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In 2014, I had a traffic violation: HOLDER OF LEARNER'S PERMIT DRIVING W/O REQ. SUPERVISION. I entered a guilty plea, and judge gave me Probation Before Judgment. Obviously, I need to disclose it, but does this necessitate a Character and Fitness Addendum?

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Male (Hispanic)

English is my second language

Came to the US at 9 years old

First-generation high school and university grad.

Would this be considered "URM" or more of a diversity statement thing?

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Hi all,

Is there a way to see a list of schools that have granted you an application fee waiver through LSAC's website?

I signed up for LSAC/CAS a few years back, but had to postpone applying due to my financial situation. As such, I have tons of emails from various points in time offering application fee waivers, but several don't list expiration dates/I'm certain at least a few got buried in my inbox.

Since the fee waivers are usually automatically applied through LSAC, I assume there is a way to find this information before you actually submit your applications. However, I can't seem to find this in any easily accessible location. I'm trying to keep costs down/may attempt to obtain a waiver from my target schools if they do not proactively offer one, but don't want to make a bad impression by asking for something they already gave me.

Any tips are appreciated - thanks!

Note: I am gathering my admissions materials before starting the applications within LSAC's site. If you have to actually start the formal submission process to see this information, I would not have seen that yet.

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Hey guys,

I am applying to Texas public schools this cycle and I was curious if anyone has any experience on here using the Hazelwood Act. My understanding is that its a state law that grants veterans from Texas a tuition exemption for public school graduate programs. I have talked briefly with admissions people at UT and they confirmed my understanding of the program, and so, being a veteran, I was hoping I could go to law school for free (if I can get admitted, of course). Even though they confirmed how I think the program works, I wanted to post here and see if there were any vets who had gone this route, and if they actually got a complete tuition exemption for their 3 years of law school. To be honest, I can't help but harbor some doubt since the whole program seems too good to be true.

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Hi everyone,

I was wondering if I am considered an "international" applicant if I have a bachelor's degree from an American college (well-known, located in the US). I am not a U.S. citizen nor a green card holder. I'm asking if I should check the box "international" when I use these law school predictors on different websites.

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Hi all,

As a brief introduction, I took the October-flex thinking that I did not do very well on it. Although I did not have too much trouble with LR and the shredder game, the RC section (the one with Nigerian novel, EMF, privatization, fungus) took me all 35 minutes so I had no time to check on flagged questions, which were about 10 of them. Number wise, I am an extreme splitter with a 3.0-3.5 GPA and 173 LSAT from the August-flex. Due to my extremely low GPA, I wanted to increase my LSAT score slightly more by the October-flex so I will have a better chance in the admission process. Since I do not think I did better on the October-flex and I already signed up for the November-flex, I am pretty much set to try one more time in November.

Here comes my question: If I apply to law schools by the end of October, would schools delay my application when they see that I am taking the LSAT in November? Since splitters' cycles are always unpredictable and law school decisions are on a rolling basis, I really don't want to risk myself if schools would delay reviewing my application. There is no guarantee that I will score better on the November-flex, while delaying my application by a month can really hurt my chance. Further, I believe 173 is still enough to get me into some T20s if my application is reviewed before November. So I really want to make sure that taking the November-flex does not necessarily mean a one-month delay in finished application.

Lastly, I apologize for this lengthy post and any insight is appreciated!

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How tough is it to get a full ride?

I graduated in 2019 with a 3.9 GPA and just got a 162 on my first timed practice test, have been studying for a couple weeks but haven't gotten to the reading comprehension or logic games section of the core curriculum yet. I got a -10 on the LG section and I know that is typically the easiest area to improve so I think I should be able to pick up some easy points there. My target is a 170+

I am currently working full time and I find it pretty tough to go from a solid income to having to take out loans to go to law school, but if I got a full ride I would definitely consider it.

Does anyone have any guesses as to what type of scholarships these numbers could land? The soonest I can take the LSAT would be January. I am assuming it would be pretty tough to get scholarships that late in the cycle? I am willing to wait until the Fall 2022 cycle if that means a higher likelihood of a full ride to a decent school.

Thank you in advance for the advice.

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So, I submitted my application to Vanderbilt. A week later, I emailed admissions and asked to be considered for ED because I truly thought they were my first choice. I just got my acceptance to GW, and I'm not as certain anymore about Vanderbilt. Would it absolutely kill my chances to rescind my early decision application now? Would I look indecisive (which I totally am), or would it not matter that much?

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I took the GRE last summer when I thought I would be applying to humanities PhD programs, who really don't care about the math section. I did well in the verbal (99th percentile) and okay in the writing (92nd percentile), but didn't study or try at all in the math section and ended up in the 41st percentile. Should I still submit my scores to law schools? The score report doesn't even provide an overall score like the LSAT, just the breakdowns by section, so I'm wondering if they evaluate it the same way? Seems like the relevant sections to success in a legal career are writing and verbal, but I don't know.

