For the past three years, I have been on track to graduate early from my undergrad and start law school. Recently however, I have been questioning the sanity of that decision because almost all law school admittance essays and interviews require me to highlight and discuss exceptional "life experiences" that I've had. This presents a bit of a conundrum though, because while I was busy being a full-time student, I had little time to go out and have these exceptional experiences. I have decided that this summer I will seek out those types of experiences and hopefully gain a more enlightened perspective in the process by traveling through South America. I believe that experiencing the everyday lifestyles that people of this part of the world lead in addition to seeing the many cultural and historic sights (touristy stuff) will help me gain a better vantage point from which I will orient and realign the path my life is currently taking.