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A quick definition of shelter hearing:

A shelter hearing is a type of court hearing where a judge decides if a child should be taken away from their home because of suspected abuse or neglect. The hearing usually happens within a few days of the child being removed from their home. The judge listens to evidence and decides if the child should stay in protective care or go back home.

A more thorough explanation:

A shelter hearing is a type of legal proceeding where a judge decides whether a child who has been removed from their home due to suspected abuse or neglect should remain in protective care. The hearing is usually held within 24 to 72 hours after the child's removal.

For example, if a child is removed from their home by child protective services due to suspected abuse, a shelter hearing will be held to determine whether the child should remain in protective care or be returned to their home.

Another example is if a child is removed from their home due to neglect, a shelter hearing will be held to determine whether the child should remain in protective care or be placed with a relative or foster family.

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Nostradumbass

10:45

Expecting a lot of rejections though

ChowieBean

11:07

I'm sure you'll get a full ride to a few schools :P

HowlEngineer

11:11

The impression I get is most schools try not to judge based on the political implications of what you write about. They probably care more that you saw a problem and tried to fix it. That seems like a great thing to write a PS about @chowie

HowlEngineer

11:18

Besides, if a school didn’t let you in for trying to fix a problem you saw in your community, that doesn’t say great things about your school’s culture (assuming the thing you did showed good common sense judgment ofc)

HowlEngineer

11:19

That school’s* culture

ChowieBean

11:23

Thanks Howl you're right :D I def talked about solving problems in my PS

ChowieBean

12:03

@HowlEngineer: what's your dream school

MildChiller

12:08

"Have you applied for admission to [school] in a prior year" I applied in Oct. of the 23-24 cycle, should I put 23 or 24 as the year I applied?

MildChiller

12:09

Bcuz 2023 is when I technically applied but I applied for admissions in 2024

ChowieBean

12:14

2024 cuz that's when you would've been admitted

ErraticFearlessGecko

12:17

I agree with Howl

ChowieBean

12:19

Gecko what's ur dream school

ErraticFearlessGecko

12:20

Hard to say. I'm pretty firmly committed to the philly area so probably temple or villanova

ErraticFearlessGecko

12:20

Also relatively debt averse so I'd have to get a good scholarship from BC or Fordham to want to go but that's not very likely for me

ErraticFearlessGecko

12:21

Any advice? lol

[] baddestbunny

12:25

what’s a good scholarship for you? what would make BC or Fordham worth it?

ChowieBean

12:25

Hmmmm let me think

[] baddestbunny

12:25

fordham’s max aid they give is 45k per year

ErraticFearlessGecko

12:29

Bunny I can possibly get a 75%+ scholarship from villanova or temple, and I'd be moving back in with my parents if I went there so I'd have near-zero COL. It'd be really hard to beat that

ErraticFearlessGecko

12:29

I would prefer BC over Fordham just because I like boston more, but I'm expecting a WL there tbh

ErraticFearlessGecko

12:31

I would maybe consider BC with $ but I don't know how to decide if a better biglaw chance is worth the COL + higher tuition

Law01

12:50

How do I know if my status checkers are properly linked

HowlEngineer

12:59

@ChowieBean: right now, Michigan, but there are several that come close. How about you?

HowlEngineer

13:05

@Law01: I haven't gotten the status checkers to work at all. When I sent an email to the LSData folks the other week, they said they were working on fixing them

HowlEngineer

13:10

but I think "Last Checked" would change from "Never" to something else

ChowieBean

13:30

@HowlEngineer: I'll get more specific once I get my LSAT score, but NYU, Berk, GTown, UCLA

ChowieBean

13:30

Anywhere that's top for PI

ChowieBean

14:54

What do people typically write in the 'Optional Statement' for Georgetown

ChowieBean

15:25

Yale application is wayyy too much work

ChowieBean

15:28

So many apps want 'post-college activities' time to get a fuckin job

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