I took the October LSAT-Flex and I'm still waiting on my score. If I do well, I might just play it safe and not submit GRE scores at all. Thoughts?

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Does anyone know if law schools can see which others schools you have applied to through LSAC? I know sometimes they ask about this in interviews, but I was wondering if they could find this out without asking and just by looking at the LSAC website.

Thanks in advance!

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Is it ever in the interest of an applicant to select the 'prefer not to say' on a demographics section of a given application? I am white male (who currently works in an undergraduate admissions office) and I am unsure of whether it's in my interest or not to disclose my race. Would it seem somehow misleading or consciously abusing the system to elect not to disclose the info, even when it is listed as an option? Thanks in advance, everyone!

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I took the LSAT 3 times--- Jan, July, and Oct 2020 (I wont know my Oct score until the day I submit). Should I write an addenda for discussing my 3x takes? It;s not a crazy number, so I wasn't planning on it, but now I'm unsure. I dont know what I just got, but my first 2 takes were a 162, 164. Thoughts?

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Does anyone know if law schools will ever request a transcript that was not required by LSAC? I only studied abroad for a semester so LSAC did not include my study abroad transcript in their GPA calculations, but my home institution issued me an academic warning because of a grade I received in one of my courses abroad. I will be writing a C&F addendum because of the warning, but I thought it may be confusing to schools because the grade I am referring to in my addendum is not actually on my LSAC transcript. Also, the grade that I received the warning for was in a Law & Ethics course so I was worried this might look extra bad if they were able to see that transcript.

Thanks for any help!!

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Hi I'd like to just exchange essays and receive feedback for my DS and perhaps an addendum as well. I'll be happy to read and review a PS / DS / addendum if someone would be willing to provide feedback on mine! Please let me know if you're interested.

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Pasting this from a reddit post I posted a while ago in case its useful for anyone.

Here's the information I put together on the T14. Each link will give you more information, and most of the applications are available starting September 1st and must be submitted by early February.

T14 Fee Waiver Links

Yale

Application form: https://admissions.law.yale.edu/register/feewaiver

Stanford

Instructions to apply: https://www-cdn.law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2020-SLS-Fee-Waiver-Application-Instructions.pdf Application form: https://www-cdn.law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/SLS-Application-Fee-Waiver-Form.pdf

Harvard

Not posted yet, but should be posted in early September according to the website https://hls.harvard.edu/dept/jdadmissions/apply-to-harvard-law-school/the-application-process/application-components/#tab1-2

Columbia

Only offers waivers to Columbia undergrads

U Chicago

Offers fee waivers under very limited criteria: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/feewaivers

NYU

Offers fee waivers under very limited criteria: https://www.law.nyu.edu/jdadmissions/applicants/admissionsinformationandinstructions

UPenn

Information here:https://www.law.upenn.edu/admissions/jd/how-to-apply.php Application for fee waiver available on September 1st

UVA

Information here: https://www.law.virginia.edu/admissions/frequently-asked-questions-jd-admissions Email admissions@law.virginia.edu

Northwestern (Pritzker)

Granted to all who fill out registration form, will be available September 1st: https://www.law.northwestern.edu/admissions/applying/index.html

Berkeley: Information here, waiver only granted under limited criteria: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/php-programs/admissions/app_fee_waiver/

UMich Form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfd9TcQGjWGi32S93i0Vtca7rhAy2n-iMXgEajf2oYPew_Gcg/viewform

Duke https://law.duke.edu/admis/downloads/feewaiver_form.pdf

Cornell https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/admissions/FAQ/upload/Application-Fee-Waiver-v2.pdf

GULC https://www.law.georgetown.edu/admissions-aid/jd-admissions/first-year-applicants/application-requirements/application-fee-waivers/

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I just finished my first draft of my personal statement and honestly don't know if I even did it right. Does anyone want to swap personal statements to help each other edit/see what/how the other wrote theirs? I wrote mine on my struggles with mental health which I know 7Sage recommends you don't write about, but that is what I think best shows my ability and desire to study law.

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Hi all!

I'm sure there's a lot of you out there who have gone through this and I thought it would be helpful to get some advice.

I have been on my LSAT journey for nearly a year now and am finally starting to score where I need to be but I find my performance on tests is hindered by my anxieties. I tend to tune into the "I'm taking the test right now" which leads me to read stimuli over a couple of times without actually taking anything in, I almost feel paralyzed if that makes sense? It really only happens in LR I'm not sure why.

I usually score between -5 on LR and just took the second LR on PT 73 and scored -9 not counting the 5 questions I left unanswered. Wondering if anyone has any strategies to combat this?

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