YEAH Y'ALL. What are you doing? I am torn between the top 10 list - chance to be funny, but how funny should I be?! - and making a video, which would be fun but even harder to get "right." Any thoughts?

Hey everyone,

I'm a little worried that law schools (in Ontario) will not know that I am writing the LSAT in December. My concern is that they will only look at the score from September and base whatever judgements off of that.

However, I did select my "future test date" on OLSAS... so is this how schools will all know that I will have another score coming in soon?

Thank you so much!

Happy studying :)

Hey guys,

I'm sending in all my applications this week but am retaking in Dec. hoping for a 2-3 pt increase. I'm sitting at a high enough score now that I'd like to have most of the schools go ahead and review my app without waiting for Dec. But many of the apps for those schools ask you to list all your scores, including future ones. I don't want those schools to know I'm taking it again because I'm afraid it'll send the wrong message (I'm already at 172 and retaking again when I'm already above the 75th for most of those schools will make it seem like I'm aiming for HYS etc.) and it'll increase the possibility of them rejecting me due to yield protection. But if I don't list the December test...would that be shady?

I am a little bit out of the box and would love to get as many views on this as possible from folks who are going through the same process as I trying to get apps ready. I am shortly to become a vowed religious in a cloistered Benedictine monastery. I am thinking about writing a diversity statement on this, in part to explain while I won't be doing the normal summer routine of most L1 and L2 students. So, my post grad lawyering will be a non-paid position with a "non-profit." Or, does this go into a short addendum? I don't think it is fitting to get too much into the spiritual aspects of it, because everyone's beliefs are a private matter. I don't want the ad comm members to go blind from rolling their eyes to the back of their head.

As most Canadian applicants have probably heard of before, Canadian GPA conversions from percentages to letter grades are quite different from LSAC's conversion standards. I was wondering if any Canadian applicants here know whether their GPA was calculated based on letter grades or percentages? Thanks! :)

So, I am an Army Officer and I am having trouble trying to "de-militarize" my resume so that the admissions officers will be able to understand it. Would anyone be willing to look it over and give me some feedback?

Any perspectives military/civilian are welcome!

Hi,

I am getting ready to apply to law schools. I'm working right now on my resume and I have two jobs right now I'm a Receptionist/Administrative Assistant as well as a dog walker. I'm not sure if it looks good or adds to my resume If I add that am a dog walker. I was wondering if I should include it or not?

Hey guys,

So I plan on taking the September '18 LSAT. If I see improvement earlier then I'll take a stab at the June '18 test. But as you can see I'm one of those think far into the future/meticulous planner types. By the time Sept hits I feel as though LORs from my undergrad (2016 grad) will look inadequate because of how long ago it'll be. I definitely have professors I could contact (Calculus/Africana Studies/English) but I'm not sure an admissions committee will feel confident in letters written by people who can't attest to my best qualities at present time. I do have one person (fellow Board member from a local grassroots NGO/mentor) that will definitely write one for me but that's not enough by far.

Now here's my real question: After undergrad I simply worked, but I don't see my employer as beneficial additions to my overall application. I mean don't get me wrong my employers love me to pieces but I work in a field that is completely unrelated to law or anything I'm passionate about. Funny thing is I work at a medical school, Haha the irony. What are your thoughts on getting LORs from employers? Do you think getting LORs from professors is too late at this point? Would that look bad?

I graduated earlier this year from a large university and while I did well in my classes I never really connected with any of my professors (my fault). At this point I need a letter or two so I can fire off my applications as soon as I receive my December score. I have one professor who I think might remember me but after that I am kind of lost. I don't want to come off as rude asking a professor who I am certain will not remember me to write me a letter. Any advice on navigating this situation?

Hi all,

I'm planning to make a visit to UCI Law school tomorrow and I was wondering what are some substantive questions I could ask. I spoke with an admission representative during an LSAC forum previously and I already asked questions about the curriculum, clinics and student life. What are some important things to take note of during a classroom visit and what should I ask the professor?

Hi,

I have an upcoming interview at Harvard Law and would like some help navigating the process. What questions do they ask at HLS and how should I approach it?

GO OVER YOUR APPLICATION WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB MULTIPLE TIMES!!!

Sorry to yell but I just learned a valuable lesson. I thought I was ready to submit my application to a few schools. Something didn't feel right though. I kept looking over the applications over and over again and then I found it. I thought I was going to go to law school last year. I submitted my transcript from my college before I finished my last semester. I then went back to focusing on the LSAT, thinking the transcript part of my application was complete.

When I checked it today I noticed my units seemed low. I compared my transcript from the LSAC to my current one and realized I never updated it. I am missing 19 units of straight A's from my LSAC transcript. As a splitter this is SUPER important to me.

