Edit: I apparently didnt understand the difference between personal and diversity statements. I do now! This is a post about a potential personal statement. Edited the title.

Hey friends, personal post below. I'm Interested to hear if this would qualify as a good personal statement

I suffered from some difficult mental health problems that landed me in the hospital during my adoolesnce (depression, panic attacks, psychosis and hearing voices). I dropped out of university and lost a lot of my friends, it was a really rough period in my life. If it wasnt for my family and close friends who stuck with me as well as wonderful doctors and specialists I would never have made it.

I finally sought treatment, medication was huge but also I went Tree planting, which is this brutal job that is popular among students in Canada. For five seasons I worked outside 60+ hours a week, living in a tent and being feasted on by bugs with a small group of people who became some of my best friends. It was during these seasons and long days that my mental health improved the most.

I want to write a diversity statement called "how tree planting saved my life" or something, and tie my own mental health problems and my total 180 in terms of my own life (I'm getting great grades + good lsat score) could help me empathize with other people who arnt as lucky as me and didnt have the same access to supports. The criminal system is filled with people who feel through the cracks and it's important lawyers on both sides have the capacity to emphasize with the extraordinary difficulties people can face with their own mental health.

Is this an appropriate topic for a personal statement? Are there elements I should emphasize or things I shouldn't bring up? should I try and find something else?

Thanks

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I'm wondering to what extent something similar is possible in law school admissions?

Just wrote a rough draft of a new PS, hoping someone could read through it for me? Happy to return the favor. Thanks!!

On the letter of recommendation email requests to college/graduate school professors, did you specify the academic highlights and positive themes you wanted your recommender to convey to your law schools?

Did you ask to highlight course assignments and/or other academic accomplishments specific to that recommender's classes?

Any idea whether it makes a difference applying Sep. vs. Oct. ? I never thought it would but then I saw this : https://blog.powerscore.com/lsat/does-submitting-an-early-law-school-application-improve-your-chances. Was gonna sit on my application until Oct. but am low key freaking out about whether I should submit them this week. I'm not retaking LSAT.

If I don’t include a work experience on my resume in order to save space (plus it was a part-time job that lasted for only 2 months), would this be considered violating a Character & Fitness protocol/requirement? Would it be safer/better to include it, especially because it was a legal work experience?

All the advice I've read on asking for LORs is that it must be done in person. In my case, I graduated college 3 years ago and am unable to find out what the office hours are of the professor I'm hoping will write one of my LORs. Also, I feel like jogging her memory of me with an emailed note first would be to my advantage, since it's been 4 years since I took her class. Would it be so horrible to make an initial LOR request over email while also asking for her office hours this semester (or another time she's available), then coming in in person and giving her additional information, etc.? #help

I am just wondering what you guys are thinking about when choosing law schools to apply to. I feel that I wanted to go to Top 14, but when I look at the possibly ED full ride at WUSTL, it does seem very compelling. Why would you apply to Top 14 or WUSTL ED? Why wouldn't you? I noticed that WUSTL did have about 76 students who went to firms with 500+ people. Would that be big law? Would you likely have the same chance at big law from WUSTL and Top 14? It appears that Top 14 means better chances at Big Law and 160-180k salaries, but is that still possibly from WUSTL? I may be wrong though, so thank you for any clarifications!

Hi all, I have a weird question.

I’m a 34-year old active duty Marine looking to apply to law school on the GI Bill. I have four classes left to finish my BS, and my GPA is only a 2.94 thanks to a recent statistics class (seriously, F statistics). I have “diversity” up the wazoo and tons of life experiences to draw on for my essays, and I’m aiming for a 170+ LSAT score (sitting in September). I’m finishing up the CC and reviewing/PTing now and my cold diagnostic in June with no formal background in logic was a 150. (Yes, I realize many will think I should move my test date back but I cannot change it without losing the payment for it, and I’m taking a week off work to just do LSAT prep, and I’m also a very good tester).

Based on median LSAT scores on US News, I’m looking at:

Harvard (dream)

UCLA (realistic)

UC Irvine (realistic)

University of San Diego (safety)

So should I apply with the 2.94 GPA when the cycle opens in October/November, hope that all my “diversity” and experience (I litigated my own divorce as a pro per against an ACTUAL attorney and got everything I wanted, and I’m handling my TPR case against said Ex as well as the adoption case myself, parental rights are already terminated woot woot!) sells my application, or should I wait to finish the two classes I’m taking this fall and apply in December with a GPA at or above 3.0? How big of a deal is the GPA in my situation? Thanks for any info you have!

Hello

So let's say I take September and use that score to apply to schools.If I decide to take November and hopefully score higher, can I use those test scores even though I sent and completed applications?

