So, I'm planning to take at 1-3 years between now and law school. I'm not applying this year because I'd like to have my senior year grades in my GPA, so my gap year(s) will be an important component of my application.
-I am at a top 20 school now for undergrad.
-I would like to go to a top 6 law school and my stats are very consistent with their admits, although I will apply to every T14.
Basically here are my choices:
-I am applying for Peace Corps
-I am considering doing a master's program in South Korea (mostly to work on my language skills)
-I could stay here for an extra year and get my master's (4+1 program)
-I could stay here and work in civil service for a bit (considering working with local law enforcement or DCS)
...if I do the last two I will foster parent. This is something I am passionate about and would really like to do, because there is an incredible need for foster parents here and I am well-qualified (lots of childcare/special needs experience, I work with at-risk youth, etc).
Basically, I'm not sure what I should do during my gap year(s), and I don't know what is the best choice for law school. I really want to foster parent but I also recognize that it would be difficult to balance with school, and I want to be sure of my choice before I make that kind of commitment. If I'm accepted to peace corps I will almost definitely do that, but because I am not very flexible with location it's much less likely I will get it.
I'd love to get some advice on this. Due to very different deadlines for some of these possibilities, I need to make my choice sooner rather than later and I'm having a lot of trouble figuring out what I want to do.
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