Is it 21 years old too late to start study a bachelor and then to law school??

Question

I wanto be a lawyer and I'm 21,is too late for this career or no???

Answer 1

Definitely not...you're still quite young! Many people don't get started until much later in life - my boyfriend plans to start law school in the fall and he just turned 38 this week.

Answer 2

No! No! No! No! No! PLEASE READ THIS. I know it's long, but your a*s needs a lecture!

If you let your age stop you now, you will regret it so much later on. What if your desire to go to college and then law school is just as strong, say, 10 years from now, when you're 31? Will you be too old to get started on it then? Not at all. But it'll be harder because life gets complicated and you have more responsibilities at that age, and you'll wish that you had gone at 21. If you go now, you'll graduate from college at about 25 or 26. If you go straight to law school (get those great grades in undergrad!), you can be settled as a lawyer by 31, instead of just starting.

You are never too old for anything. Best believe that if you don't follow your heart now, no matter the obstacles or how difficult or complicated it may seem, you will regret it later.

Please, please, please believe that it's never, EVER, EVER too late. I know a guy who dropped out of high school and spent years of his youth as a drug addict. Then, at 24 or 25, he decided to get his act together. He got clean, got his G.E.D., enrolled in a community college and two years later transferred to a university. Immediately after graduation he started his master's degree and continued on to his PhD (which, for his degree program, was only an additional two years). This past year he started his first real job - as a professor at a university - at 33. He turned his life around and reached the top of his academic career. What if he would have believed that he was too old? My mother got her masters in her 30s. She always wanted her PhD but she never focused on making it happen. She went back to school a few years ago for her Phd. She was 63 the day she received her diploma. She's far from my favorite person, but how great is that? I'm very proud of her for that.

When you start college, you will have people in all ages in your class. You're probably imagining the worst right now. But you know what? Millions of people who started college at 18 are still there at 25, 26, 30, etc. People drop out, take semesters off, etc. and then come back. I am positive that there will be a person in your age group in almost every single class you take. Also consider this: I'm sure that there is something that you're good at that someone else really, really, wants to learn how to do, but unfortunately they think that they are too old to get started learning. What would you tell them?

You can study pretty much anything and go to law school. English, international studies, a foreign language, communications, humanities. Pick something that you're good at because your grades and your L.S.A.T. scores are what will matter in getting into law school. Pick a minor as well (with good advising, it won't affect your graduation time at all) to show that you are well-rounded. Take one semester at a time and don't get overwhelmed with your long-term goal. Remember - baby steps.

Do what you want to do now. Whether you do it or not, either way, you're gonna get older. Either way, you're gonna turn 28 one day. Do you want to be 28 living your dream as a lawyer? Or turn 28 doing something else, wondering what might have been, or wondering if 28 is too late?

Get started as soon as possible and go be that fine a*s lawyer you know you are! Good luck and stay focused. Keep your eye on the prize and don't lose hope. Don't cheat yourself. Life can suck sometimes, so don't make it harder by cheating yourself out of the life you want. GO BE A COLLEGE STUDENT!! :-)

Answer 3

Not too late at all. My mom was 47 when she went to university and got her accounting degree. Sure surprised me, because all my life I'd seen her add 2 and 2 and get 5. She graduated 3rd in her class, and made it look easy. It wasn't - she really worked at it. At 21, you have lots of time. Good luck.

Answer 4

No...im 21 and my major has always been Finance/Real Estate


And now im considering just getting the finance degree but starting all over and going to Med school PHd route..


So no its never too late to do anything ..almost..but this definitely

Answer 5

No it's not too late.It's just the right age.You can always apply as a mature student,which is easier to get in. Do you have good high school grades? You can try to apply for a scholarship. You can do the University of London External LLB in your own country.Or you can do it in UK,Australia etc.
I suggest you contact your college teacher,British Council etc.
And certainly the Bar Council in your country for entry requirements to the legal profession. Remember to get the details accurately and properly.

Answer 6

No it's not too late. I changed my major when I was 20 and though it's taken me a little longer to graduate I consider it well worth it when I think about how my life will be in the long run.

Answer 7

It's never too late. If you go into this thinking it's too late, you won't be motivated to just do it. I bet you won't even be the oldest student in your classes! I'm 27, and I just enrolled in college again. I'm not going for law, but I'm still gonna be earning a degree. And I'm not even one of the oldest students in any of my classes; not even by a long shot! Good luck!

Answer 8

Absolutely not! It's never too late to begin. And besides, do you really want to go to a job you hate every day for the rest of your life going "Man, I wish I had just gone and gotten my BA and law degree!"

Best wishes!

Answer 9

No way I have a Friend who just went back to school to study law and he is 32. Go for it !

Answer 10

You're right. You are over the hill. LOL! But if that's true, what about the people who don't enter colege until they're 40, 50 and some even 60?