…27th! General Notes for Specific Applications: ** Yale: Personal statement + Diversity Statement + 250 essay I wrote my 250 essay on my undergrad honors thesis and how I had to confront challenging ideas that made me reconsider my position on things that I felt really strongly about. Stanford: Personal statement +…
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Admitted to Georgetown University…let anyone (even adcomms) on the Internet or in your real personal life stop you from going if you have done the important, deep, serious, soul-searching and decided to go. Shoot your shot. Please stop listening to the advice of the neurotics on here and Reddit. This process can bring out the worst in people. So…
…each individual application. This includes tailoring your personal statement to each school and writing compelling optional/diversity statements. Have a consistent theme throughout your application. A consistent theme can be portrayed through your personal statement AND resume. I wrote my personal statement about my…
🥰 hi all! My biggest recommendation for everyone is to try to drown out the noise regarding personal statements, supplemental essays, etc. My personal statement did not speak to any schools in particular or even answer the “Why Law?” question, and I think that while that was potentially a risky choice it also…
…my interviews, and I think it was well-received. Harvard Statement of Purpose -I opted for a different approach contrary to what many recommended. I did not use my traditional Personal Statement for this topic. Instead, I went with a much more direct 1-page statement addressing why I no longer wanted to pursue the…
…time they sent them to October and November applicants. Personal Statements Write a genuine personal statement about a moment or topic that is important to your story and your goals. When I first started brainstorming my PS, I was trying to write an essay about my interest in law: this resulted in boring and…
…Highly recommend 7Sage + powerscore bibles for the lsat. Personal Statements: Tell a story. Pick an overall theme (why law, why you, why you’re ready for the challenge) and identify a specific day from your memory that you can use to illustrate that story. Personal statement focused on why law. My other statements…
…REASONS! I struggle to come up with circumstances where a person shouldn’t take a gap year, but there are of course exceptions. Really, really consider if you want to jump right in. Write your personal statement about whatever the heck you want! Let admissions committees see a side of you they otherwise wouldn’t;…
…My academic record was a hot mess, and along with my personal issues, I had to explain why I struggled in my early twenties and then show how I had grown up and became a successful person/student in my early 30s. I applied to 25 schools, got a full ride to UGA on my last application, and used that to negotiate a…
…for a collection of personal statements, diversity statements, and resumes from previous cycle applicants. End of cycle notes: I know my goals (immigration BigLaw), and that I won’t have a problem achieving them with a degree from GSU. Spoke with multiple alums and with attorneys in my current immigration BigLaw…
…sure everything told a story. Did NOT write a diversity statement; however, my personal statement touched on elements of diversity (race & class background). Don’t beat yourself up if you can’t think of anything to write for a diversity statement, I really don’t think it hindered me at all by not having one. The…
…long can get your out-the-door before they even read your personal statement. Professional school requires a professional-looking candidate. Rewrite your personal statement a hundred times over. Talk about your accomplishments and frame yourself as someone who succeeds. Your diversity is a strength. I am a first-gen…
…is that prestige / rankings are a starting point, but your personal circumstances have to be the deciding factor. I think the “smartest” choice would ultimately have been UVA for the sheer amount of money they gave me and the low cost of living in Charlottesville. But for a lot of reasons, I wouldn’t have been able…
Be courageous and apply to that school you think is out of your reach. I did and it worked out! Also, triple check your personal statement and include a program that you like at the school in your personal statement too.
…Background: I decided to apply KJD for a number of personal reasons, but I want to emphasize the fact that this was *a calculated risk *and that I was prepared to reapply should I have not gotten the results I wanted. Quite frankly, I believe the KJD disadvantage will only grow in the years to come as GPA inflation…
…qualities make you well-suited for law school. Also, on personal statements: your writing matters much more than the thing you write about. I wrote my statement on a pretty ordinary government internship I had as a freshman, but it made for a good statement because the experience genuinely affected me and I could…
…late, despite finishing it in late November. Wrote my personal statement on marching band; I feel like I could’ve done more to explain in the personal statement why that experience would carry over. Didn’t give much of a why law. Wrote pre-decision LOCI to UVA. Wrote a WL one for UM and SLS.
…my application with some perspective and maturity that I personally may not have had during my senior year of college. For the LSAT, I found that consistency was key. I treated my studying like a non-negotiable commitment but also made sure I wasn’t burning myself out and took one day off per week. I took it twice…
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