I was a horrible student throughout high school and college. Did just what I needed to do to get by. I had been out of college and in the work force for over 15 years when I made the decision to give law school a go.
If I had tried it straight out of college, I would have flunked out after one semester. But now, it was my money, my family, and my ass on the line. Cashed in the 401K, and took out the loans. If I didn’t make it through school and pass that little 3 day pop quiz called The Bar, we were in deep shit. With that in mind, I suddenly became a bona fide student.
Jones was a night school when I started. I was driving the 2 hours up there and back after work. The first year, it was 5 days a week. The school was in the process of getting accredited, so they were transitioning to day classes, and the new students were suddenly a bunch of pimple faced, flat bellied supple backs. The tuition had also literally quadrupled by the time I was graduating.
By the time I did graduate, there were less than half the people I started with who finished. If you’re thinking about it, make sure it’s something you really want to do, because even realizing it’s not after a semester or two, will give you one hell of a financial set back
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