…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 University of Chicago…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…
🥰 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…
…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…
…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…
Bachelor’s and master’s from a top school, and five years of work experience in big tech, which feeds into my why law (personal statement). Wrote why Berkeley, two optional essays for Stanford (moon vs. travel and three books). Didn’t write a separate Why Columbia or Why Duke, but worked it into the end of my…
…around my niche professional interest. This included my personal statement, which briefly discussed how my upbringing influenced my interest in the subject. In all of my writing, my prose was not effusive or very emotive, but I think I told my unique stories well and revealed my thought process. I erred on of the…
…Only applied to schools I would realistically go to Personalized mostly all my resumes based on little things I know each school preferred (exp. I sent a long, comprehensive 3 page resume to Duke/UChicago/Penn, while keeping YLS 1 page) Applied to schools in waves from late September to mid October based on how much…
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…I think it paid off. My biggest pro was my GPA imo. In my personal statement and diversity statements I dug into being LGBT, working in a law firm as a legal assistant/paralegal, and my immigrant, Spanish-speaking girlfriend.
…but I did work roughly 25 hours/week I wrote “why x” statements for every school that I thought would want them for someone with my numbers (Penn, UVA, NW, Berkeley, Michigan, Duke, Cornell) All statements followed the same formula except Penn. I am fairly unremarkable, so I spent my energy on creating a compelling…
…-> chance to display your reasoning and deducation skills Personal statement -> chance for you to bring out the person in all of these things. You want to go beyond the accomplishments and illustrate the person behind them - why did they do it? what core values do they have? What problems (business or social) do…
…only reason my apps were not submitted earlier. Essays: Personal Statement on my work experience and why I want to be a lawyer Diversity Statement on growing up in a lower socioeconomic class w one parent who didn’t go to college and one parent who went to college in another country. Some supplemental essays on…
…(essays, LORs, etc.) are outstanding. I spent months on my personal statement, and I’m really glad I did. I wrote additional essays for Stanford, NYU, Georgetown, and Duke. I did Kira for Northwestern and Berkeley. I submitted a diversity statement everywhere but Stanford (error in judgement).
…T-3 school once told me that one way to write an excellent personal statement is to weave a thread through one’s past, present, and future. This writing technique, when used effectively, can help applicants convey to admissions officers a full and clear picture of their personal story. Admissions officers want to be…
Go Hoos! Personal statement matters, and your interview matters. Numbers only get you to the interview. If you’re STEM, that’s a big boost wherever you go. Adcoms and employers will assume you’re intelligent and logical, so make sure to have your personality shine when you apply! Also, don’t forget to be real…
…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…
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