So LSU Law made it extremely worth my while to return to Baton Rouge next year. Enough to where I would graduate with almost no debt, assuming I can keep the scholarship they offered. So here's the question, is three more years in Baton Rouge worth turning down a better school that would put me into debt considerably?
When you compare LSU to Tulane, Alabama, Wake Forest and UNC you can't really beat the value. The only one I'd probably even consider at this point is UNC, simply because it's a top-30 law school at a rock-bottom price. But at LSU I could get a good education, have little debt, take some journalism courses as electives and be back at home. Closer to my girlfriend and my family, around my friends and the people I love. There's no question that it would be comfortable.
But is comfortable really worth it? I find myself wondering if I should be experiencing something different. Still, I can't go wrong going back to school, especially if it's (relatively) free, assuming I keep my grades up.
Breland came up this weekend and we had a great time. Unfortunately for me I received the bad news that I'll have to have my wisdom teeth out ASAP because one of them has a cavity the size of Texas in it. The Mardi Gras festivities start up here next week and I'm planning on some visitors from Baton Rouge, then its down to New Orleans for the real thing Feb. 17. I'm taking the red-eye back home Mardi Gras day and bringing a huge king cake to my co-workers. I'll be sure to post pictures.
Also took pictures at the big war protest this weekend, I'll be sure to post them later tonight.
2 comments:
You are facing the same thing I am right now. I can go to LSU and get my law degree debt-free, live off dear old dad for 3 more years, get a dog, hopefully a house, and when I get out I will most likely get a decent job with a decent salary. Perks to the law degree are not only the salary, but the opportunity to get a job virtually anywhere in the country (assuming I pass that state's bar exam, of course). This is important, because who knows where Mark will be in 3 years, and I'd like to have the option of moving where he is.
OR I could move to DC, cross my fingers that I get into GW Political Management Grad School, live there for a year (off my dad but for much, much more money), then get a job in DC for peanuts. Perks are I can live in DC, which would just be amazing. The bad part is that I will be pretty much stuck in DC for a few years, because that's where the better poli comm jobs are. Eventually I want to move back to Nola to raise a family. Will I get a good enough (read: high enough salary) poli comm job? Is the only high paying poli comm job in the state of Louisiana for the Governor? MOST IMPORTANT: ARE ALL POLITICAL JOBS IN A FEW YEARS IN LA GOING TO BE REPUBLICAN!??! Will I have to choose a new career?
Do I do what I love and make huge sacrifices? Or do I do what I know nothing about and probably won't LOVE but get paid good money for it so I can have a family and a house in the Garden District?
I'm glad I made my own blog in your comments section. We should talk about this with one another...we both have a HUGE decision to make.
It's a tough decision. I'm struggling.
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