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I can't believe I'm still not decided what I want to do with my life, I am a senior in university, I will graduate in Dec 2010.
I am going to school for history, and I was thinking of applying to law school, but I need to decide RIGHT NOW because I need to start preparing for the LSAT really soon if I'm going to do that.
I am so confused, at times I really want to be a lawyer, and at other times I feel like I'm not so sure.
I am afraid that if I'm a lawyer, I will be so consumed by the job that I'll hardly have time for myself, I have a lot of hobbies- I want to have time to garden, paint, draw, play video games, go to at least 1 fitness type class, read novels and possibly write a novel in my free time. I really want to do all of those things throughout my life, I feel like I am all about my hobbies and not really career oriented enough. Also, one of my big beliefs is that having time to relax inspires creativity, something which I don't think a lot of people in the US agree with, but it's what I've been taught, I come from a different culture in Eastern Europe. I am also okay with taking a pay cut as long as I get to do all of the things I'm passionate about.
Granted, at the moment, history is something I like a lot, and I am very passionate about it, and I feel like I love putting a lot of time and effort into my education- writing papers and doing research for a professor. I feel like law could potentially be something I could be passionate about too- but here is where the big issue comes in- I don't know enough about being a lawyer to say that it's a completely honest/moral profession and I am not exactly sure if it is..If it's not, then I could never be a lawyer..
So, what can I do to learn more about what a law career involves exactly??
If I decide not to do law, then does anyone know what type of options I have with B.S. in history of technology and sociology of science lol ..
I said that I'd be fine in taking a pay cut, I guess I wasn't being totally clear: I would be fine in taking a pay cut, but my parents will be loaning me money for my grad school education, so in order to get the money from them interest free, I'd have to do some kind of graduate program that would result in a pay raise than what I would be making with just a B.S., otherwise in their opinion it isn't worth it
For example, they don't think a master's degree in social work is worth it because the average salary is $35,000 per year, and they think someone with a B.S. can make that much, so going to graduate school for that in their eyes is a waste of money and time. If I wanted to do that, i'd probably have to take private loans with huge interest rates which I don't want to do...
Lol, sorry I'm sooo difficult!!! And sorry if I bored you ...but I would really appreciate any kind of advice!!
I am going to school for history, and I was thinking of applying to law school, but I need to decide RIGHT NOW because I need to start preparing for the LSAT really soon if I'm going to do that.
I am so confused, at times I really want to be a lawyer, and at other times I feel like I'm not so sure.
I am afraid that if I'm a lawyer, I will be so consumed by the job that I'll hardly have time for myself, I have a lot of hobbies- I want to have time to garden, paint, draw, play video games, go to at least 1 fitness type class, read novels and possibly write a novel in my free time. I really want to do all of those things throughout my life, I feel like I am all about my hobbies and not really career oriented enough. Also, one of my big beliefs is that having time to relax inspires creativity, something which I don't think a lot of people in the US agree with, but it's what I've been taught, I come from a different culture in Eastern Europe. I am also okay with taking a pay cut as long as I get to do all of the things I'm passionate about.
Granted, at the moment, history is something I like a lot, and I am very passionate about it, and I feel like I love putting a lot of time and effort into my education- writing papers and doing research for a professor. I feel like law could potentially be something I could be passionate about too- but here is where the big issue comes in- I don't know enough about being a lawyer to say that it's a completely honest/moral profession and I am not exactly sure if it is..If it's not, then I could never be a lawyer..
So, what can I do to learn more about what a law career involves exactly??
If I decide not to do law, then does anyone know what type of options I have with B.S. in history of technology and sociology of science lol ..
I said that I'd be fine in taking a pay cut, I guess I wasn't being totally clear: I would be fine in taking a pay cut, but my parents will be loaning me money for my grad school education, so in order to get the money from them interest free, I'd have to do some kind of graduate program that would result in a pay raise than what I would be making with just a B.S., otherwise in their opinion it isn't worth it
Lol, sorry I'm sooo difficult!!! And sorry if I bored you ...but I would really appreciate any kind of advice!!