Another year in Montana!

Dear Internet,

Sorry for the delay in updating you, but I made the decision after speaking with my undergraduate thesis mentor to stay another year in Montana instead of accepting my admission to American University.

I'm planning to get some more experience - hopefully a job at MLSA (the legal aid office I work in now) doing intake. Intake basically involves answering the phone all day and letting people yell at you about whatever their (perceived) legal problem is, screening them for eligibility (they have to be at or below 125% of the federally-set poverty level), and then either forwarding their case to an attorney or telling them where else they can go to find help. It's exhausting but you learn a lot about how to deal with different kinds of legal problems.

I'll also be retaking the LSAT (gag!) and applying to six or eight schools at once, instead of randomly to one at a time. I'm retaking the LSAT because the score I have now is kind of holding me back - it's not putting me at the same caliber schools that my GPA does. I think I can do better.... so round #3, I guess.

This also means I get to live in Montana for another year, which is great. Who wouldn't want to live within 20 minutes of here,

Gates of the Mountains

and here,

Taken from Mt. Ascension in Helena

and here,

Fishing at Black Sandy State Park with Will and Sula, my friend's dog

and here?

the Sleeping Giant, mountains just north of Helena

Anyway, I alternately feel really good about my decision and mildly nervous that I screwed myself over and won't get into American again. But it will be fine. Right?

That's all for now!
xoxo Liz