So I worked at the bar for about six months. In July I began looking at career options and I started considering law school. My grades were good in college and for a lot of polisci students, law school is the next step in their careers. When I changed to PoliSci, I also added Pre-Law to my designation. It was a way to acquiesce my parents. However, in the fall of '04 I decided to actually proceed to this next supposed step. I began studying for the LSAT and took it in October. A month later I got my score and it wasn't what I thought it would be so I got a little down on myself. Back then I was so mad at myself for not doing as well on the test as I had been doing on practice tests that I decided to not apply anywhere. If I couldn't get into a top ten law school then I didn't want to go at all. A lot of people will and do say that if you can't go where you'd like to then that you should still apply at one of the many other good schools. My feelings back then where that I had worked so hard on my GPA and had done so well on practice LSAT tests, that it really upset me that on the one that mattered I had scored so far off of my range. That one test out of thirty I had taken was what kept me from my goals at that time.
Looking back on these events, I'm glad they turned out the way they did. If I had gone to law school, top ten or not. I would've invested three years of my life in a profession that was a good but not an ideal fit for me. I'd be a lawyer right now, and I might be happy or not. However, I now know what is the ideal graduate program for me to succeed and I've happily taken the steps to get there. The business world is a better fit for me than law. So how did I get from the fall of '04 to considering business school?
After, deciding not to apply anywhere I decided to quit the bar and look for a "real" job. A good job takes months to find but once again I made the mistake (I didn't see this as clearly back then) of getting the job that was most easily attainable. In 2005 I began working as a sales agent at an insurance company. After five months I realized that the owner's philosphy and company structure were not good for its employees and quit. For the rest of the year I worked part-time as a tutor. It was rewarding and something I was good at. I've always wanted to help others (part of the reason I took the insurance job was because it would let me help the Hispanic community) and so I decided to look at non-profit jobs as something that would better align with my interests. I found a great career opportunity with an NPO that works with K-12 students. The bulk of what I did was recruit volunteers but a small part of what I would do was teach kids so it let me continue to work in education also. After a while due to personal reasons I decided to leave this NPO and work with a media research company that paid better, allowed me to travel around the country, and gave me a lot of nice perks. I now regret having made this switch. My time with the NPO was the most enjoyable and I would've liked to have stayed there for 2-3 years.
During my time with the media research company, I recruited households to participate in our study. The more I did this, the less I liked it. After a while it got to me to go door to door asking for participation in our study. Even the perks, (car, cell phone, laptop, paid internet service, make my own hours) couldn't make up for it. Even the travel wasn't fun. (travel for work when you're alone 100% of the time, not so fun). So, it was in the fall of '07 while I was with this research company that my gmat-mba apps-business school endeavor began.
Looking back on these events, I'm glad they turned out the way they did. If I had gone to law school, top ten or not. I would've invested three years of my life in a profession that was a good but not an ideal fit for me. I'd be a lawyer right now, and I might be happy or not. However, I now know what is the ideal graduate program for me to succeed and I've happily taken the steps to get there. The business world is a better fit for me than law. So how did I get from the fall of '04 to considering business school?
After, deciding not to apply anywhere I decided to quit the bar and look for a "real" job. A good job takes months to find but once again I made the mistake (I didn't see this as clearly back then) of getting the job that was most easily attainable. In 2005 I began working as a sales agent at an insurance company. After five months I realized that the owner's philosphy and company structure were not good for its employees and quit. For the rest of the year I worked part-time as a tutor. It was rewarding and something I was good at. I've always wanted to help others (part of the reason I took the insurance job was because it would let me help the Hispanic community) and so I decided to look at non-profit jobs as something that would better align with my interests. I found a great career opportunity with an NPO that works with K-12 students. The bulk of what I did was recruit volunteers but a small part of what I would do was teach kids so it let me continue to work in education also. After a while due to personal reasons I decided to leave this NPO and work with a media research company that paid better, allowed me to travel around the country, and gave me a lot of nice perks. I now regret having made this switch. My time with the NPO was the most enjoyable and I would've liked to have stayed there for 2-3 years.
During my time with the media research company, I recruited households to participate in our study. The more I did this, the less I liked it. After a while it got to me to go door to door asking for participation in our study. Even the perks, (car, cell phone, laptop, paid internet service, make my own hours) couldn't make up for it. Even the travel wasn't fun. (travel for work when you're alone 100% of the time, not so fun). So, it was in the fall of '07 while I was with this research company that my gmat-mba apps-business school endeavor began.
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