comment-61 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:57:53 +0000 http://gavelsandgears.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-61 I ran into your blog as I was sorrow-scaping (not an actual word) my way through law school info on the Internet. I took the LSAT in June and this is week 2 of waiting for the score. I do not know how well or how poorly I have done on the test. Came out of the room with mixed feelings. My background is similar to yours – an engineering degree with several years of experience. My pursuit of a JD is not to make more money necessarily, but, to widen my perspective, first, and then to move up in the field I am in, if all stars and planets that need to align, do. All that said, I do not know if I will be saying the same thing a week from now, when the scores would have come out. I do not have the luxury of re-taking the test for various reasons. The score I receive will be the decision point for me in pursuing this path further.

I’ve been going through cycles of emotions waiting for the score and preparing for the worst. In the end, I know that no matter what, my experience going through this the last few months will remain with me for a life time. At least, I can say that I tried. So I made a pact with myself to only think positive for the next few days, until the score arrives. That is when I ran into your blog; I was looking up ’1L experience’ — imagining that I will be going through this myself, having gotten a good score that will get me past the gates of the schools in my reach (both economically and otherwise). I started with your first December entry and made it this far. I must say – I could not agree with you more about starting prep for 1L ahead of time. This is what I said to myself as well — knowing that any chance of scholly I receive (from the T2 schools I plan on applying) will be with GPA stipulations. And, I, like you, do not have a background in law today. And without subsidy, I will not be able afford any school at sticker price.

I have to applaud you on your single-minded goal and focus of getting into law school, while being mindful of debt.

You may not even see this message, but, I wanted to thank you for putting out this blog, in the hopes that someone, someday might run into it and get something useful out of it. And it has!

Good luck in your endeavors.

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