Wrote “Diversity Statement” “LSAT addendum” and “Why School” for all. Some schools’ “why school” were incorporated at the end of personal statements. Late applicant, because my internationa transcripts’ CAS evaluation took my several extra months, due to COVID-19 policy changes in my undergrad school’s archive…
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Admitted to Arizona State University…materials (tenacity, grit, never giving up, etc.) Wrote diversity statement on my climb out of poverty, starting with my first job at 15 washing dishes for $5.25 an hour (yes, I’m old enough to have worked when that was the federal minimum wage). From a rural fringe town, population sub-2500, in the Deep South. Only…
…to other latin groups. Disclosed my full background in my diversity statement. I have for sure doxxed myself at this point but wanted to provide a data point for those with poor GPAs as I could never find a similar profile to mine. My interests are in corporate law, transactional work, governance, and anti-trust.…
Wrote diversity statement for all schools, why X school essay for most schools, other optional essays for most schools
Do what’s best for you. Write Why X for schools that you are actually interested in. Write a diversity statement if you have something to say!
Wrote optional essays for Duke, UMich, Notre Dame, UC Berkeley, and Cornell, including Why X and diversity statement.
…put myself as T4 because I didn’t feel the need to write a diversity statement (still mostly in the closet) and most of my softs are just general “you’re a person in college who has their life together” things. ⛧ I am really garbage at interviewing, so I’m pretty sure those hurt me across the board. ⛧ ☠ ⛧ Go blue! ⛧…
…a life threatening condition my entire life. I did write a statement addressing this, but the tone was simple, factual, and—very true to my nature—played down the condition as I have done my entire life. The point of the statement wasn’t to earn sympathy or impress anyone, rather to show that I can bring a diverse…
…to stress: law school classes across the country are more diverse than ever. With the rise in both median GPA and LSAT, a good story, a powerful story, is more a boon than ever before. That is the way that we- all people, really- are able to differentiate themselves. Play into that. It’s going to feel odd to pick…
…woman- From a very populated state (idk if geographic diversity matters lol) Graduated from top 10 public university with an admittedly easy non-STEM major; I was also a transfer student ECs were nothing remarkable: did an internship (not related to law), worked minimum-wage customer-service jobs throughout…
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