I really don't mean to be unsupportive here, but ...are you really sure about this law school thing? I'm asking because especially the first year, it's a very high-pressure, high-competition thing, unless something has changed really, really a lot in the last few years. I mean, for some people, that's a perfectly fine environment and they like the challenge, but it seems like it really stresses you out. This is why that sort of direction is a "never" for me--I hate competitive environments.
Anecdote: My sister, who did fine on the LSAT and didn't have any trouble getting into schools, bailed after a semester at not even a particularly high-end school (which was where she was going because she didn't want to relocate--she got in at good schools) because, and this is pretty much how she put it, it was like a make-or-break audition every. single. day. Often more than once a day (Think about that--would you want to do something as stressful as the grad school violin audition every morning and again in the afternoon? My answer is no, though obviously for some people the answer is yes). She's a super-organized person (one of those "done Christmas shopping in August" types), and never stopped feeling like Elle on the first day the entire semester, even though she was doing the work and getting high marks on everything (which was meaningless; she literally took a class where a 93 was a failing mark).
Anyway, my point is: is this something that it really feels worthwhile to you to put yourself through a lot of worry over? If so, then sure, you should be working more and retaking and stuff. But if not? Maybe not so much. It's not really much a measure of personal worth; I think it's more a measure of, like, learning style/thinking style/personal preferences. This is true for standardized tests in general--personally, I kicked ass on the GRE including the subject test, and there is seriously no justification in the world for this as I spent something like a total of three hours preparing and was a profoundly mediocre undergrad student; I just test well. Again, this is a measure of things other than how well I'd do in grad school. Heh.
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Anecdote: My sister, who did fine on the LSAT and didn't have any trouble getting into schools, bailed after a semester at not even a particularly high-end school (which was where she was going because she didn't want to relocate--she got in at good schools) because, and this is pretty much how she put it, it was like a make-or-break audition every. single. day. Often more than once a day (Think about that--would you want to do something as stressful as the grad school violin audition every morning and again in the afternoon? My answer is no, though obviously for some people the answer is yes). She's a super-organized person (one of those "done Christmas shopping in August" types), and never stopped feeling like Elle on the first day the entire semester, even though she was doing the work and getting high marks on everything (which was meaningless; she literally took a class where a 93 was a failing mark).
Anyway, my point is: is this something that it really feels worthwhile to you to put yourself through a lot of worry over? If so, then sure, you should be working more and retaking and stuff. But if not? Maybe not so much. It's not really much a measure of personal worth; I think it's more a measure of, like, learning style/thinking style/personal preferences. This is true for standardized tests in general--personally, I kicked ass on the GRE including the subject test, and there is seriously no justification in the world for this as I spent something like a total of three hours preparing and was a profoundly mediocre undergrad student; I just test well. Again, this is a measure of things other than how well I'd do in grad school. Heh.