Does anyone know of any resources for information on merit scholarships at the T14? Specifically thinking about the established/named scholarships that they don’t really publicize. I’ve only heard of most of these because of occasional mentions on various admissions forums; some schools mention them vaguely on their websites and others don’t at all. I’d love a comprehensive list of what’s out there, and estimates about what stats you typically need to get offered one (I know the schools don’t offer the official stats, but I feel like there is probably a general consensus out there).

Here’s a short list I’ve been working on that definitely needs more work:

Columbia- Hamilton and Butler

Michigan- Darrow

NYU- Vanderbilt

Duke- Mordecai

Penn- Levy, Toll

Chicago- Rubenstein, Cafaro

Alternatively, any T14 schools that are throwing money at PI students?

Hey,

Anyone wants to swap? PM me!

TC

Yale has two unique sections on their application, titled 'College Activities' and 'Post-college Activities,' respectively. I'm not sure whether these should be answered in the form or a list or through a narrative/essay format, as the guidelines are fairly ambiguous.

Here are the prompts:

College Activities:

Please answer a, b, and c separately from any included résumé. Your application will not be considered complete unless a, b, and c are answered. Please list:

(a) Significant extracurricular activities and unpaid externships or internships in college, in order of their relative importance to you. Please estimate your time commitment for each activity.

(b) Paid employment while in college and during vacations.

(c) Other activities during college (in or out of school) that you consider relevant.

Post-college Activities:

If it has been more than three months since you attended college, describe what you have been doing in the interval. You should include graduate or professional education, paid or unpaid employment, as well as any other activities that you consider relevant. Please answer this question separately from any information provided in a résumé.

How are people handling these? If there are any 7Sagers on the board who have applied and been accepted to Yale—and who are still active on here—I'd love to hear what you did. I'm also curious how others who are in the midst of preparing their apps are going about answering these sections.

Any 7sagers attending tonight's admissions panel with Upenn, Michigan, and University of Chicago?

For those that chose to have your recommenders send a paper letter, how long did it take for it to show up in CAS?

My recommender sent the letter 3-4 weeks ago and it still hasn’t showed up.

Has anyone heard back from the group interviews? I got a thank you from the Dean but thats all so far.

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!

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Hey guys so some schools ask directly if you have been terminated or dismissed from a place of employment as one of the C & F questions.

I've attached an addendum explaining my case for that question.

For some schools, though, they don't directly ask employment termination questions. Do I just leave it out?

Or put it under C & F question pertaining to "Academic dismissal, probation, termination from college, university, post secondary institution"? Even though mine was an actual job and not a school or college.

Thanks all.

For one of my recommenders under the letter's status, it reads "acknowledged." Does anyone know what this means?

I'm wondering about the relative benefits of applying earlier versus holding out for my January score, assuming I take the test (I need to seriously consider I may just be too burnt out to take it). Would it make sense to go ahead and apply to schools where my LSAT is currently fairly competitive and ask schools where it is not competitive to hold my application? Or should I submit all or hold all of them if I sign up for Jan?

I found out today that I'm in at a top Canadian law school. Just based on a quick search online, I couldn't find a satisfying answer to this question, so I figured I'd ask the folks around here: does anyone know how easy it would be for someone with a Canadian degree to get a job in the US? I have no plans to return to the US if I accept their offer. I'd just like to know if i could keep my options open.

I've been away from the forums for a while, hope you're all doing all right. Leave a comment or private message if you would be down to lend me a hand. Thank you, and looking forward to hearing from you.

Hey @"David.Busis" . This resource is so helpful. Will a 2019 version be available?

https://classic.7sage.com/admissions/lesson/law-school-financial-aid/

Hi all,

How long does it take to complete the CAS report?

Thank you!

Hi, everyone! Could I know if anyone heard back from Michigan for ED 2? I saw some people already got their offers for ED 2 on Reddit, which makes me really anxious and start to worry if they send offers earlier by patches and rejections on Jan.15th together...

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.

Anybody do the video interview for St. John's? If so, what were the questions like? Should I wear a suit while I film myself? Do you get a chance to do retakes? What did you think of it?

AHHH. Im trying to decide between two versions of my personal statement that I've had written. They're both similar but go in slightly different directions. Two schools I'm applying to have their apps due tomorrow. I spoke to someone previously involved in law school admissions at an ivy league and they really liked the first version. But also had some negative feedback from others on the first. I haven't had the chance to show my second version to anyone involved in admissions though and I'm worried if I take the leap and go with the second statement I'll be hurting myself. Im really procrastinating aren't I. Yep. Don't need serious feedback, just wanna know which to submit :)

If you know anyone that could help with a last minute decision like this, let me know!! Thank you!

Hi 7sagers!

I've been placed on the Reserve group for Columbia Law a few days ago. I wrote a LOCI and was wondering if anyone would care to take a look/edit both the substance and format as this is my first time writing one. Please let me know and I'll PM you the letter. Thanks so much! :)

I read a post last year about one student who scored in 150s and successfully transferred to CCN. I did not bookmark the post (s/he said something about the new school that does not have transfer stigma and etc).

In the post, s/he mentioned that s/he did something intensive preparation before law school and talked about a few books and supplements s/he used.

I know people are against intensive preparation before law school. But I am an international student (did BA/MA in the U.S. though) and nervous about law school.

I have a not-very-demanding-tutor job and want to read some books besides GTM or Planet LS.

Anyone who happens to remember the post?

Hi all,

So I currently I have my law school search narrowed down to 3. Indiana, Illinois, and Chicago-Kent. I've visited Kent and Indiana (both are awesome and visiting UofI end of March). I want to work for a larger firm 100+ attorneys. I've noticed that these schools place similar numbers of students into these size firms--looking at LST reports from 2017. I know that Illinois and Indiana place better in larger firms but that is considering the entire graduating class--- JD required positions and non--JD required. When you limit the population to JD required positions only the difference between the 3 for employment at firms with 100+ attorneys is not that great. My question is do you think it is safe to think about employment in this way? I know the assumption is that I would pass the bar and become a practicing attorney but at the same time I wonder how much of the high numbers in non-jd positions at Kent is do to selection?

Thanks for any input advance

Tis that time of year! Anyone want to swap LOCI? Let's show those adcomms just how excited and well-informed we are!

Hi - I was looking for someone to sit down with to review score/GPA and evaluate admissions prospects in NYC. I want to understand both prospects for JD and JD/MBA admissions. Any recommendations? I used 7Sage for studying for first exam and love the site, so I am coming here with this question.

Thanks in advance,

Joe

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