Sisi in LSAT-land

I fell down a rabbit hole of law school prep. And found myself at a mad tea party of students who are trying to make sense of the LSAT.

Everything is topsy-turvey in LSAT-land. The logic questions will have you believe that some shy people are extroverts and that in order to prove that you're not a communist, you'll have to advocate totalitarian states. Common sense has no place here; the faster you are at accepting crazy ideas, the better.

The questions just seem like riddles that the mad hatter makes up for fun. And like Alice, sometimes I just don't want to play anymore.

All the while, the March Hare is telling me that time is running out and the law school Queen of hearts is pointing at me and yelling, "Off with her head!"

But I must admit, LSAT-land is growing on me. Like the grinning Chesire cat, formal logic is at once strange and fascinating. We're holding a March LSAT Madness where we fill in the brackets with hard LSAT logic games and vote for them. The hardest game wins the season.

And I'll be honest - I'm really excited for it.

When you wish upon a star

I woke up this morning startled to find all my lights still on, laptop resting against my legs, and the heavyweight LSAT prep book resting underneath my head. I was sprawled across the bed, with other LSAT books framing either side of me. Soon I'll be dreaming LSAT logic games. I suppose in some ways, going to law school might eventually be a dream come true :p

The law of attraction

I'm considering going to law school so I've been to quite a few pre-law events recently. I can't help but notice that these events generally attract certain types of personalities. At the risk of offending some die-hard future lawyers (Andrea!), I present to you my shameless stereotypes:

1. THE GUNNERS
Slick hairdo combined with ultra shiny shoes and a legal note pad in one hand. They raise their hands several times eagerly to ask "out of the box" questions but somehow just seem to annoy the heck out of everybody else. I really don't know why but whenever they speak, others in the room just tend to roll their eyes. You get the sense that they would climb on top of you if it means getting up the rankings just one more notch.

2. THE WIVES/ GIRLFRIENDS (AKA CHEERLEADERS)
The Harvard dean of admissions came to speak at BYU and there were probably around 90 people in the room. I counted 13 girls. 6 of whom I was pretty sure were there accompanying their bf/husbands/fiancees. Whenever somebody brought up how hard it was to get into Harvard, this girl in front of me would whisper (what I imagine to be) sweet nothings in her husband's ear to encourage him. It must be nice to be so supported.

3. THE TOURISTS
They are just shopping around for law schools. Not a single clue which one's better than the others. Just know that Harvard is probably somewhere up there after watching Legally Blonde. Probably just woke up one morning and said, "I think I'm going to go to law school." I know I did.

4. THE REGULARS
Your standard law buffs. Not quite as die-hard as the gunners but more serious than the "tourists". They feel that they are meant for law school and will work hard to get in, but probably not break their backs doing so. They appreciate the pizza at the events as much as the speakers. Generally nice, down-to-earth people.

Here are some photos just in case you haven't figured out which type I think I am:


Me playing the tourist in front of the Supreme Court



Dressing up as the Supreme Court Justice!