…application send your recommenders a packet with your personal statement, diversity statement, and resume so they can help add to your application’s narrative apply to a range of schools so you can negotiate shot your shoot!
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Admitted to Arizona State University…addendum and then email them with your updated score. Personal statements, diversity statements & optional essays mean** EVERYTHING *if you’re a splitter. Applied to alma mater *(UF) - given acceptance and full ride scholarship! If you’re even halfway considering your undergrad institution - APPLY
…is to start early and chip away at everything. I wrote my personal statement and diversity statement over 4 total months. I had 6 drafts of different topics and waited a week then reread them all and went forward with the topic that I liked the most. By the end of my writing process, I had both essays nearly…
…professor, Associate Dean (all from grad school) Essays: personal statement about rethinking how I approach anti-sexual violence advocacy after doing my research, diversity statement about experience as an LGBTQ person with a disability, did optional essays/interviews when offered (but only did 1/2 short prompts for…
…the right way. Try to get a wide variety of eyes on your personal statement. I had a few revisions, but each person that helped had a different perspective of how to improve it. My optional essays similarly had a lot of effort put into them and showed different aspects of my background and interests. I found a lot…
…can afford the hit to their GPA median, B) like you as a person based on your application, and C) need/could use your LSAT to boost their median. (A), above, is why you should expect to wait to hear from your targets/reaches- . They can’t afford to risk their medians by admitting you early, and will generally only…
…in middle class white suburbia, not writing any diversity statements. Two years of work experience at a couple law firms, currently in tech finance BigLaw. Personal statement about my academic/career transition and my goals for the future, with many drafts and a lot of attention paid to developing a seamless and…
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…
If you are a splitter, apply as soon as possible. I applied in Oct but should have applied in September but was lazy. I also had subpar personal statements (if you are non-trad, focus on Why Law? and Why Now?). I shouldn’t have wasted my ED on Berk as I knew I wouldn’t get in, but it was my top choice as a Bay Area…
…I really do think it is worth it. I think essays and personal statements are the strongest tool we have to sell ourselves to committees. Now, for everyone! My second advice, and this is crucial, is that one strength is enough to overcome all weaknesses. If your work experience and story demonstrate unique…
Softs/essays/work experience/LSAT can counteract a weak GPA (especially if you’re older, perhaps?). Find a writer friend to review your boilerplate personal statement to catch the one passive voice clause that slips through your filter.
…yourself to stat twins too much! Y’all don’t have the same personal statement, softs, or lives! TLDR: try not to agonize over potential outcomes. Cross those bridges when you come to them!
…and then any other pertinent prompts. A WashU AO said my personal statement was one of the best she’d ever read during my interview with them, so I’d say my writing was likely pretty good. Sent periodic LOCIs until June or so to all WL schools except Vandy, UCLA and USC. It didn’t help at all - getting off the…
…supervised work (public interest/pro bono focus) Essays Personal Statement - focused on story from childhood about parent’s job loss and how this connected to the field of law I’ve worked in/want to continue in. Made a clear point as to the why this field is important, why it mattered to me, how it connected to my…
Write in your style for your personal statement, show committees what you have to offer and hope to gain, and press apply! Nothing you can do except your best :]
…and I think if I’d addressed that more convincingly in my personal statement I might have performed better. I could’ve used a few more sets of eyes for proofreading, too. The LSA Reddit and other internet resources were okay, but I connected with the most helpful folks through LSD chat. Unfortunately this was a bit…
Take your time building your applications and your resume and personal statement. Law schools say they issue admissions decisions on a rolling basis and that review takes 4-8 weeks, but this is untrue in most circumstances. The only school that got back to me within that timeframe was ASU. So it’s okay to take your…
…my Berkeley and Northwestern apps because I wrote on my personal statements that I would attend if admitted—I don’t recommend doing this.
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