Would anyone advise on writing an addendum for quitting a job and then not working for 6 months?

For context, I took time off after college to work but due to some unexpected health complications I quit my job. It wasn't cancer or anything like that but everything combined became pretty tough to handle.

I have a 6 month gap on my resume from the time I left my previous job to the job I currently have now. Don't want to draw attention to it if I don't need to and I also don't want to sound like I'm making excuses or come off like I can't handle pressure.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Hello!

Is there a good format you can suggest to use to let AdComs know names have been changed in my PS? I am a teacher and I reference a student and a colleague but I of course use pseudonyms. Should I put something at the top of the page or bottom? Add an asterisk next to the names?

Thanks!

Hey y'all

I'm having a dilemma about reporting my race in my applications. For context, my father is black and my mother is white. I was originally planning only reporting as black alone, because that is what I've always done, and I identify as a black person. However, my diversity statement mentions my struggles with being a black person raised by a white mother.

It is true that I am equal parts black and white, but socially I'm usually considered just black.

I'm wondering now if I should report both black and white? I don't want to be misleading, but I also don't identify as white and wouldn't want reporting my whiteness to take away from my application chances if I don't have to.

Does anyone have thoughts or experience on this? Thanks!

how good exactly does presidential campaign work look to law school admissions? Is it worth postponing law school? Does it look good enough to offset a bad LSAT score?

Hi everyone,

I graduated from undergrad in 2018. Since then, I went back community college to get a supplemental associates unrelated to my undergrad degree. That being said, do you think it's ok for me to use a LOR from my professor who didn't instruct me during my undergrad times? I know that LSAC only calculates grades prior to undergrad graduation, so my grades from my associates are irrelevant. However, I still did all of the coursework and was in an academic setting. Note, if i were to use this LOR, it's an additional letter on top of my 2 other letters.

Thank you!

Hi everyone,

Just wondering if I can get some opinions on my chances of getting into law school. I've never applied but I have been thinking more about law school the last year or so.

I took the LSAT in Feb 2019 and got a 153. I wanted to take the November one but it's currently full so I'm planning on taking the January 2020 LSAT. I know there are a few schools that will accept January LSAT scores.

I had a lot of difficulties in universities and my cGPA for undergrad was 2.3. I finished with a B.Sc. I did end up going to college for the paralegal program in Ontario and finished with a 4.8 cGPA. Honestly, I felt like I found my calling in paralegal school because I enjoyed law so much. Also, I've been working the last 3.5 years as a legal assistant/paralegal.

My extra curricular activities consist of mostly volunteering at or in affiliation with my local religious organization - working with youth and children, hosting summer camp in various countries abroad, serving meals at a refugee house, and organizing events and serving on the administrative teams.

I can get reference letters from my supervisor/manager and a lawyer I worked under but I don't have any academic references. (I finished school 3.5 years ago and I didn't keep in touch with any professors...)

Do I have a chance in Canada with my current GPA, LSAT score and work/volunteer experience?

What LSAT score should I aim for in January 2020?

Are the academic reference really important?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

Do i need to include an addenda as to why I received GED and not diploma?? I dropped out in 9th grade and started college when i was 16....or is it better to just discuss in admission essay

I already have 2 academic LORs, and I will be prioritizing those for schools that only allow 2. My academic recommenders have only known me for a relatively short time, but my supervisor has known me for about 6 years and can speak more to my leadership abilities. Is it worth asking him for a letter for schools that allow more than 2? I understand that most schools prefer academic letters, but would it be helpful to have a third letter giving a different perspective than the other 2? Thanks in advance!

I will be working on MSW when applying. Are transcripts needed for LSAC, and if so are they looked at favorably?

Also...I just read online that you cannot work more than 20 hours a week in law school....is this true??

Should you apply to schools that are closely ranked in order to boost scholarship negoations? For instance, I know I would never go to school A but it's closley ranked to school B that's my top choice. There are no other school's close to my top choice that I'm applying to and school A is close in ranking and geographic location.

Can your diversity statement be about work experience? I am a visible minority, but i would rather write about the unique perspective that my job (management consulting) has given me.

If the school doesn't specify except that one page is typically sufficient for supplemental essays, is it okay to write one page single-spaced? Then should I single-space my personal statement to have consistent formatting? Thanks in advance!

Hi guys,

I have written on these discussion boards a few times. I am applying to Canadian law schools this November.I finished writing my personal statement. I was wondering if someone could have a look at it and give some feedback. Someone who is good at personal statements. I can also do personal statements swap.

Thanks

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I am planning to attend the New York LSAC forum next weekend and while on the east coast I want to visit schools. How should I approach emailing schools regarding meeting representatives at the forum but also in the following week with a visit?

