I’m an online blueprint student (and an ardent fan of BP) and do think you have recorded some of the explanations for us, didn’t you?

I know it’s been more than a year since you wrote this posting, and perhaps you are ready to go to law school now — I was wondering if you could provide me with some advice with managing timing because I am at the crossroads, just like you were more than a year ago, and I am asking b/c I do believe you made a good decision.

I am in my first gap year (graduated college this June), was originally going to take the October LSAT in just few weeks, already sent out letters to professors requesting for the recommendations to be submitted for this application cycle. But then I’m also doing this research assistant job at school (which I originally planed on doing until I go to law school next fall if I get accepted), which I do enjoy a lot, and I feel like I also want to read lots of books, furnish my writing skills, etc, before I go to law school, because I am an econ major and don’t think I had that much chance to write very well and extensively. My GPA is pretty high from top 10 undergrad(us rankings– and I’m not boasting, just to give you an idea for better advice), though I’m not sure about the LSAT yet — I have a record of canceling the test once last year though. In any case, just when I started debating about how much worth it would be to take another year off, I read your old posting.

Postpone deadline for this LSAT is just around the corner, and was just wondering, in case I decide to take another year off, how did you deal with the recommendations, etc? That is, I already entered info for recommenders in my LSAC account, asked recommenders to submit their letters in October, so should I ask them to not submit, or should I just have them write and submit anyways, but instead apply next year with those recommendations? Would they still be valid? It sounded like you made decision quite late as well, and was hoping you could give me some advice.. Thank you so much!

Adios!

-Nick

But I also have friends who took time off, went back, and ended up leaving again because they just couldn’t stay focused (and didn’t want to be there.)

If you’re happy in Costa Rica teaching…I’d probably just do that for the rest of my life. That sounds like a pretty sweet gig that no a whole lot of people get the opportunity to do.