Psychology Major pursuing Law school...HELP.

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hello,
I am currently a Senior at an undergraduate school pursing Psychology. I have shifted gears and now want to pursue law.
I do not know the deadlines for LSAT, GRE, other exams.

  1. When do I take the LSAT? How many times? How should I prepare?
  2. What is the GRE exam? Do they require me to take the GRE for law school?
  3. Are there anything other things i should do now to prepare myself?
  4. What should i know before even getting myself into LAW?

My current GPA is 3.1 and will be graduating FALL 2015. so December of 2015.
Please give me any other helpful informations.
Thank you!!!

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and what’s the difference between BAR Exam AND LSAT??

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How can you possibly know if you want to pursue law?

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  1. The LSAT is administered multiple times throughout the year. If you plan on attending law school immediately after graduation (which a lot of people do not recommend) you would ideally take the LSAT the spring of your junior year of the fall of your senior year -- much like the SAT in high school. However, if you were to take time off between undergrad and law school, you have a lot more breathing room in terms of time to prepare and times that you can sit for the exam. You shouldn't plan on retaking the LSAT (though it is a possibility) -- you should prepare in a manner that you would be comfortable with whatever score you receive the first time around. People tend to prepare through practice exams, prep books, and structured courses. If you are repeatedly receiving a certain score that you are comfortable with on the practice exams under test conditions, it is probably a good indicator of what your actual score will be.
  2. The GRE is not required for law school.
  3. You should try to gain some sort of meaningful experience within the legal world - try to get an insider's look into the day to day operations of a firm. Law is nothing like your favorite primetime drama; it can be an incredibly stressful and mundane profession that not everyone is cut out for.
  4. Things you should know -- law school is incredibly expensive and bar incredibly generous merit aid or trust fund status, most students graduate with an upwards of 6 figures of debt. To compound matters, the legal market and legal hiring is very, very competitive and many JDs cannot find long term employment (or any employment) requiring a JD and they're left with jobs (or sometimes without a job period) that cannot service the debt they've accumulated. It's pretty (extremely) rough out there. Where you go to law school matters TREMENDOUSLY in this respect. Harvard Law opens up a lot more doors in an overcrowded market like Boston more than Suffolk does, etc.
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The bar exam is what you take after law school in a specific state that you want to practice in. The LSAT is a prerequisite for law school to get in.