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Re: Considering Quitting TFA After Year One/Affect Admissions?

Post by Mack.Hambleton » Sat Apr 04, 2015 11:23 pm

If it's affecting your mental health and not what you signed up for GTFO. Lots of people leave TFA before their two years because it sucks in general and I doubt it will have any impact in admissions. If it does come up in an interview you can just explain why you left.

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Re: Considering Quitting TFA After Year One/Affect Admissions?

Post by CanadianWolf » Sun Apr 05, 2015 12:50 am

Seems like this TFA assignment is not a good match. Might be best to move on. Shouldn't affect law school admissions if you explain your dissatisfaction in a less accusatory manner & more as a poor fit.

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Re: Considering Quitting TFA After Year One/Affect Admissions?

Post by RunnerRunner » Sun Apr 05, 2015 1:38 am

Info on stats/where you want to go to law school?

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Re: Considering Quitting TFA After Year One/Affect Admissions?

Post by zombie mcavoy » Sun Apr 05, 2015 2:13 pm

regardless of your lsat score berk is probably not going to happen with that GPA, just so you don't get your hopes up.

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Re: Considering Quitting TFA After Year One/Affect Admissions?

Post by hillz » Mon Apr 06, 2015 9:52 am

Your mental health is worth more than that, so I would get out. I would also keep it on my resume, otherwise there's going to be a gap of over a year that may look odd to Ad Comms. I don't think you need to write an addendum. If you're asked about it, just explain in a professional way that it wasn't a good fit for you.

If I were you, I would start looking for another job (maybe still in a nonprofit/ed type field, if possible). It will give you more depth and you'll have something to talk about during your admissions interviews.

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Post by FloridaCoastalorbust » Mon Apr 06, 2015 10:23 am

I don't see it being an issue at all. I know many TFAers (S/O included) and am familiar with the extreme emotional duress it places on its participants. Quit, score high on the LSAT and you'll be fine.

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Re: Considering Quitting TFA After Year One/Affect Admissions?

Post by TheSpanishMain » Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:35 pm

If your mental health is an issue, I'd hold off on attending law school until you're ready to deal with all the law school stress/bullshit.

Also, why do you think the administration is specifically shitty towards people of color as opposed to shitty in general? I'm not saying you're wrong or lying obviously, just curious.

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Re: Considering Quitting TFA After Year One/Affect Admissions?

Post by Desert Fox » Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:29 pm

It is my understanding that you are employed by the school itself right? Why even mention that you got hired through TFA?
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Re: Considering Quitting TFA After Year One/Affect Admissions?

Post by sneezus » Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:59 pm

hey OP,

it shouldn't harm you at all. I am also a 1st year CM right now. fortunately i realized at the beginning of the year that this was a shit program, and i was able to get my apps in this cycle (i took the LSAT during undergrad). i've had a nice cycle, nabbed good money in the T14 as well as CCN admission. in other words, I have performed about as well as my numbers predicted i would.

the only schools that asked about the TFA thing also admitted me. get out, move forward with no regrets/guilt.

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Re: Considering Quitting TFA After Year One/Affect Admissions?

Post by Saltysplitoon7 » Sun Aug 05, 2018 12:38 pm

sneezus wrote:hey OP,

it shouldn't harm you at all. I am also a 1st year CM right now. fortunately i realized at the beginning of the year that this was a shit program, and i was able to get my apps in this cycle (i took the LSAT during undergrad). i've had a nice cycle, nabbed good money in the T14 as well as CCN admission. in other words, I have performed about as well as my numbers predicted i would.

the only schools that asked about the TFA thing also admitted me. get out, move forward with no regrets/guilt.

Can i PM you on this topic? Considering resigning after the first year

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