For people that have applied and been accepted to law school, how accurate was the 7sage predictor in your admissions decisions? Or what are your chances if you were to apply this fall? I am curious how accurate the percentages are! Thank you :)

Okay someone PLEASE help me. So I am planning on taking the November 14th LSAT (just under 4 months from now) but I have heard that it is beneficial to apply early decision to my #1 school if I want a better chance of being accepted. The problem is, the ED application deadline for my school is November 15th.

-Do you think it is wise to apply to a school, just to be considered ED, even before receiving my score? If not, should I plan to take the October LSAT instead? My BR score is right where I want to be but I have yet to get there in the timed PT. OR, should I just plan on taking the November LSAT and apply in December when I get my score? If I do this, will it hurt my chances of admission because it is not considered Early Decision? My schools is not in the T50 so I don't know if that helps me really.

I really need help so I would appreciate any input at all. Thank you guys!!!

Hi everyone,

@"Juliet --Student Service--" and our consultant Gail Dauer have put together a very useful list of virtual law school events. You can see it here: https://coda.io/@david-busis/7sage-law-school-list/virtual-law-school-events-28

Hi, I was just wondering if my letters of recommendations from 2017 (the year I graduated from undergrad) would not be as effective since it was from almost 4 years ago? I received these recommendations from my professors before I graduated and I thought I would be applying to law school then but things happened and now I'm studying for the lsat and planning on the January LSAT test and hoping to apply then.

Any advice would be appreciated!

Hi Everyone!

I am currently working on my application materials for the upcoming cycle and I would like to know your opinion. How many jobs should you list on your resume if you had multiple jobs in undergrad and after college? Also, how do you add additional sections and shrink the resume down to two pages? I am using the template that is provided by the admissions course but I am still having trouble with what to include.

Hi everyone, I'll keep this relatively short. My freshman year of college I battled severe anxiety and learned to cope with it. I believe this demonstrates significant growth as a human and I think I could write a BOMB PS about this, but I am afraid to write about a mental illness in a personal statement because

and 2) I know they're not allowed, but I'm afraid they could toss my app in the rejection pile if they see someone who blatantly proclaims to the world that they have anxiety

I'm really at a dilemma here and any advice helps. Thanks!

#help

I am almost seven years out of school, and am in the military. I'm currently writing a new resume for the first time in years and want to make sure I'm not breaking any unspoken resume rules. Right now it is exactly 2 pages. I'm worried that if I try to shorten it to 1 page I will have to sacrifice a significant amount of my accomplishments. Is it an unwritten rule that it must be 1 page, or can it be 2?

Hi all.

I appreciate anyone who takes the time to help me out with this. It's been weighing me down because I honestly don't know where to turn.

For character and fitness addendums, how specific do you need to get? There are instances that I am going to disclose because I want to stay on the safe side (even though I don't think I was technically cited for anything, honestly I can't fully remember because it was a while ago), but I don't have the specific dates (just general months/years of the incidents). I remember general facts about the situations (how fast I was going in a specific speed limit, the fact that I got in a small car accident a couple years ago in a parking lot, etc.).

Basically, what I'm asking: Do I need to track down a written, formal, in-depth explanation of every potential C&F violation I've ever been involved in in order to sufficiently disclose? I didn't have to go to court for some of the things I'm disclosing but I can't remember if I was cited etc., so do I just give a general disclosure of those instances and include the information that I can recall about the incidences, or should I visit the police station to make sure I have my bases covered and I'm not forgetting something that could jeopardize my future bar application? There are only two times I have ever gone to court, and it was for speeding tickets.

Hi fellow future/current lawyers! I am having a hard time weighing my overall gpa. My first two years, at my first institution, my gpa is pretty low to be honest. But my last two years a solid Big Ten school is much better. Will my second transcript be weighed significantly more or will the averaged gpa be the main thing schools look at?

Does anyone know if Georgetown changes the optional essay prompts each year?

Is it worth writing one from last admissions cycle or should I just wait until the new application comes out?

Thanks!

Hello there,

My name is Fermin, I’m Combat Veteran. I e served the U.S. Army for 11 years as Infantryman, reached the rank of Staff Sergeant and held all leadership positions within the Infantry Platoon, up to the Platoon Sergeant Position. Wondering why I didn’t go for 20 years when I was so closed? Well that was my plan but then my first daughter was born and changed me, for the good.

I’m now embarking into the process of (1) getting my application together, my statement, letters of recommendations and finally I will taking the LSAT next June (2021, aiming at starting Spring 2022).

I don’t know any one else around me that wants to go to Law School, let alone a Veteran.

Just seeing if there any fellow Veterans here. If there aren’t any then this thread may become the rally point.

Thank you.

I am not sure if I am posting this to the right place, but I have a few questions about admissions I would like help with. My plan is to take the LSAT in August and immediately after, start preparing materials for admissions. If my score is not where I want it, then I will retake the test in October. Do I have enough time for the admissions process if I start after the August test?

