I need some parental advice!

<p>I'll make it really, really short and to the point:</p>

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<li>WA resident</li>
<li>graduated HS June 2011; 3.0 GPA, 1460 or 1480 SAT score</li>
<li>did Running Start in senior year</li>
<li>graduating from CC very soon (March 2012) with AA degree; 3.51 GPA, Phi Theta Kappa</li>
<li>double majoring in Political Science and Journalism</li>
<li>wanting to go to grad school and get a double degree (an MBA and a JD)</li>
<li>job prospects for Bachelor's in Journ. and PoliSci seem to be zero; same for MBA and JD</li>
<li>thought about going to Canada for school and hopefully go to Canadian law school</li>
<li>don't know to which colleges to apply to and which colleges would accept me</li>
<li>unsure of the future, scared to end up unemployed</li>
</ul>

<p>What should I do?!</p>

<p>Why not go finish your degree at UW or WWU and then figure it out? You are going to need money for law school (not that I think it is a great idea these days), and you can’t get into a really good MBA program without significant work experience.</p>

<p>Why Canada? Do they need more lawyers, because we are tripping on them in the US. I might re-think my goal while finishing my undergrad degree.</p>

<p>I am not an attorney, but it doesn’t seem to make any sense to me to attend law school in Canada unless you intend to stay and practice law there. I don’t think Canadian law school will prepare you to pass the bar exam in any state in the US. Had an experience with some Canadian real estate law (as a customer of a Canadian lawyer), and it struck me as quite different from here in the US. </p>

<p>Generally job prospects are probably best for the MBA of the options you have listed, but you really should get a couple of years of work experience before getting the MBA. Your coursework will mean a lot more to you if you have some real life work experience before you go, and you will be more valuable to employers when you come out. So finish your undergrad (get some internship experience along the way if you can), work for a couple of years, then apply to an MBA or JD or joint program if you still want to do that.</p>