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Can I be apart of a college dance team and still attend law school?

I am in my junior year of high school and I really enjoy dance. I would love to go into the entertainment industry, but I know it is not the most realistic pathway and I've always bean interested in law.

So the high school I attend to now offers college course classes and as long as you are on track with your credits you should graduate with an associate degree. We are duel enrolled with a community college so we will be getting official degrees. So I would have around 2 years left of pre-law technically.

With that being said I was planing on going to CU Boulder and finishing out my pre-law. They have a law school that is weirdly attach to the school but separately. So students will attend CU Boulder for pre-law and then take the LSAT and go to "Wolf Law";that is the name of the law school that's on the campus of CU Boulder. So they do have a connecting program of transforming over to the law school, so they work together.

So one of the requirements for the dance team is to be enrolled in there school, but since I would be there for 2 years finishing up my bachelor degree and in a wired way still be apart of the school when I go into law, would I still be able to do 2 more years on the team.

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Thank you comment icon Hi Empress: Of Course!!!! It would even make you a better lawyer! DENNIS BREEN
Thank you comment icon Hello Empress, The dance group seems like a social/hobby for you. Below are some questionsyou can ask yourself and ideas to think about: - Will spending some time on dance affect my ability to puruse law degree/education? - Can you do a law-related internship or get experience instead of doing dance? - What job would fulfill my needs- happiness, financial, etc? - Do an informational interview with someone working in legal and dance industries. - Do more research for what is needed for dance and law career. What branch of law interests you? - Call the CU Boulder and learn about transfer requirements and how to improve chances to get into their program. In general, its better to focus on 1 thing than split your energy to do 2 different aspects. If you do both things average, you may not succeed in either area. Andrew Cheung
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Hello, Empress !

I am happy to see that you are very accomplished and goal oriented and would like to help with advice for your plans moving forward.

So you will be going to the University of Colorado Law School in the Wolf Law Building which is such a wonderful plan. Your situation is that you're involved in performance and wondering if law school would be a doable fit with your performances. I would like to give specific advice about this, but I do not know your specific involvement with the dance team or their schedule. You will have to find out the usual commitments you will have to make for dance in the future from your Director. The Director could possibly tell you what future rehearsal, performance and touring may be necessary. Than you can figure out what you need to do. Both Dance and studying Law demand a lot of time. Check it out with your Director at first and than do some exploring about the college law program.

On the law school end, you can read their catalog of requirements. Try to find out how much outside of classroom time you will need for special projects. You will need a lot of study time. Visit the law school and ask about what demands there are outside of school or any special research work or projects that are required. This will give you an idea if you will be free in the evenings and weekends for dance. My advice is to give Law study priority. It's not like you have to stop dancing, but you will have commitments at both ends and you'll want to aim for excellent grades in law school, so it will take a bit of anticipating the two schedules to see if it's doable for you. It would be disappointing to make commitments to your dance troupe and see that Law School is actually very demanding and than have to break the commitments you've made to the dance plans.

Although your question could only be answered directly by figuring out the commitment load, I would advise that when you begin law school, consider keeping dance for only when you have time to do it and not audition or make any plans to do shows. That's just my advice while not knowing more about the dance group and your capabilities. But I do advise total focus on Law School because it will be a diversified career, with a lot to learn and you'll want to be able to pass the Law Bar Exam the first time. It will be a challenge.

I hope that this has been a little helpful and I wish you all the best !
Thank you comment icon Your advice was so helpful! Empress
Thank you comment icon Happy to share advice for you ! Have a great day ! Michelle M.
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