People to this day tell me that the time will fly/is flying by. It's not. I feel every second of every minute of every hour in this program. Every bit of it. I feel the mental weight, the fatigue, the stress of trying to find the time to do all the things, and have fallen into unintentional self-neglect (specifically during exam time), and I feel the intensity of this work. My hair started falling out after my first semester due to the stress I was under.

I want to preface this by stating that I am not the model example for choosing to study law. In fact, I'm probably the poster child for what NOT to do when thinking about applying to law school. But it's from my own mistakes that I can share these "tips" or reasons why you shouldn't attend.

Full transparency, I’ve been dealing with anxiety for about three years now. Maybe even longer actually. For me, it’s presented itself with this urgency to get things done…or feeling so overwhelmed with how much I have to do, that I do nothing. Add law school to the mix and I’ve had this constant feeling of rushing through life to get to the other side of all the madness (It’s included some irrational fears as well, but I’ll save that for another read).