…scholarship. Michigan Waitlist- February 4th (No Why Mich statement). WashU Financial Aid Package- February 7th of $150K Harvard Rejection- February 17th. **Berkeley Waitlist **- February 18th (Wrote Why Berkeley and had a longer personal statement). NYU Hold- February 18th. Penn Waitlist- February 23rd (No Core…
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Admitted to Washington University in St. Louis…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…
…and was denied. NYU - Applied to RTK, but used my personal statement as my RTK essay. UPenn - Wrote Core Values Essay. Applied for Toll PI Scholarship and was denied. UVA - Nothing extra. Really considered writing a Why Virginia, but ultimately didn’t. Duke - Nothing extra. UMich - Wrote optional essay on meeting a…
…had two professors who had very different classes and one person from my childhood (he used to be in local gov and I volunteered to help his ward when he needed it for storms/stuff like that) who is now a judge. I think having 3 people who had very different things to say about me probably gave the committee a wide…
Your personal statement is your gold. Also, I highly recommend doing social work or something adjacent to it prior to law school. You learn a ton about how the law interacts with vulnerable people at systemic and individual levels, and it makes for a great narrative. I think that’s what gave me the edge in…
…(to an extent), focus on outcomes over rankings, and be personable in interviews. Background: I am a highly non-traditional applicant. Although I was born in the US, I spent my entire childhood and high school abroad, followed by four years of mandatory military service as a combat officer in that country’s…
Softs matter more than you think! LSAT is important, but it’s not everything, don’t sell yourself and what you have to offer short. Also, spend time on your personal statement, it matters more than people admit
A poor personal statement can overshadow your stats. Don’t overlook your written materials.
…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…
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 :]
Make a resume that shows your accomplishments and be honest in your personal statement
…Wrote Why Berkeley, Why Cornell Wrote Challenge/Adversity Statement at Penn, Columbia, Yale, Michigan Wrote library books essay at Stanford Only wrote one of the Duke prompts No optionals at Harvard, Chicago, NYU, UVA, UCLA, UGA, WashU, Bama I was invited to apply for the Dean’s Scholarship at Penn. I initially was…
…which probably hurt my scholarship offers. I think my personal statement was also not what most schools were looking for. Splitters can get good scholarships, but for the schools I admitted to, the $$$+ awards seem to go predominantly to URM or above-both-median candidates (which is fair). I truly thought being 5…
Don’t write your personal statement in two days.
Shoot your shot and write the best personal statement that you can
…male, born and raised in the Midwest, middle class. First person in my family to go to law school, but that isn’t very unique. KJD who graduated in three years from University of Alabama with a double major in Philosophy (with a Jurisprudence concentration) and History. Minored in English. Had a 4.11 uGPA at the…
…are…. not good and I hadn’t realized I could start my personal statement before applications opened up. That all being said I am ecstatic with my results. I ended up not going with my top choices because WashU $$$ seemed to make up for the lack of opportunities to network in Seattle. I knew going in that UW doesn’t…
…7sage’s chances calculator (which is very flawed). Your personal statement is almost as important as nabbing a high LSAT score - those 2 pages have to be gripping, persuasive, and immaculate. Similarly, your addenda (at the very least, you’ll be writing one for your GPA) must persuade the reader that you will NOT be…
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