…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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…essay or much in the way of optionals: just my PS, my E/P statement as Optional Essay 2, my academic addendum, and a C+F addendum about traffic tickets. I applied 10/30, went complete 11/13, UR 11/20, UR2 12/04, and received a decision 3/5. Logging this one in the win column. Damn, I have a lot of LOCIs to write……
…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;…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…two years, taking it twice post-LG removal. Worked on my personal statement for a year and requested LORs the spring before applying. Attended LSAC Forums (virtual one cycle early, in-person during my cycle), which helped refine my school list. Had a Service to School mentor—highly recommend for veterans. Most…
…and a georgetown optional. i also modified my personal statement for columbia, nyu, and umn, and think i could have/should have written a why uchicago. your written materials are the part of your app, maybe your only part, that you have control over. use it to show them why they should take YOU for THEIR school, say…
Ivy undergrad Legal job after gradation Strong personal statement / diversity statement (I think this was the most important part !!!) Recs from professors I was very close with
…tied together every single part of my application. My personal statement, diversity statement, resume, and school supplemental essays were all related in some way. Always remember that this is a marathon and not a sprint. The anxiety of waiting for decisions can be excruciating at times, but in the end, you will end…
…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…
…decisions I was proud of.- Don’t write an “aww poor me” personal statement about oppression. If you wanna write about -isms make it bigger than yourself. Write about how you volunteered at XYZ organization because alleviating the -ism in ABC community is important to you. Don’t write about how cool some family…
…school rather than sending more generic Why X/Background statements to a ton of different places. I applied based on available pathways back to TX, location, and quality of certain programs. I wrote Why X + every optional essay that was relevant to my experience for every school I applied to. Let other people read…
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…
…practice tests and blind reviewed every single question. Personal statement was formed over 5-6 months. I started over from scratch about 4 times until I landed on my final copy. Do all optionals, prepare for interview, DONT use AI, and be authentic in your writing. Best of luck to you. And remember: God will never…
your lived experiences matter. spend a long time contemplating about why law before you even start writing your personal statement. seek mentorship and pre-law pipelines. prepare for a least a year. meet with current students at the law schools and ask for advice.
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