Hey all, I’m back. Did ya Miss me?! Wheww, There is a lot to tell. I’ve been hecka busy with work, my upcoming internship, LSAT, 18 credits, Senior Comps, Law School and two majors. So i’ve been a busy bee! If you follow me on twitter, you know that I cancelled my scores and I am taking the December LSAT. After doing a self study I am signing up for powerscore’s course starting Oct 10. The test wasn’t that hard, but I know I could have done 10x better than I probably did.
Law School
I have changed my list around, again. NYU (top) Northwestern and Columbia (neck and neck) and Georgetown and George Washington, maybe UVA that’s it for now. LSAC has lowered my gpa to a 3.09 OUCH!! I am glad I am applying after the semester is over, so I could pull mostly A’s to bring it back up. That’s ridiculous! But, because of my situation, I hope law schools will be able to over look that. Plus, I have two really demanding majors. Kinda scary.
Grad School
After I saw what LSAC had done with my GPA I began thinking about other options, Grad school. lol, I want to get my Masters in Public Policy or a Masters in Public Administration, so sometime soon I will be taking the GRE to apply to Howard’s Masters program, get a little apartment in D.C. for a year and study and work. It all depends on how this LSAT goes in december and If I get into a decent law school.
I will try to keep up this time with all my studying, and my practice tests, I can tell you I was averaging pretty good scores but not excellent ones.
Well next week officially starts my grindage. I have a feeling I am going to be tired a lot more often then I had originally planned. But it’s ok, because a HYS (CNN – Columbia, NYU, Northwestern) is worth it. I am excited to be getting this year started but I am also anxious at the same time.
Well everyone in the fall 2010 Cycle.. Let’s bring in those acceptance letters!!
If you’re a 0L/Fall 2010 Cycle blogger post a link in the comments!
Essentially law schools want you to take your whole life — well the past four years of your life and in a wonder woman like manner squeeze it into “one-to-two pages.” I understand that the common practice is to send a ONE page resume, but because of my likelihood of being a splitter, I am going to need to show off all my assets, i mean my impressive softs.
Well how do I do that without sounding like a Douche? That is the question I’ve been pondering for the past few hours. My normal resume for work is very tidy looking and clean with a few lines. But this is the mother of all resumes. It takes up two WHOLE pages. I have to condense it. I JUST HAVE TO!! lol.
QUESTION FOR THE MASSES: I co-founded a community service organization and a business. The only problem is they aren’t trademarked yet, and we are still working on the logistics of the organization and business, I don’t feel entirely comfortable putting them on my resume. Should I?
I wanted to share some of the books that I use as resources just in case the invisible readers were wondering.
How to Get into Law School by Susan Estrich is a GREAT resource. I have gotten a lot out of skimming through the book. I got some GREAT interview tips and some personal statement advice. I wish she would have made the How to Get in section a little longer because the title is a bit misleading. The second half of the book focuses on what to do when you get there. eeeh, that’s not what I am looking for right now, but it’s still a good resource and I’d recommend it.
The Ivey Guide to Law School Admissions: Straight Advice on Essays, Resumes, Interviews and More By Anna Ivey is by far one of the best resources that I have used. Ivey gives the reader a lot of examples and what to do in certain situations. This book is the one that I have been using the most for the samples in the back of book AND because her advice is very straight forward ( I read a sentence when she said “don’t bitch and moan.” My kinda girl.” I would HIGHLY recommend this one!
Unfortunately I haven’t really read 55 Successful Harvard Law School Application Essays by the Harvard Crimson yet, but I did skim through and highlight some of the essays that though I might like and would read. I think it’s pretty good if you’re looking for basic types of essays that worked for some students. I really don’t have much to say but it’s a good buy.
If you click the books it’ll send you to the amazon page where you can purchase them. I got my books from the main library here at home and photocopied them, partially because I am cheap as hell and 85.00 for an application fee is pretty damn steep! I would either go to the library or buy them used off of ebay or craigslist (sometimes you can get lots where they’d sell a lot of great resources.”
