going back to the OP since the conversation now has nothing to do with that.
i read at some point someone mentioned that you should rush to convert so that you get zchar for your learning instead of learning and then convert. although i am probably one of the least knowledgeable people in this website i disagree with that. i think that weather or not you get more zchar that is a different discussion but you should really try to learn and make sure this is something you want to do because once you are jewish there is no coming back. as a gentile you can keep the noachide laws and be ok but as a jew you have to keep all commandments that aply