What to do?

Graduate School Law School
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<p>So I have decided to take the year off and think and work and figure out what I want to do with my life. I have weighted three options. First and foremost, I have to work during the year to begin paying down my debt. Whether it is part-time or full-time, it doesn’t matter, but it has to be a decent job. Because I only have to begin studying for the GMAT and LSAT. </p>

<li>Law school - tax specialty - california</li>
<li>PhD in Quantitative finance - anywhere</li>
<li>Work, work, work</li>
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<p>My stats aren’t great but I was a good test taker growing up. Always did quite well in those standardized tests, 99%. So i’m not too concerned about the tests just as long as I study for a period of 2-4 months(5-6 hours a day). Yeah that’s a lot of studying. But that’s the only way for me to score high.</p>

<p>Background:
Former high school drop out, earned an adult education diploma
went to community college, did ok, 3.85 gpa
then to UCLA and did not study at all, 2.6gpa
Initially, my intent was to work for about a year or two after college and start my own business so gpa was never really a high concern, just a decent starting salary.
ECS; standard stuff during community college, student associations etc etc
ran my own businesses; tutoring and ticket sales
had a total of 4 internships in finance with fortune 500 companies
Previous accounting courses and finance courses(so that’s why i’m choosing tax)
My average gpa is around a 3.2</p>

<p>Considering that I score in the 155-160, 161-165, and 166-170, 171+. Which schools should I be looking at? I know my overall gpa is crap but UCLA econ is not necessarily some whacky major.</p>

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<p>Nothing. Just wait.</p>

<p>Eventually, everything will happen as planned.</p>

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<p>You need an LSAT score. If you score a 155, you should not go to law school. If you score a 172, you can probably end up at a T20 and it might be a better idea.</p>

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<p>JPNguyen: with a 3.2 GPA, you’re going to be gambling. having a 165, I’d say you have a ~50% chance at UC Davis & Hastings, ~15% at UCLA & USC. however with a LSAT score of 170-173, I’d say you have ~80% at Davis & Hastings (maybe Irvine?), ~50% shot at UCLA & USC. bluedevilmike is right though, 172+ might get you in one of the T20.</p>

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<p>btw, you’re planning to take both the GMAT & LSAT?</p>

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<p>my quantitative scores are usually much higher than verbal, so that opens more doors to graduate level work in say finance or economics w/e</p>