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  • Thursday, Dec 08 2016

    @476.rizeq That might as well have been their mentality. FOOLS!!

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  • Wednesday, Dec 07 2016

    @476.rizeq Not much. Adcomms are aware the WS is written right after taking 5 gruesome LSAT sections. Some are even convinced the WS is never looked at lol, I find this would correlate more with T-14s, though. Who knows. Anyway, don't worry too much about the WS if you've given it your best shot.

    Pretty much, this. The advice that I have always been given is as follows, "Don't study for it, but don't blow it off." As far as I can tell, law schools understand that you're dead tired by the time that you reach section 6, and just want to go home and sleep. But they're also not going to see you in a positive light if you decide to blow off the written section, or not take it seriously.

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  • Wednesday, Dec 07 2016

    Omg @danielznelson160 lol "look at me I'm potentially ruining my chances of admission into law school I'm SO COOL"

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  • Wednesday, Dec 07 2016

    Just don't be an idiot and not do it or offer three total sentences to the prompt. That's just douche-baggy and disrespectful. I imagine any admissions counselors who happen to notice that will think likewise.

    This seems like silly advice, but I actually saw people do this on test day. And the look on their faces made it obvious that they all thought they were so cool.

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  • Wednesday, Dec 07 2016

    @seanpankhurst170715 My thoughts? Why would they look at your writing sample when they have your personal statement?

    I think the idea is that the writing sample is an example of a) your writing under pressure (vs. having lots of time to review your PS) and b) your argumentative skills on an issue that you were just presented with/probably don't have a previous opinion on.

    But yeah, like someone else said, I don't think the WS really matters all that much, unless you totally tanked it or something.

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  • Wednesday, Dec 07 2016

    My thoughts? Why would they look at your writing sample when they have your personal statement?

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  • Tuesday, Dec 06 2016

    @msami1010493

    said:

    but is it taken into consideration at all?

    Not much. Adcomms are aware the WS is written right after taking 5 gruesome LSAT sections. Some are even convinced the WS is never looked at lol, I find this would correlate more with T-14s, though. Who knows. Anyway, don't worry too much about the WS if you've given it your best shot.

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