So the other day the thought occurred to me, “Why not apply to the local law school here part-time?”

The idea made perfect sense. For one, I wouldn’t have to uproot myself and move to another state, and more importantly, I wouldn’t have to give up my job either. I’d also have a chance to try it for a semester to see if it’s something I can really do, instead of investing thousands upon thousands of dollars only to end up realizing it isn’t for me. Plus, the school is literally just down the road from where I work and they also allow you to attend part time during the day, meaning I wouldn’t have to change my hours either (since I work in the evenings rather than during normal working hours.)

Even though it’s an ultra-liberal school, nobody says I have to STAY there. If things work out and I ace the first semester, I can tell them to sod off and then transfer to my school of choice. It really would be a good way for me to test the waters, because if I can ace the first semester at a secular, whacked out leftist school while working a full time job on top of it, then I’ll know I’m on to something here.

But, there’s still the matter of getting accepted first. They have an early decision process where I could apply and bind myself to attending only that school if they accept me. I believe I’m given priority consideration if I take this route, so it’s very tempting. Early Decision (ED) requires me not to apply to another other school under the same early decision process, and to withdraw my application to any school once and if I’m accepted to this one.

Slight problem though…

I’ve already been admitted (though deferred) at another law school in Virginia, the one I’ve been planning to attend last year. Since my admission has been deferred, then technically, I haven’t really applied to any schools this year. But… if I am accepted at the local school, then I’d have to withdraw my admission to the one in Virginia. Maybe. Or maybe… I could just play stupid…

I don’t want to have to commit to attending the local school just yet, but I do want the advantage of being an ED applicant. Could I pull a fast one here? I can’t see how they’d be able to find out. There’s no record of me having applied to any other schools this year, and there won’t be.

But, Providence seems to have stepped in, as I couldn’t get the ED form to come up on my online application to save my own life. It simply refused to merge with the main application. Very curious. So I finally gave up and applied under the regular process. Ah well… whatever will be, will be.