u/Middle-Condition-291 — reddlx

I’m currently 29, on track to finish my PhD in computational biology by age 30-31. It’s hard to pin down an exact time due to some uncertainty in the dissertation process, but I have passed my qualifying exams.

I’m considering going to law school either in place of my post doctoral training or on a part time basis during my post doc. Has anyone here done that or am I being overly ambitious? I realize that those are two pretty distinct paths, which leads me to question that line of thinking.

I’m pretty debt adverse. What does the scholarship and funding landscape look like for someone in my position? Would it be worth taking the next 12-18 months doing lsat prep in my free time to see if I can get a large portion of law school covered?

I appreciate any insights.

EDIT:

The reason I am considering law is the uncertainty in funding in science in the US. If I were to stay in academia, my laboratory and career would live and die based on my availability to acquire government grants. The past year has seen a large reduction in funding to research, leading me to consider alternative careers where I can use my PhD skillset. I believe patent law could be one of those areas, and may give me sufficient STEM type work in my day to day to maintain my interest in that aspect.

Awhile back I started replaying my whole 3DS library. While I’ve made a lot of progress on other titles, the second game I’ve rolled credits on is Luigi’s mansion Dark Moon.

This title is a 9/10. The ambiance of each mansion paired with laugh out loud dialogue is fantastic. Don’t even get me started on the music. The individual missions give you enough time to explore sections of each mansion thoroughly. I especially enjoyed the toad and ghost dog missions and the unique interactions in each of those.

This title is Nintendo charm at its absolute finest. Contrary to what others say online, I did not think that having the game segmented into 20-25 minute missions weakens the title at all, although you may be annoyed at how often Professor E. Gadd calls you on the dual scream during the first ~1hr of gameplay. After that it’s not an issue and conversing with E gadd leads to some excellently executed dialogue.

My only gripe about the game is that the storyline is a little basic, but the extreme detail to dialogue and ambiance make up where story lacks. genuinely one of my favorites on the system, I’ll be going back for the collectibles I missed on the first run for sure.