1.) it'll make a super small boost to my cumulative gpa

2.) I can claim straight A's for 63 units instead of 44

Lesson? Make sure you check, double check, triple check, everything before you submit it. Have your Bf/Gf/Mom/Dad/Dog/Aunt/Uncle look things over with a fresh set of eyes. These applications are the only impression law schools get of you when making a decision. Don't let a stupid mistake like mine ruin your chances!

That is all...

I'm finally entering the last stages of my application after about a million revisions of my personal statement and diversity statement but I'm kind of conflicted regarding LOR submission. I have three total - one from a former graduate student instructor (took two classes, currently an assistant professor), another a former lecturer (also took two classes, now does trial consulting/jury research) and finally, my current employer (worked together over a year, an associate dean.) What sort of approach would be beneficial for schools that ask for less than three letters of recommendation? If helpful, the academic references are for educators at University of Michigan and my employer serves at a Metro Detroit university.

How much weight does an application committee put on resume? My grades are above average and my LSAT is fair, but my resume is weak. How much will this negatively affect me?

Hi everyone, so I'm about to send in my first application today (gulp), and I was wondering how people have formatted their short answer responses? This school has multiple possible prompts, so should I copy paste the question I'm answering at the top of my word doc/PDF, or should I just assume it'll be obvious which prompt I'm writing about and just upload the clean text? The short answer questions are fairly distinct.

Quick question: is it OK to submit solely letters of recommendation from professors that I had during graduate school? In my case, I have one professor and one supervisor from work (I have been out of grad school for almost 4 years). I guess a follow up question could be whether I should get more professors from graduate school (I can ask another one).

Thanks!

I am having a really hard time figuring out how my time in the military falls into my law school application process. I'm not sure if I should focus on it in my personal statement, or to write a diversity statement for it, or maybe both. I'm not sure if being in the military makes me "diverse" in the sense the schools want. Obviously the military makes me different than a lot of other applicants, but I'm just not sure how.

I also don't want to use the veteran card to heavily. I do want schools to consider me on my merits, and for whatever reason, saying I'm a vet feels like I'm using the "easy way out". I'm not sure if I can explain this better. I'm sure my fellow vets will get it.

So is a diversity statement a proper place to address my military experience?

Hello all!

I have another addendum question. I know this may have been answered in previous discussions, but I wanted to get a clarification just in case. I received my CAS academic summary report and my GPA has fallen by .1. LSAC doesn't count grades received from studying at a foreign institution and my grades during my semester abroad, which were pretty strong, have been discarded. Would it be beneficial to write an addendum? I know that the admission committees receive copies of our official transcripts, but I'm not sure how much attention they really give them.

Thanks in advance for any help!

I'm filling out my application now and this is confusing me. For context, there's "Major" with a drop-down list, and right below is "Other Major," where you type the answer.

For "Major" I put "BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT - OTHER." My actual major is "Business Law," which is not in the drop-down list. Am I supposed to put "Business Law" for "Other Major?" Or is that for a 2nd major?

7Sagers! Our very own Amy Bonnaffons (@amycbon) wrote a short story that's going to be on This American Life this weekend! Listen to it and be amazed! She is incredible.

Does anyone know for sure? I wanted to take the March test so I would have more time to prepare without having overlapping time demands for Dec 2017 finals. I am a Junior, and if you are allowed three test takes that means I must take the Feb 2018 test, and have backups as June 2018 and Fall 2018 to send out law school applications in fall 2018.

Working on some apps last night, and realized that lsac shows my application fees for numerous schools (Columbia, NYU, Penn too name a few) as waived, even though I haven't received paper or electronic mail notification!? Curious if this is common and legit, or an lsac glitch. If its real, dope, i just saved 400 bucks as i plan to blanket the top 14 with applocations!

So I think that taking a year off will increase my chances of admission (one more year of grades to boost GPA).

Should I just wait to apply? Does it hurt my chances if I get rejected this year and re-apply next year??

Also, if I were to get accepted to a school, decide to take the year off then re-apply, does that hurt my chances of re-admission?? Thanks!!

How are you handling the FAFSA and application timing?

My situation is a little unique; I have to write waivers for parental information for schools that require it of older students (it's a long story, we're not in touch, but I was never formally an emancipated minor.) Every school is a little different on what it wants and what kind of info, et cetera. It's a lot of additional work (they need letters from other people, et cetera) and I am unsure if I need to be working on that while I am also pulling everything else together for my main application. I am applying to schools that do seem to take need into account (Georgetown and Cornell as well as stretching to HY) and financial aid will be a huge part of my decision.

Anybody? Any ideas?

Just wanted to say thank you to 7Sage. My GPA is way below the 25th percentile of pretty much every T14 school (3.49), but because of 7Sage, my LSAT skyrocketed from a 160 (Feb. 2017) to a 171 (Sept. 2017), and I'm now 2/2 at law schools including an offer from Duke!