On my online status checker for TAMU Law, it says that my application is still "Under Review" but under "Decision Status" it says "no decision made". I've heard that this means that someone in admissions reviewed it and has decided that another faculty member needs to review it and has made no decision from there. Any thoughts?

At some point I though I came across a list of privet scholarship /grants for law school. I'm not sure if it was in a discussion thread or someplace else anyone have the link or know what I'm referring to.

Hi all,

While trying to avoid counting down the hours until score release tomorrow, I'm finishing up my app materials and I need to write a Public Interest essay for pretty much every school I'm applying to so I can qualify for PI scholarships. I feel like my PS is on lock, but was wondering if anyone knew of blogs or samples of successful PI essays out there? I'm especially worried about being repetitive with my PS, since I've worked in nonprofits for 7+ years and that's pretty much my life.

Thanks!

Hey everyone,

I spent 3 weeks at an international legal academy hosted at a university in Switzerland during my undergrad years. It wasn't any type of program sponsored by my university, and since it was less than a year long I thought I wasn't supposed to send the transcript to LSAC. But some law schools specifically say "Transcripts of postsecondary work completed at a college or university outside the United States or Canada must be submitted through the LSAC Credential Assembly Service (CAS)."

Does anyone have any idea whether these instructions would apply to less than a year of study, or whether LSAC would even accept the transcripts if I sent them?

Is the 250 word optional essay a diversity statement?

Hey would anyone like to exchange PS and DS essays? I'm looking for feedback please. If so let me know!!

Hi!

Would anyone want to swap personal statements for editing? Message me if you're interested!

I recently moved my test date to April, does that mean I have to pay for score preview again or does it transfer to my current April test?

I am hoping for advice on choosing what degree to finish undergrad. I’m a non traditional student, I just took the April LSAT and I have a few options for completing undergrad in a year in order to apply next year. I’m in Texas and a Bachelors degree is required. Does anyone know if a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science would be considered or if it would make me a ‘lesser’ candidate?

This question mainly stems from lack of proper information and not trusting TLS; plus I think this is a subject many people aren't sure on. What is considered having good ties to a city/region?

Is having lived in a city since early teens to graduating high school and doing 2 years of UG enough? I moved away to finish my UG but am thinking about coming back, but it has been almost 4 years.

Do I need a family connection? A decent amount of friends/people I know there?

What do y'all think? I feel this community is much more level headed and understands not everyone wants big law, so I'd appreciate your thoughts.

I posted a question but have now edited it to this as I don't know how to delete it.

Just checking :)

Morning everyone–

I am in the process of drafting a diversity statement for my applications, but I am not fully convinced I need to write one. My PS already addresses my religious/racial diversity. My diversity statement would just be highlighting a different aspect of my diversity not mentioned in my PS. I feel as though it would be repetitive to submit both, but I would love to hear y'alls input on this. Thank you in advance!

Hi All,

To quickly summarize:

I applied to law schools last year with a162 LSAT score, and a strong resume of federal government and political work. I got into most schools I applied to, receiving 50% - 70% scholarships from every school I got into.

I decided to decline all of my acceptances. I work as a political consultant for progressive candidates and campaigns around the country, and I felt that I needed to stay working in the campaign world for one more year. When I told my company I was leaving for law school, they gave me a huge promotion, which included allowing me to oversee all of the national political projects and campaigns that our company was working on. I was/am in a unique position to help candidates I support get elected, and causes I care about get brought to the national conversation. I'm glad I stayed. It's been the right decision.

That being said, I am reapplying because I want to keep my options open, and my doors open, just in case.

Clearly I feel that my applications and essays were very strong, as they resulted in me getting solid scholarships to the schools I wanted to go to.

My question is this: do you guys think I can re-use my personal statement and/or optional essays? How much do you I need to change? They personal statement was very strong and it worked out for me very well. I'd prefer not to have to change it, but I could see why that may look bad to an admissions committee.

Would REALLY value your thoughts here!

Thanks!

I'm purposely not including a lot of details since I am actively trying to revive this application with the target school!

Long story short, after a brief email discussion with target school's admissions office to go ahead and apply through LSAC even though late, I still missed the (late) deadline by a few minutes. (Full disclosure: I acknowledge that the lateness was totally my fault.)

The next day, the same admissions office who just a day before said go ahead and submit it quickly, came back with, "Unfortunately...." when I asked if I could submit a copy of the app via email instead. (I have a complete copy of the fully downloaded application from LSAC.)

Another higher ranked school has already processed my late app, and another one, though I didn't receive an acknowledgment email from them, already requested the CAS report from LSAC, so I believe they are in the process of review. However, those are not the target schools.

Does anyone have any experience with this? Or even if you don't have experience, can you please help me with ideas about how to negotiate the target school back into accepting my late app?

Thank you in advance!!!!!!!!!

Hi guys,

I've received offers from both these universities in Australia. UNSW has also offered me 36 credits for previous study (i.e. six subjects), while Melbourne hasn't. While I see that Melbourne is #1 in Australia, UNSW is not far behind (#3 or #4?)

Should I not worry about the time and money (since it won't be a lot in the long run) and go for Melbourne? Which university will have more value and better job prospects?

If a school, especially a top choice school, doesn't have a "Why Us" essay, does it make sense to add it on to the end of your personal statement?

Which of the following law schools would be considered a peer school to UC Hastings, if any?

-University of Oregon

-Lewis & Clark

-Seattle University

Your input is greatly appreciated!

I just got accepted, but I haven't received any scholarship info yet (which I was expecting because of my lsat/gpa relative to their medians). Any idea when they'll let me know?

I have worked abroad for the last decade and my undergraduate and master's degrees were attained far in past. I think Moses wasn't shaving yet when I got my MA. I am not deterred by the notion of having my LOR translated, but I do worry about the authors' facility with LSAC's English-only website.

If anyone knows about the step-by-step process for uploading LOR, I would like to translate it. I have asked LSAC for the same with screen shots, but am preemptively asking here in case they come up gor nisht.

Of course, in the event that LSAC comes through, then all of your birthdays will have come at once and I'll be the one doling out the multilingual screen shots.

Thanks in advance? You're welcome in advance? To be concluded...

Question says it all.

I got with a "HOLD" yesterday morning from a school I am interested in. No other information other than saying they have reviewed my file once but have not made a decision yet - accept, deny, or WL.

I've heard mixed responses. Some people say to send an LOCI and others say to not do anything to not burden law school officers with more materials.

I have no idea what the best thing to do is. Should I send an LOCI or should I sit down and do nothing?

Since the unlimited editing has been out of stock for a while are you able to purchase the one time editing and repurchase it for each draft of your essay?

Would anyone be interested in swapping personal statements? I finished my first draft and am too close to my essay at this point to move forward on it.

Hello!

I'm looking for a study buddy so that we can motivate each other and also work through/review some difficult questions together. in the late 70s and 80s I believe mental wellbeing is super important, so I would prefer working with someone who is a good communicator that has (or tries) to have a positive attitude toward the LSAT!

I have gone through the Powerscore LG and LR Bibles, LSAT Trainer, JY's LG videos, and Loophole. I have completed every PT from 50-89....and working on foolproofing LG

I would say my weakest section is RC and strongest section is LG, but I really want to do well in every section because each part is weighted equally now.

I would like to meet once or twice a week; evenings EST work best for me, so that would be ideal!

Please message me or comment if you're interested! Thanks