University Plans
February 21st, 2025 09:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vampiricproseMy ultimate goal on my schooling career is to become a lawyer. Currently, I am in my last semester of my associate of art's degree at a state school, and I'm taking a legal research class as an elective to see if I want to stay at this state school for another year to get an associate of science degree in paralegal studies.
I know that you don't need a Paralegal studies degree to become a paralegal, but this state college helps you find a job in the field if it's a specialized degree, and I know that ultimately I want to go to law school. I also want to get more bang for my buck.
As a side tangent in case anybody besides myself is reading this, I have a tuition waiver that is valid until I'm 26 years old. To make a long story short, under FL Statue Section 1009.25(1)(c) the State of Florida provides a tuition and fee exemption at public postsecondary institutions for eligible former foster youth who were in the custody of the Department of Children and Families (DCF) or placed in certain guardianship arrangements.
Currently I am 19 years old, and when I start the Paralegal Studies AS degree, I'll be 1 month away from being 20 years old. Because I'll have already completed an AA, this degree program will only take me a year. Then I want to transfer to UCF and get a bachelor's in Political Science and a minor in Florida studies. I'll be between 21-23 years old when I finish this, and finally, FINALLY I'll start taking the LSAT and applying for law schools.
Sometimes I get doubts and fears about this track I've chosen for myself (because sometimes I dread my legal research class) but once I get in the groove, I have SOOOO much fun!!!!
I'm so excited to keep on this journey :)
I know that you don't need a Paralegal studies degree to become a paralegal, but this state college helps you find a job in the field if it's a specialized degree, and I know that ultimately I want to go to law school. I also want to get more bang for my buck.
As a side tangent in case anybody besides myself is reading this, I have a tuition waiver that is valid until I'm 26 years old. To make a long story short, under FL Statue Section 1009.25(1)(c) the State of Florida provides a tuition and fee exemption at public postsecondary institutions for eligible former foster youth who were in the custody of the Department of Children and Families (DCF) or placed in certain guardianship arrangements.
Currently I am 19 years old, and when I start the Paralegal Studies AS degree, I'll be 1 month away from being 20 years old. Because I'll have already completed an AA, this degree program will only take me a year. Then I want to transfer to UCF and get a bachelor's in Political Science and a minor in Florida studies. I'll be between 21-23 years old when I finish this, and finally, FINALLY I'll start taking the LSAT and applying for law schools.
Sometimes I get doubts and fears about this track I've chosen for myself (because sometimes I dread my legal research class) but once I get in the groove, I have SOOOO much fun!!!!
I'm so excited to keep on this journey :)
