I worked on applications as I went, typically spending a day tailoring each one. (I don’t recommend doing it as you go. I was very stressed.) I had no diversity statement and a bad interview at Cornell. I also had a bad why X for Michigan. All apps were the same after NYU, except for why X for Duke, perfect day for…
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…overall speaker at regional tournament. Did not write a diversity statement but I am a Hispanic female (my last name is kinda a dead giveaway) 10/04 OU A!! I am so happy about this one and the scholarship offer for my stats is a slayyyyy 10/27- TTU A! have very strong connections to criminal defense attorneys i have…
First-gen college student. Didn’t do any optional essays or diversity statements. Will be using the GI Bill for 1L. Invited to interview with UMKC but I declined.
I am a biochemist with a PhD and extensive laboratory experience. I don’t know what killed my applications but I wrote a lot about science and did not write a diversity statement unless required. I recently started a job as a patent examiner at the USPTO and will be attending Fordham law part time.
I disclosed a stigmatized disability in my diversity statement. Obviously, I spun it well and explained how it makes me a valuable asset, but I definitely think it could have affected my admissions results. So if you are trying to make the decision whether or not to disclose a disability, consider it fully.
I submitted a diversity statement and optional essays for all universities that allowed for it. In addition, I toured UGA and Emory and spoke to admission directors at Alabama, Emory, Ohio State, UGA, USC, Vanderbilt, and Wake Forest at a college law fair held at my undergraduate institution. I’m from the south, and…
Applied to WashU w/ redacted GPA Submitted LSAT (for double-digit point increase) and GPA addenda to all schools Submitted diversity statements to all schools No legal experience, member of AmeriCorps after college Unsolicited fee waivers: UChicago (Didn’t apply)- Penn (Didn’t apply) Cornell (Didn’t apply) Duke…
…me and my journey in the first part of my PS. wrote a diversity statement gpa and lsat addenda also made up for my undergrad GPA with a 3.62 grad GPA double dawg, got my bachelor’s degree from uga in political science and currently finishing my grad degree from uga. this might have helped bc it showed that I clearly…
…I only used 7Sage and took around 30 PTs total. Personal Statement Objectively I’d say my personal statement was around a 6/10. I feel that it was fairly well written, but the narrative was on the weaker side, it was but wasn’t about me (talked a lot about family members), and while I did address “Why law?” it was a…
…I forgot they allegedly like you to write one. Submitted a diversity statement to half the schools depending on the mood I was in.
wrote diversity statement (LGBTQ, mentioned URM identity) for all schools, wrote why Xs for chicago, penn (core strengths), duke, UVA, berkeley, and michigan and integrated why X into PS for columbia and georgetown. STEM background and work experience in STEM field, had a pretty specific PS topic and clear goals,…
WE in corporate compliance at two fortune companies LORs from a senior lawyers at each company Strong PS and diversity statement
…I didn’t check my status checker too frequently. Wrote a Diversity Statement related to Athletics UR3: Duke went UR3 on 1/23 Penn went UR3 on 2/2 Accept: Vanderbilt didn’t give me any info until the acceptance. (Did not write anything extra for Vanderbilt) Nothing extra for UIUC W/L -> Accept: Northwestern 1st Kira,…
…the UChiacgo app and was rewarded accordingly. Personal Statement: I struggled with this. I felt like I had no significant life experiences that would help me stand out, and writing about the pandemic I knew was going to be overdone. So I was basically cornered into writing about pre-college, which I was concerned…
…to apply early and I highly encourage you to do the diversity statement. There is a lot of intersectionality in being a Latinx, often we are also First Gen and or LBGTQ, so that could be an option too if you do not want to discuss culture. There are very few limits to the DS and it gives us the chance to reveal our…
…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…
…another go. Strategy for 21-22 Cycle: Wrote every addendum/statement possible (LSAT, GPA addendum + diversity statement).- I often wrote optional essays as well. Post-graduation work experience includes blue-collar work, and currently teaching AP-level courses. 21/22: I decided not to attend, as a different program…
LGBTQ+ (nonbinary and queer/bisexual), first gen, low income background (wrote abt gender/sexuality stuff in a conservative workplace for my diversity statement). English, Italian, & German speaker. Latin/ancient Greek knower (can’t really “speak” these lol) I stuck with NYC area schools only because my partner’s…
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