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Okay, I know this has been asked, but I'm still a little confused: do we need to provide parent info or not??
Some law school financial aid pages make it even more confusing by saying that we are considered financially independent from parents at this stage.
So, what's the deal? Any help would be much appreciated! (3(/p)
I have seen so many different answers on this, so I'm just hoping to hear some different experiences:
For those of you who (like me) went to community college before transferring and had one (or two) really bad semesters that have cratered your LSAC GPA, have you tried academic renewal with your community college?
I have a meeting with a counselor at my community college on Thursday to discuss my options. It's ridiculous because I literally left that school over ten years ago, but that's just the way it is, I suppose.
Anything to share?
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?
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 contemplated many topics but ultimately settled on Space Law as my topic.
It is my hope that whoever winds up reading my application enjoys what I wrote and appreciates that I did my best.
And no, while I was tempted, I did not make any Rick and Morty references.
Although now I wish I had.
I’m curious - for those who wrote a Yale 250 - what was your topic and did you have fun with it?
I am planning on applying ED either by the end of October or beginning of November. On the 7sage Predictor, it says I have a 6% better chance of getting in ED if I apply in October vs. November, but I'm thinnking that this application cycle could be different because of COVID. Am I putting myslef at a significant disadvantage by applying in early November?
ucla has a disadvantage or disability statement option.
should i submit my diversity statement as an optional addendum? 7sage says not to send ucla a diversity statement unless it’s about disadvantage or disability.
i’m pretty confused as to why ucla doesn’t want to consider the widely recognized forms of diversity, more specifically- my religion
Hey all-
I've just jumped down the rabbit hole of attempting to calculate my "academic summary index" score. For anyone who is unfamiliar with what I'm referring to, view it here: https://www.lsac.org/key-online-academic-summary-report?access-code=academic-summary.
2 questions: 1) once my LSAT score is made available, will the LSAC actually make my score visible to me for me to check? The website says students can write in if they find errors, but I'm not sure where to look to confirm my info is accurate. 2)I'm an undergraduate admissions officer currently, and I understand pretty well how these algorithms are generated. I'm wondering if anyone else can speak to how any given schools weighs this data? From my best guess crunching some numbers, it seems to me that every school is ultimately going to consider admission for a student who has a calculated score of (0.0.(/p)
If anyone can provide clarity, it'd be greatly appreciated!
So some of the apps ask for all the LSATs you've taken and the scores you got. I have one cancelled score from July 2019, but do I still need to put that score and test date in? Or just put in the score I have received and is visible?
Okay, I've heard from a podcast or two that NYU allegedly does NOT like multiple LSAT takes and that in the past have asked for an addendum requesting applicants to describe why the average of there scores should not be considered. (and I know... i know... USNWR only requires reporting the highest, but again I've heard that this is something that NYU has asked for in the past)
I can't seem to find anything like this online now so do you think this has changed or what?
Hey y'all, having a bit of trouble with inputting majors into the active applications' sections on education. I am double majoring; both majors are unique to my undergraduate institution. One is an honors interdisciplinary major that I expanded on briefly in my resume. The other one is akin to Human Resources Management or Corporate Psychology (people in this major often go into consulting). The application has a dropdown menu for major and I was wondering if I should put "management science" down because it is close to my business-y major. There's also a space to fill in "Other Major" and I was going to put my honors interdisciplinary major there. I can't tell if the Other Major section is meant for a major that isn't on the dropdown menu or for a second major, and I am lost on how to proceed.
Hi everyone! Just to preface this, I have posted in LawStudents.ca and have not had any responses so I am trying my luck here.
I am a Canadian applying to the University of Saskatchewan for the 2021 cycle. I currently have 2 LSAT scores on file and both exceed their median by a few points. My GPA is exactly their median.