I think i’ve mastered Logic Games.. I know Genius right?! Well, ok, I haven’t actually mastered Logic Games but I have been getting every answer right in my LGB without looking at the answers so I think I am doing pretty good. I’m on Advanced Linear Games now, We shall see how that works out. I also joined a Google Group, I haven’t been participating because I think i may be a little bit behind the participants in the study group, but I am catching up slowly. Go Dee! Go Dee!
The Blog has a boarder now, i finally did it this morning! I am on a roll today.
I am in the process of revising and re-writing my Diversity Statement and Personal Statements. I am considering writing like three or four and trashing the ones I hate. I am also planning a trip to visit the schools that are on my list, since I am starting from D.C. up I think it’ll probably be a weekend long trip starting on Friday.
OH! – Got Jury Duty… Yaaaaaaaay!
Update tomorrow, sleep time now.
Edit: 1:30AM
This is the best video ever. Ok, not ever, but like I am in love with Jay-Z soo, this is another good one.
I want a swagger like his when I get older.. no joke.
Imagine Common’s “Punch Drunk Love” playing in the background. A weird looking girl in the forefront with a purple beanie from Urban Outfitters on on her head. The song changes to “Paris, Tokyo” by Lupe Fiasco and the video is turning out well. She does her traditionally “Peace out” sign to say Peace out on the Vlog, but when she looks in the Photobooth dashboard the video is only 25 seconds long. That’s what happen to my Vlog. So needless to say unless I acquire my stolen camera I wont be doing a Vlog anytime soon.
LAW SCHOOL FOLDER: This may seem gunnerish(?) but in the video I prefaced my section with a disclaimer about how I don’t like undergrad gunners, and how I have had BAD experiences with them causing me to stereotype them.. they’re everywhere. But ok, the folder comes from my “Freshman year thru Senior Year Folder” for Howard. I love my school but there are some administration issues so I make a copy of EVERYTHING I have. It helps me be a bit more organized. Inside it’s just all of my LSAC and LSAT information and my Application Organizer. I got the concept from a book I glanced at when I was doing research. On the sheet of Paper it has basic organization information, essentially it’s just a checklist. I am not even sure If i’ll actually use it because I do stuff like this and NEVER use them. Like I buy scheduler after scheduler and I never use it. lol that’s pretty bad. I can organize your life but I can’t do shit to mine.
LAW SCHOOL FORUM/FAIR JOINT: So I told you guys about the Law school forum, I really enjoyed myself. What I enjoyed most was going to Chipotle after. YUMM!!! But I came up with a top five list. I am really excited about this list!
HOP UP OUT OF BED: So i have inspiration written all over my mirror, well not written but its printed and taped to my mirror. I am going to need all the Inspiration I can get for this application process.
Is it weird to dream about the phrase “stare decisis?” First… i didn’t even know what the word meant when I woke up this morning, didn’t know where I heard it.. and I don’t know how the phrase got in my head. I am actually scared the more I think about it.. I woke up and had to see the definition. SCARY!!!
I am doing a v-log tomorrow. YAY! No really this time I am. And one of these days I am going to get around to creating a banner. One of these days.
the ldyfgdsgyufgs (which doesn’t really match the title) is apart of my Panic Attack. I suffer from symptoms of Chronic Panic Attacks, meaning my heart starts to hurt (feels like a heartburn) I can’t breath and excessive crying ensues. I get them but rarely have people ever seen me go through a panic attack. I try to make my life as easy going as possible, meaning I eradicate stress from my life. I pretend that stress and drama does not exist and I reach a level of “zen.” If you’ve ever seen the movie Surfs Up, i am kinda like the chicken, i don’t let shit affect me, — guys, parents, people etc. It also makes me come off like an unemotional bitch, but I really don’t care about that, i’ve been called a bitch and unemotional so many times in my life… aaah, it’s cool. I am the nicest person in the world and I know it and so does everyone else. But sometimes things slip through the cracks and I have these massive panic attacks they last for about 10 – 15 mins, but it feels like forever.
