Studied engineering undergrad. I'm very independent. I read the course catalog front to back and knew all the pre-med requirements, so I never spoke with the pre-med advisor. First mistake.

While in undergrad, I was working as an engineer technician for a medical device manufacturer. Was a co-inventor on a new product, and met a patent attorney. Fellow co-worker was also planning to be a patent attorney.

Prepped for and took the MCAT. Was satisfied with the score. Co-worker convinced me to walk in and take the LSAT without studying as a fallback position and to keep my options open.

Junior year of undergrad, I think "it's probably getting time to apply to med school." I get online and it was the last day of an extended time period to submit your AMCAS application, so I fill out the application in the course of a few hours. The time period had been extended because the AMCAS system had been down for a period of time or something like that. Not all schools were accepting applicants who did not meet the original deadline. Only applied to 3 schools. Interviewed at 1, but didn't get it. Rolling admissions were my worst enemy at that point.

Decided to check to see when the deadline to apply for law school was, and it hadn't opened yet. I submitted my application to 3 schools. Admitted to 2 and waitlisted at 1. Decided I couldn't handle waiting around for a year to re-apply to med school. Got a job at a firm during first year of school. Still with the same firm. No regrets!