EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Uchitel Goes Back To School To Study Crime - 'It's My Calling'

"She hasn't picked which one she is going to take yet but both are amazing schools, and she is very excited."

Uchitel, a university graduate, is also two weeks into an intensive 10-week training program in forensic investigation in the Los Angeles area.

"She started classes a few weeks ago and absolutely loves it," said the pal.

"She has made it her life, 24/7."

Uchitel told a friend: "It's my calling and what I'm great at."

The former NYC nightclub executive, a 9/11 widow who ignited a media firestorm after being exposed as Tiger's lover, is hoping to use her new experience to become a media pundit on crime.

"Rachel is following her dream," said a confidante.

"She has always been obsessed with anything related to crime - television shows like Nancy Grace, Cold Case, To Catch a Predator.

"Rachel asks a million questions all the time and she is always trying to put details of a story into her head.

"Now she wants to work at a news organization as part of an investigation unit."

Uchitel's new career path also explains her decision to be ordained as a minister.

Said our source, "The real reason is because with that title, she is officially a 'spiritual advisor' and has the privilege to be told information that, even if put on the witness stand in a trial, what she was told in confidence remains protected."