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Jul 10, 2022

Windsor MIT '22, Harvard College Advisor

I am the half of LSD that didn't take the LSAT, or go to law school (Sorry about that). But I did go to MIT business school while surrounded by law students and lawyers, so I am somewhat qualified to talk about the intricacies of law school apps and finances.

Windsor (the dog) didn't write this but he WAS a Resident Tutor and career advisor at Harvard College with me, so deserves some credit.

General

General chat about the legal profession.

General >T14 Off Topic

👍 Chat vibe: 0 👎

LSDFan

21:20

Happy Tuesday

Dkk

21:20

Happy Tuesday!

ChowieBean

21:20

imma work on berkeley i dont wanna write statement of perspective >:(

babycat

21:20

have you not written a DS already?

babycat

21:20

statement of perspective is just your fleshed out DS

LSDFan

21:21

Hangovers make me feel alive

Dkk

21:21

Or just your ds with subbed out words cus you wrote it so well lol hehe

Skydog1969

21:21

Yall think schools will still release decisions tomorrow or will the offices be closed for the rest of the week?

LSDFan

21:21

We are getting waves tomorrow for sure

Dkk

21:21

More releases tomorrow

babycat

21:21

@Dkk: I mean that it should be longer than a standard DS

Dkk

21:22

Oh then I fucked up lol

babycat

21:22

standard is one page-ish, Harvard is two

Dkk

21:22

My DS is half a page and so is my statement of perspective

babycat

21:22

but if the school doesn’t specify a length then you’re fine

babycat

21:22

@Dkk: half a page is insane

babycat

21:22

is it not double spaced?

Dkk

21:22

Yeah double spaced. It is really pretty to read and poetic.

Dkk

21:23

What it lacks in length it makes up for in style. Kinda like you hehe.

babycat

21:23

Yeah but my friend how much can you really say about yourself in a quarter of a page. I don’t know that it can capture your full story

Dkk

21:23

The diversity statement does not but my personal statement does.

ChowieBean

21:24

yeah i have written a DS i just want to make sure it's perfect

babycat

21:24

Okay I guess that’s fine if you’re using it as a stylistic supplement to the PS

Dkk

21:24

The diversity statement just hints at my perspective on life and I have hinted at it here too when I call you a little Petite Sirah grape.

babycat

21:24

I just worry about you guys when you take too many liberties with the essays bc I don’t want another hellwoods situation

Dkk

21:25

Yeah, well he was really arrogant in his statements.

babycat

21:27

That is true Dk. Ending your essay with a request for scholarship money is crazy

JumpySubsequentDolphin

21:28

what is the hellwoods situation

llama

21:28

https://www.lsd.law/users/creep/Hellwoods2025

llama

21:28

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