By the way, Harvard isn't that difficult to get into. You take a few of the evening, adult-student focused class and then just transfer to the day programs, either way, it's still Harvard. Just pay the cash and away you go. It's all a ticket punch.
Koz is right. I believe there is one state (vermont) where you can take the bar w/o having gone to law school. However, to get into law school you need to have an undergraduate 4year degree. Perhaps what your professor meant was that you don't need a specific degree, i.e. major.
Thanks for the correction. It's WI that will let you sit for the bar after being a paralegal for X number of years.
I just started back 4 weeks ago after 10 years of saying that I'm gonna do it. So far I have aced all assignments and tests-literally 100%. I must say that it is a little time consuming but I have set it in my mind that I will succeed. My friend once told me that "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear". So good luck as you do sound determined to make it through.
kozman is right. There is a law school in Florida that could not get ABA accredidation and the graduates cannot sit for the bar. They thought it would come through before they graduated, but the ABA turned the school down..Three years wasted.
One more comment and then I will shut up.. There is a book out there (I think it is out of print now) called Running from the Law". I forgot the name of the woman who wrote it, but it is available. The author was a disatisfied attorney and she interviewed many others in a similar situation, then wrote a book. It should be required reading for anyone considering going to law school. I know a lot of attorneys and not one of them is happy with their career choice, with the exception of those who teach law. The system will get to you after a while.
Bascially all your EFC means is that you get the opportunity to borrow the total cost of your education minus your EFC. So if the school says it will cost you $10,000 to attend, subtract your EFC (you stated yours was about $2500) and the remainder is what you'll be expected to finance through grants, work/study, loans. Please be advised that financial aid greatly differs in grad school (and especially professional schools like law and medicine) from undergrad. The government provides more funding opportunities for people to get a bachelor's and so you'll see more grants and such. For law school, no matter how poor you are, the only "aid" you'll probably get is loans. Very, very little grant money exists for those programs and the only other thing is scholarships, which are even fewer and farther between.