Hi! I'm just wondering if anyone knows when the last 3 videos on Torts in the Law School site will go up? I'm awaiting them :)

Hey all, I have a question about admission 2021. Recently I‘ve heard a lot of people are going to or planning on deferring.

So if there are too much people deferring this year, would that be shrinking the next cycle admission pool?

Does anyone have any ideas?

The June flex scores are suppose to be released today. Will LSAC send an email or do we have to check our account?

I am far too nervous to check my account.

Also, we have until July 31st to write our essays right? I already have one on file but wanted to do it again.

Need advice from anyone who has participated in 7Sage admissions consulting. I have been looking into the option that provides unlimited edits for one document, so I could really focus on my personal statement. For reference, I took the June test so I don't have my scores back, but I have been averaging a 169 on PTs and really want to push my application into some top-tier schools. However, I will be paying for law school apps and haven't been able to work many hours due to COVID, so I really want to be sure that paying for any sort of consulting would be worth the money. Please let me know your experience or any thoughts you have!!

I recently started selling some artwork on Etsy and was wondering if I should list this on my resume - sort of like a small business. 20% of each sale is donated to charity so I thought maybe it would show creativity/service but didn't want to add it if it looks bad. Anyone have advice?

Does anybody have data about the situation law schools are facing this upcoming year? Are more people choosing to defer? Have more withdrawn? Will we not know until August?

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Doing some shopping.

Hello all I was wondering if there is a list out for the opening date of law school applications. I know some open in august and others in September but was curious if there is a resource with it clearly marked out so that I could organize my application cycle.

I understand that we're advised not to add anything from high school on our resumes, but I was wondering if there was a similar rule for personal statements? Is there a point where a story for your personal statement is considered too old to be considered relevant by an admissions board?

I'm still finishing up my undergrad, and hope to go straight through to law school, so a lot good number of stories that I find to be interesting about myself are from high school, including my "what made me want to study law" story.

If anyone has insight on this I'd love to hear from you!

Hi!

I know that a lot of law schools advertise how many undergraduate universities they have students from. I’ve been to two universities (first 2 years in a college in GA and then my graduating university in Texas). Do law schools use all universities for those numbers or only your graduating institutions?

Hi friends: My undergrad institution decided to give an extended ddl for the law school fall entry. I thought it worth a shot. The problem is that I really had trouble with getting my rec letters, I am super super stressed out abt having to zoom with my professors and talk and negotiate. I do have two/three rec letters from previous school year that I got for some business ma degrees and I knew they're super generic but they're supposed to be talking good stuff about me.

My question is how much it would hurt if I just use the generic ones that may talk some random stuff like "quant skills". If I use them instead of seeking new ones, I believe I could use that energy/stress into getting my LSAT up for like 5 points. And after all i have no idea what my chances are as it's only one school and I haven't taken LSAT yet and I will only have one shot in July before the ddl.

Thanks so much for your advice!

(Edit: it’s a pretty decent school and it seems that it’s gonna be less competitive this round since it’s only for class of 20 here). I do realize that it’s better to get new ones, but I don’t have my ps ready and the deadline’s in a little more than a month, and I think it’s better if I send in the requests now. What should I provide in lieu of my ps?

Hi all,

I had two outstanding reference letters for this cycle from professors who know and support me in my ambitions. I'm sure they will have no problem resubmitting but for some reason I can't get myself to send the email without feeling like I'm a nuisance to them. Has anyone had experience asking their references to resubmit for a second cycle? How would you recommend approaching this via email?

Thanks and I appreciate the feedback, hopefully this question can be helpful to someone else as well.

This is a bit of a preemptive post, but I've been reading up a lot about choosing a law school and most people advise going to the "best" school you get into. I definitely see how this could be true for those interested in Big Law, but I'm trying to figure out if it applies to me.

I've never, ever been interested in Big Law, so I don't see that changing in law school. My two biggest interests so far have been criminal law (prosecution, most likely) or national security law. I'd really love to end up working for a federal branch (Homeland Security, DOJ, FBI, Pentagon, etc.) I've also had some interest in IP litigation in the past, and if I weren't to go into government work, I think I would really enjoy IP.

Given my interests, the two main schools I'm planning to apply to are Georgetown and GW, simply because of the connections and opportunities being in DC offers. I have a 3.96 GPA from NYU, so I feel confident those schools could be options if I get a decent LSAT score. Of course, this is all contingent on that, but I'm planning to retake as many times as I need to to get a "good" score.

My question is: do you think there's a big difference between the schools? Does the better ranking and prestige of Georgetown matter as much, in this case? It's much more likely that I'll get $$ from GW, while I might have to pay closer to sticker price at Georgetown. I also know Georgetown is much more selective, whereas I feel confident that I could make it to GW given my average PT scores.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated :)