What're your guys' thought on NEU Law? General thoughts, advice, anything

Hi,

I've been feeling helpless for the past couple of weeks after taking my first LSAT in October and now I'm feeling ready to move forward and ask for some advices.

I quit my job in the beginning of this year to study full-time for LSAT and apply for this cycle.

I didn't feel ready to take the exam in June so I postponed it to October and got 156 which was below what I have expected. (my gpa: 3.4)

I was aiming to get 160-165 and most of my PT scores were 160.

After the test, I thought I was okay with the timing but I misread one rule in the LG section which ruined that whole game.

I considered cancelling the score since it was my first, but then I thought I should apply by mid-November with this score and tell the schools that I'll be retaking it in January.

I'm thinking this will be better than cancelling the score and applying in January with the new score.

With the current LSAT score and GPA, I'm worried that I won't have a chance at getting accepted to second tier schools.

I'm feeling very discouraged at the moment. I would appreciate any kind of advices.

I am applying to law schools next cycle and I was wondering if I should go to the forum this year or next year?

Hello,

I have letters of recommendations that are about a year to a few months old. I was hoping to apply earlier but got delayed. If I request my recommenders to update the letters, how exactly does that work? Do I have to send them a new letter request again and they resubmit the letter with an updated date, or can they simply update the already present letter on LSAC?

Please help!!!

Hi everyone. I am a white female currently applying for law schools. I would like to put "decline to answer" on the race section of the application, because I think it's unfair that schools even ask that and is unnecessary. I believe it is, unfortunately, second nature to be prejudicial when you have this information. So, my question is: is this a bad idea? Will it look worse on me if they do find out my race later on? Will this cause me more harm? Any insight would be great, thank you.

I've a little bit of an odd question and hope the 7Sage community has some informed opinions on that. I've spent years in legal academia and compiled a list of roughly 20 publications in journals, law reviews, and textbooks. This comes in addition to a number of talks I gave at various law schools and memberships in professional organizations. I'm applying to law school because I want to change sides: from academia to practice.

Do you think I should include a comprehensive list of publications, talks, and professional memberships as an addendum? I somehow feel like it's relevant and it definitely wouldn't fit below my resume.

Thanks for your advice!

Hi, I am finishing my law school list for application but worrying rather I am making my lists too unrealistically. Thus I am here to get some comments about it.

My list is mostly made out of the schools within T40 (i.e-BU, Minnesota, Norte Dame, GW, Iowa, W&M, Washington and Lee, BC, Fordham, UC Davis, UC Irvine). I am also planning to apply one school from low T-14 (maybe UCLA or Berkeley?) or Boston University (more likely) as my early decision. Here are my Stats:

Am I making the goal too high? Any suggestions about my list? I am welcoming any of your comments and recommendations!

The supreme court might rule on affirmative action in the next couple of weeks. If it gets eliminated would that change anything for law school applications?

I am very geographically limited as I know I want to live in California and have been here my whole life. Only applying to USD and Chapman. Love LMU and Pepperdine but cant do locationally / financially. I do not want any pretentious comments or unsolicited advice. Please only respond if you know which law school is worth going to more, I know chapman is a great school but personally know 4 people from USD law who created great success for themselves. Yes, I am also aware stats are available online. I looked things up and am nonetheless confused or feeling ambiguous. Please let me know which school has what pros / cons from any knowledge you have. I need guidance and help, nothing negative please!

I applied to HLS/CLS/Chi a few times, but since then my score (171) has expired and I retook this Oct.

I wrote a new PS for this cycle (using partly on my previous apps' PS) that's based on my long work-ex in tech industry.

Would be interested to know the feedback from those with law school experience.

A bit of context: I am currently 2+ years out of undergrad. I worked in a summer research program during undergrad where I worked closely with a graduate student, who was on a PhD track and one of the principal researchers on the project. In addition, I spoke every 2 weeks with the supervising Professor on the program to touch base with him about research progress. The graduate student was my main mentor, and he had daily insight into my daily research work.

From what I gather from online sources, a professor in my major would be the optimal person to write my LOR. However, I feel that the graduate student who supervised my daily work is much more familiar with my work ethic and research abilities. Would law schools view a personalized, well-written letter from a graduate student mentor/instructor less favorably compared to a more general, but still overall positive LOR from a professor?

Thanks!

Forgive me if this question has been mentioned already, but is it that important to put every single piece of information, such as pronouns, parents education, if ive ever received a federal pell grant and such? Thanks in advance!

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Greetings,

I have a 4.2 LSAC GPA and a 163 LSAT. Evidently, I am an extreme example of a reverse-splitter, and I am unsure if I should write an addendum letter at all. I am currently applying to uPenn Carey Law, which I have heard favours splitters to some extent. If anyone has any advice, feel free to reply.

I applied to CLS/Chi quite a few times about 3-5 years ago, last time in 2019-2020 cycle.

I used PS-1 the first time and a different PS-2 in later apps over a few years.

Since then my score has expired and I retook this Oct.

All my other application material (Recs, Resume etc) is pretty much the same. I can't get another rec from elsewhere.

Is it ok to reuse the PS, or do I need to write an entirely "fresh" one?

What if I reuse PS-1 which wasn't the latest PS i reapplied with earlier, how much difference would it make compared to writing a new one?

I was admitted to UVA Law this morning and I am 100% certain I would not have accomplished that without the help of 7Sage for both the LSAT and admissions prep. I took my LSAT from a 163 diagnostic to a 174 in August and read everything I could about writing the PS, DS, and addenda. I'm so grateful for this resource and encourage everyone to take full advantage of it!!!

Hello,

I'm applying to York University which has a Part B to discuss diversity and equity factors. I'm curious to understand how "optional" are these optional statements? Is this something encouraged or would it hurt my chances if I don't choose to write one?

Thanks!

Hi two questions regarding my GPA for my applications, all help is greatly appreciated thank you!

First - should I put my GPA on my resume? and if so, should I put the LSAC CAS one or my academic GPA, or both with labels?

My LSAC CAS gpa is 0.03 higher than my academic one from my undergraduate school, so not much of a difference, but for some schools the LSAC one is above median and the academic one is below the median.

Secondly - in the the academic section of some schools application it asks for GPA, so for this, which one should I put or should I put both with labels?

Hello,

I'm wondering where the best place is to discuss a Senior Thesis on a résumé. I am planning to place this in my education section, but I'm struggling with how much detail to include in the description or if I should place it in a different section altogether.

Obviously, no admission committee is going to take the time to read such a long piece of text, but can anyone offer advice on how to highlight the work done in academic research? Thank you!

I'm applying to UofT law and am struggling with the optional essay.

They recommend speaking about one of four suggested topics, but I'm struggling with selecting the one that fits best, as I already speak to my future ambitions in my personal statement.

One of the options is diversity. I'm of Lebanese origin and grew up in Dubai. Is there any way this would be an acceptable ground for diversity, or is it best to go with another topic?

I am planning to apply to a T140-150 tier Law school and even with a high LSAT score of like 160, would that be enough for me to enter there? Thanks.

30 year-old here, graduated college 8 years ago. Splitter with 174 LSAT, 3.61 CAS GPA. Nothing happened to me while I was in school, but it was a long time ago and I don't think my GPA reflects where I'm at now.

Is it appropriate to write a short (few sentences) addendum saying the above? Or will it be obvious to admissions officers that my undergrad was a while ago and the addendum would be an annoyance?

Thanks 7sage community!

Hello everyone,

I am wondering if it is advised to cancel my first LSAT score, if I will be taking another test the following 30 days?

I've been an officer in the Marine Corps for nearly a decade and I want to make it clear that I am a more disciplined and capable student than I was when I was an immature 21 year old. Cum uGPA of 3.51 and an LSAT of 169. I took several practice LSATs in the mid-high 170s, but on test day I panicked when I realized my phone was on in the background. Anyway, would a LSAT/GPA addendum for schools like Yale be worthwhile? I studied for the LSAT while deployed to the middle east and then while working 60+ hours as an attack helicopter pilot stateside. I don't want to sound whiny, but I do want to instill confidence in the admissions team that I am more capable than my numbers report.