Decisions, Decisions

These days, the hardest decisions I have to make are along the lines of deciding if I should read for constitutional law or should I read for property; if I should stay in the library longer to study or catch the next bus; if I should grill or bake my chicken for dinner. I lead a pretty simple life.

But in all the spare time that I have, I've also assumed the role of life /college counselor. It's that time of year again: time to decide where to go to school. Over the past few weeks, I've had dozens of friends and even acquaintances seek advice of where to go to law school or other types of grad school. And I was giving my tour yesterday, I had half of dozen admitted students grilling me so they could figure out if they should go to American or some other school they were admitted to.

It's always such a hard decision, which is certainly something I don't need to remind the advice seekers of. But it's also highly individualized. I always just tell people to consider things like environment (both weather and the school's student atmosphere), what fields they're strong in, what programs they offer, where the school is located. That might be the "duh" answer but hopefully people are thinking about all these things and not basing a decision off of a single thing like rankings (that always makes me cringe).

And in the end, choosing where to go to school is an important decision, but it's not the end all be all. No matter where you go, in one year you'll be sitting at a desk deciding whether to read your constitutional law or property book. And though I think my law school suits me very well, it's also because I sought out and took advantage of what suited me well. Everything is what you make out of it.