Today I had my first Panic Attack in 5 months. Guess what it was over…
Yep! How’d you know.. the LSAT. I have exactly 3 months to study hard for this exam, my studying for the past two months has been lackadaisical and not very productive. Now I have to get down to the meat of my studying. I need to buckle down. So I am going to quit all the bullshit and start on my 3 month study plan. I also use the LSATBlogs 3 Month plan. Once I have a panic attack it seems like all things fall into place afterwards. I cry, i shake, I get faint, my heart hurts, and I can’t breathe but then.. instantly after for the next couple of weeks I am productive as hell. I forsee a 170 in my future.
In other news: You remember how i mentioned creating a new layout for this blog.. yea, i really meant it though. I really did! But apparently when I updated my Mac OS X to Leopard the sucker wont work on Leopard. Thanks for notifying me apple. Sooo, i’ll have to download a trial.. which is really hard to do because it takes forrever! So… i’ll have a new layout buut I’ll just have to wait until probably after the LSAT to do it. So until then I am just going to edit the blog a bit make it look a little better.
its 1150PM and i was watching my usual episode of Family Guy, until I tilted and saw myself in the mirror. My once scintillating six pack is not a two, and it got me thinking of things I want to do before May of 2010. Here I go.
Start actually taking Vitamins (I spell it like I pronounce it Vit-a-mens)
Stop eating Popeyes, Wendys, and any other fastfood joint that sells chicken tenders and fries (i stopped on MacDonalds a long time ago [i spell it like I pronounce it])
Live it up my senior year!
Pay my Credit card bill completely off
Go back to the Vineyard (Oaks Bluff prob. AND NO!! I AM NOT BOURGEOISE) I don’t think my friends have tasted Middle Class African-American life in the north (mid-atlantic?)
Go to Law School in the Fall of 2010
Change my Wardrobe (SIKE, who doesn’t love white t-shirts, jeans, Sperrys and pearls.. no really i want to look more business professional in the 09 and 10)
Find out what kind of law I want to practice – I know that I want to live and DIE in the court room, Mock Trial has motivated me the most.
Buy my dad some Raybans (he broke his and insists on wearing cheap $10.00 ones because he can go to work in them and not care if they get busted)
Woop ass in Fencing this year & in Mock Trial (i want to WHOOP ASSSSSSSS)
Teach Mock Trial in the fall, I miss helping HS kids like this (I feel like they watched a couple of HUMTT trials because this is our standard, plus that’s usually how we respond to Objection responses – the Dork is coming out of me.)
Do a Blog about what it’s like being one of the only HBCU’s in Mock Trial and sometimes how it feels being the only female at the table.
I was going to do a video log today, I actually recorded the video on my blackbook, but it didn’t come out so nice. I’ll record one when I have better lighting. Buuut, anyway. lol.
On saturday, LSAC is hosting their Law School forum in Washington D.C. and I am going to attend. I have been receiving emails from different university’s who probably want to meet their minority quota. I have honestly never heard of any of these law schools.
I got my applications for graduation in the mail last week!!! whoowhoo. At my school you have to apply and sit for an interview inorder to graduate. I have two applications because I will be receiving two Bachelors of Arts. Go mee Go mee! I am excited!!
I am probably going to update later, since this was written yesterday and I just didn’t post lol.
Lol.. ok so its 4AM, i am in limbo between awake and sleep, I roll over and hear a bang, i cough and turn back over. My mother wakes me up and asks me did I hear that. I said “yea sounded like an animal running into something.” she sighed. My father said that someone busted the windows out of someone’s car. I immediately run to the window cracking up. You shouldn’t have been an asshole! Lol, i am still laughing about it. It happened on Wednesday morning. ROLF… I wonder what the underlying story of the bat to the window was. hahahaha, it’s still funny
Hrm.. anyway the guys face reminded me of this song;
As you all can probably tell, we don’t get much action in my neighborhood. That’s about it. That and that damn owl.
Logic Games Question:
Angry Girl busts the windows out of 7 of her ex boyfriends cars, A, B,C,D,E,F, and G. Not in that order. She is on a bust windows mood, she busts every window once on a different day of the week. There are several conditions.
D. 