Thanks

Hey everyone, I recently wrote a personal statement and I would truly appreciate it if someone could review it for me. Please be very critical when you critique what I have wrote.

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Hi,

For the past five years, I have been working online, teaching English to students oversees, while staying home to take care of my little ones. Before that, I was a middle school ELA teacher.

My passion has always been to attend law school, and I think I am at a point in my life where I am ready. I am 32. I took the June LSAT and scored 161. My undergrad GPA was 3.64. I plan on taking the LSAT again, hoping to pull it up in the 165-172 range. My dream school is Northwestern Law.

I will probably apply for Law School during the 2020 cycle. Until then, I have some time for volunteering/ working on my softs.

What can I do for the next year that would strengthen my application?

Hi everyone,

I decided to take a break from studying today and finish up my personal statement. I would be super appreciative if anyone could provide feedback on my topic/writing, and I would be more than happy to do the same :)

Cheers,

Juan

Hi all --

So I'm in a position where, if I choose, I can have a U.S. Senator (that I work for) write me a letter of recommendation. I was this Senator's driver for a couple years, and after leaving that role I took on a junior policy role (where I am today).

That said, a letter from the Senator will likely be pretty formal / somewhat perfunctory, because that's just how the Senator tends to do these types of things even though we have a great personal relationship. An alternative would be to have a more direct supervisory of my policy work write me a letter, which would likely be written much more enthusiastically.

SO! The question is -- What is more attractive to law schools? A good letter from a prestigious individual, or a super enthusiastic letter from someone else?

Thanks for any thoughts/insight ya'll might have.

Kyle

https://classic.7sage.com/admissions/lesson/affects-chances-getting-law-school/

I am talking with reference to this post by @"David.Busis" .

What are some reasons this could happen? I will be applying as an international applicant and I am worried about this.

To begin with, the LSAT itself is a tough nut to crack and now I get the feeling that even if I do do well, I will still be stuck with mediocre outcomes.

While some parts of it could be unavoidable (like I cannot change my GPA), I was wondering what I could do to put myself in the best position possible for the admissions committee.

Would anyone be interested in swapping personal statements for feedback?

So, I am conflicted on what to do.

I have a 2.93 GPA and my June LSAT was 149. I am retaking in November.

Should I begin applying when the cycle starts in a week?

Should I wait til after scores are posted for the November test?

Even more, should I wait til the grades for the semester are posted and then apply? (mid-December).

I am not trying to get into any T14 or hell even T20 schools, I know my numbers aren't good enough. So I am aiming for realistic schools that I may actually have a chance in.

Hey, I have been thinking about writing my personal statement about athletics. I played Division 1 football in college and have learn many life lessons. As hard as I try to get away from this topic, the hardest challenges I have faced are involved with being on the gridiron. Do you think a paper about being as student athlete would be a good personal statement? Or maybe about challenges faced during games. Please let me know what you all think.

Hi all!

I have a lot of online articles that I have written and want to include them in some way but also don't want to bog down my resume with hyperlinks. Does anyone have experience with this? Do I include them? Or is there a way that I can get them all in one place with one link?

Thanks :)

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I was thinking about taking a postgraduate course before applying for law schools to see compensate for a low gpa, this way i can show that I can do the work and my low gpa was an isolated situation in undergrad. What do you guys think?

Hi all,

I am very worried about my GPA not cutting through for Law school admission. I have been studying really hard for the LSAT and plan on writing this November 2018. My fear of rejected from law schools just kicked in as the date approach near. I am beginning to think that my GPA isn't strong enough and regardless of all other factors that may count to being accepted I might not make it.

Also, I am at a disadvantage because I am a visible minority without permanent residence or citizenship, just an immigrant working towards getting her PR next year. I currently work full time hours as a legal assistant.

Any advice or uplifting words? they will be appreciated :)

Hello All,

I'm torn because my minor in possession of alcohol is only on my academic record. I had to go before a disciplinary board. All I had to do was participate in some therapy sessions. It was my freshman year, first semester back in 2013. Im looking at the admissions lessons and they all seem to target actual criminal charges. Think I need an addendum?

Hi,

I am applying as an international student and before applying to schools, I am scouring all around the internet to find people who have applied in a similar situation. I cannot visit the school physically nor do I know any alumni/current students around me. So, this is one way I found to get in touch with people to get a more intimate idea of the school apart from what is said on the brochures and website.

Also, it sucks that I cannot send a full message on LinkedIn without paying for it so I am trying to connect with them and send a small blurb.

If you guys have any ideas on how to go about this, please advice.

Thank you! (3 (3(/p)

After realizing that it was not the career I wanted to pursue, I withdraw in good standing from a graduate program at the end of my first trimester. Due to my withdrawal, I did not receive credits. So I would love to hear your advice on if and how I should include this experience in my law school résumé.