A CUT ON UP LAE

I felt some chills to the bone as I was reading stuffs about the UP LAE. Back then, it was my dream to become a lawyer since I graduated from high school. I am now a professional after passing the dreaded CPA Board Exam last year. Conversely, it doesn’t seem to satisfy my insatiable hunger for the law endeavor.

After some time of planning my moves, I can’t just dump the idea of going to UP Law. I just read from one network site of Pinoy Lawyers, it says, “If you are not going to UP Law, don’t even bother to study law!” Indeed, the student defines himself. But school does somehow too. What company is not going too hire an applicant who is a graduate of the best school in the Philippines? More, if that aspirant is a UP Law graduate. I can’t think of any.

Of course, one can’t just barge his way to the doors of Malcolm Hall and study without passing the rigid Law Aptitude Exam. Out of an average of 20,000 plus takers per year, only a percent (or less) is expected to be admitted. From that solely, you can imagine how hard the competition is just to secure a single slot from the most coveted law school in the land. “Given the low tuition rates and a bevy of ass-kicking professors, who would not want to study at UP?!” I always say.

As early as May, I’ve started preparing for the exam. From reading the status quo in the broadsheets (political issues specifically) to jotting down unfamiliar words and constructing a sentence out of it. I just have to buy the nifty reviewers since an advice from a plurker says I have to because the questions are similar to that of the UP LAE. I’ve been considering also attending to a review offered by some institution but due to my dirt-poor status, maybe I’ll shrug it off.

I am not so sure what does it take to hurdle that exam. Anyway, preparation lessens the probability of failing, right?

Tips guys, I badly need it.