…Core Values and Lived Experience. Columbia: Submitted Diversity Statement as a supplementary essay. NYU: Submitted Standard Diversity Statement. Northwestern: Why Northwestern & Standard Diversity Statement. Michigan: Why Michigan & Standard Diversity Statement. Berkeley: Submitted response to one optional short…
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Admitted to Washington University in St. Louis…of Expression and Why Duke UPENN: Core Strengths Columbia: Diversity/Awkwardly added why columbia in PS NYU: Why NYU, Diversity statement NU: Diversity UMich: Diversity and Why Michigan Berkeley: Why Berkeley and Diversity UCLA: Programmatic Contribition/Challenges addendum Cornell: PS2, 3, Why Cornell Timeline:…
…scholarship offer. I also really think that my personal statement, diversity statement, and Why UVA statements made a huge difference for me. All of my statements read like a personal narrative and I’m more than a decent writer. Really work on those statements! Also, if you want to take that test a fifth time…
…send your recommenders a packet with your personal statement, diversity statement, and resume so they can help add to your application’s narrative apply to a range of schools so you can negotiate shot your shoot!
…early and chip away at everything. I wrote my personal statement and diversity statement over 4 total months. I had 6 drafts of different topics and waited a week then reread them all and went forward with the topic that I liked the most. By the end of my writing process, I had both essays nearly memorized. I did…
…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.
…I filled one of their prompts or used a more general Statement of Perspective (diversity statement). No clue if this helped or not, as I literally just applied, but it makes me feel as though I’ve sent in more comprehensive apps. Cheers!
…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 Stanford,…
…grew up 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…
…my applications in mid-to-late January. My personal statement focused on my military experience, centering on a leadership dilemma that left me with unresolved questions about the law. That experience became the thread connecting my subsequent path to my decision to pursue law and why now. I was candid about my…
…App Materials, Supplementals, & Context: Wrote “Why X” statements for CLS, NYU, UVA, Berkeley, Michigan, Duke; “core values” essay for Penn; two optionals for Stanford, “top 10” list for GULC.- Submitted a diversity statement to each school about a specific disability, as well as a brief GPA addendum (grades are…
…back to yourself and your goals in a unique way. Diversity is not just limited to your skin color or sexuality - don’t fall into the trap of thinking you have nothing to say in a diversity statement if you’re not a URM. Don’t waste your time with Boston University - the slow decision is one thing, but the utter lack…
…language. Member of the LGBTQ+ community (bisexual). My Diversity statement was on family adversity (most of my family members have chronic conditions and while mine is minor theirs are NOT) and I tied these conditions and my understanding of them to how I can contribute to a diverse and uplifting community. My…
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…
…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…
*Military Veteran *Worked for 5 years, then went to college full-time. *Submitted Diversity statement where allowed *Submitted lsat and gpa addenda for most schools 11/8/21 UR3 at Seton Hall 11/16/21 Hold at Fordham 11/19/21 Hold at GSU 11/16/21 Hold at Vanderbilt 1/5/22 UR3 at Duke 1/6/22 Hold at UGA 1/10/22 CAS…
Diversity statement about a unique childhood hardship and poverty (which by some classifications might mean T3 softs? T 3.5?) Wrote optional essays everywhere they were available Why x’s for all schools excluding: t6 (though included a paragraph in Columbia PS), WashU, BU, NW, + Core values instead of why X for Penn…
Included diversity statement in addition to PS in all applications (non-URM). Yale: N/A Stanford: wrote optional essay. Harvard: N/A Columbia: N/A UChicago: N/A NYU: Applied to RTK, wrote optional scholarship essay. Rejected from RTK. UCBerkeley: Wrote why X. UPenn: N/A Northwestern: Did Kira. UMichigan: Wrote why…
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