I am writing the LSAT again in November in hopes of improving my score and having a chance at an entrance scholarship. I am also eager to apply as early in the cycle as possible. U of S opens their admissions on November 1. Would I be hurting my chances at scholarship consideration by applying on Nov 1? Would it even make sense to apply on Nov 1 when I have a pending LSAT score? I am really feeling the admissions process anxiety and there are very few resources available for us Canadians so any insight is appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
I'm an AF veteran wondering how my Community College of the AF credits will be integrated into my UGPA by LSAC. Has anyone already been through the conversion? Thanks!
What does it mean when it says that a LOR is "In Progress" on LSAC but I know that the person has submitted the letter back? Thanks!
Hi all, I just had one quick question. On LSAC it asks for a title for each of your recommenders. My recommenders both have JD's and MBA's, should I include this? Ex. Should I put "Instructor of Business Law, JD, MBA" or just "Instructor of Business Ethics" ?
Hi there -- does anyone know how long it typically takes to get off the waitlist for a one time edit?
I am in the final review stages (hopefully) after many rewrites. I really want to start submitting apps, but I am nervous to without having someone outside of my friends and family take a look at my PS.
Thanks!
Would you happen to know that if I have a hold on my account from a school that I didn't receive any credit from - can I just report that on the LSAC website that I have a financial obligation ?
Hi everyone ! I already applied to law schools for this cycle and I have some free time today. If anyone wants me to edit their essays please message me. I would be happy to edit a few personal statements. My limit will be 4 so message ASAP if you want me to review for content, grammar, feedback etc. This is totally free by the way.
hello everyone,
in a past life, I took the GRE because I was convinced I wanted to get a PhD in Political Science. After many professors telling me not to do this and instead go JD-MPP, I've been on the law school path. Today, I got an email from Georgetown's Admissions Director "I invite you to apply for Fall 2021 admission with your GRE score. Although this invitation does not waive your application fee or guarantee admission, we feel that your academic talent and background would make a positive contribution to the intellectual community at the Law Center."
What does this mean? Don't want to get my hopes up. My LSAT score has been consistently around 166 on practice tests, so I thought G'Town would be a reach.
I uploaded the Word doc version of my résumé to an application, and it seems to have caused a formatting error. The year portion of a date that was aligned to the right has been pushed onto it's own line to the left. It doesn't show up like this when I open it in Word. In my opinion it's pretty noticeable since it causes a two things to be out of place, though I somehow missed it when I previewed the application. I'm nervous because this is a top school where I'm a borderline case, and I feel any little thing could make a difference.
Should I upload a correct PDF version to their status checker and email them about it? I'm conflicted because I don't want to appear careless by leaving it, but I don't want to draw too much attention to it or seem obsessive either. Any advice would be appreciated.
So I wanted to know if anyone has applied through a website based application like Wash U's before. I was recently invited to interview when I apply. I am interested in Wash U's program and responded that I would like to interview but I am still waiting on my CAS fee waiver to come through. They sent me the link to their website based application and asked me to apply there. I am currently still working on my PS and DS as well as waiting on LoR's. I am a super-splitter so they, along with my resume and grad school records will be very important. The website based application however does not ask for any essays except a Why Wash U essay. Has anyone used their site based app before? Do they later e-mail you and ask for the additional materials? My inclination would be that they would expect me to send them on pretty quickly and rather than allowing me to make a good impression in the interview while I prepare the rest of the materials they might A: want to know where those materials were and why they were not ready yet or B: go ahead and process the application without them. Both of those would not be ideal for my situation.
Does anyone have experience with this want to chime in? When did they ask for the additional materials? Was there a timeline to complete the application? I am inclined to email them directly but I need to be very careful not to sound either unprepared in the email or like I am putting them off for later because I am not actually that interested.
Could use some fresh eyes on my personal statement draft. If anyone wants to swap for feedback let me know. I've hit some serious writing road blacks and I want it to be finished already!
So I've applied for GWU Early decision but there is a very slim chance I get in..
I wanted to also apply for GMU, but I'm at odds whether I should apply now regular decision or Early decision but in Jan (When I find out about GWU)
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