Also, should I contact other schools of interest letting them know I am attending the forum?

Thanks in advance for any insight on forums/school visits.

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Hi everyone,

7Sage editor Daniel Castro traveled to the Dominican Republic to write about Red Sox legend David Ortiz and the shooting that nearly cost him his life and placed him at the center of a national crisis. Check it out!

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2855629-it-was-a-confusion-the-shooting-of-david-ortiz

I have worked on my PS for several weeks now and am struggling to get it under three pages without removing anything that I feel is vital to the overall story. Is there anyone that would be willing to read it and maybe give me some pointers on where I can edit or rework to help make it a little shorter? I would love to help provide fresh eyes to any essays as well! I was a creative writing minor but writing an autobiographical narrative with this much pressure just hits different lol.

Hey 7Sagers!

Interesting question that I thought I'd present to the forum: I attended undergrad in the SEC and held several leadership positions within my fraternity. Greek life is huge in the SEC (my chapter had 200+ members), and is generally considered more than a means to party (operating budget of $500k+, annual philanthropic fundraising of $20k+, organizing volunteer hours, etc.). I am wondering how others feel about even including Greek life on a law school resume. Fraternities specifically have gotten a lot of negative press in recent years, and I'm wondering if including a bullet on my fraternity would be a net positive on my law school resume.

Also for context: I have been working since graduating in May 2018, was involved elsewhere on campus, and have plenty of other content I can use within my resume. Just curious if others think that including Greek life as a single bullet point would be a net positive. Would love to hear others' thoughts even if not specific to my situation!

Thanks guys!

I purchased CAS, already submitted my transcript, and seemed to have gotten it proccessed already. However, Im not sure if they calculated the GPA yet? There is nothing I can find called LSAC gpa. Would it be under your Academic Summary Report, and further under Undergraduate Summary?

Hey everyone!

Can anyone please provide some insight on this optional video submission for law school. Has anyone done this before. It says it needs to be one minute and I have the discretion on how I want to do it. What are they looking for when students submit their video? Is this new? I'm debating if I should do it.

So on the LSAC report my Cumulative GPA is higher than Degree GPA, because I transferred from one college to another after my Sophomore year. Any idea which one the law school admissions will look at? Thanks!

Hi 7sage Community,

Unfortunately the LSAT has not gone as planned for me. My first write I got 153 and my second write I got a 161. My question to the community is whether I should be writing an addendum in my application for my first score. The reason for my low performance was test anxiety and my mom was going through a serious illness which was a distraction (albeit I was experiencing both of these things during both writes).

I am applying to 2 Canadian schools and for one of the schools they explicitly say on their website that they review your top score only. For this school my 161 would be slightly above the median posted online. For the other school I am applying to my LSAT score would be 25% percentile or lower (median score ranges from 165-167) and they say that they look at all scores but give highest weight to top score.

The section in my application where I can address my lower score also allows for a diversity statement which I feel might be more beneficial to my application.

My questions specifically are as follows:

I have a CGPA in the 3.7-3.8 range with strong extra curriculars and work experience. Thank you! #help

Hi there,

I have been working on political campaigns for the past 10 years. I had an early foray into politics and the first three campaigns I worked on were primary races during the summer while I was in high school and college. I currently work in an elected official's administration and managed his re-election campaign last year. I am wondering if I should include the campaign work I did prior to graduating from college on my resume?

Hi all,

I have been studying for about 2 months and I was really hoping to get into the Fall 2020 Cycle after taking the January 2020 LSAT. I have done research on a bunch of the schools that I would like to apply to and their application deadlines are late March 2020, however I constantly am seeing that January is too late to apply.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Hey everyone, could use your advice about what my chances for a T14 school look like.

I have a BA in Psychology from a meh school w/ a 2.7 GPA (graduated 2014). GPA is low because of personal issues, family issues, and financial problems. Ended up working 11 different jobs during undergrad. I then moved to India for three years where i did a second BA in Islamic Law and Theology, where I graduated in the 1st division. In 2019, I graduated with a MA in Religious Studies (3.7 gpa) where my dissertation intersected on mental health, religion, law, and ethics. I am also fluent in reading and writing Urdu and Arabic. The program also allowed me to study at Harvard Divinity School, where my professor also had a law school appointment, and agreed to write me a recommendation. I'm also a community activist that was recently accepted to a fellowship in Germany and Poland to study the ethics that allowed the Holocaust to occur. I'm currently finishing up the PowerScore books and will be taking practice tests by next week hopefully. But...

Despite all of this, my grades from undergrad still haunt me. I know there's 5-6 years between undergrad and the time I apply, I still need some advice and affirmation as to whether I have a shot at a T14 school? How about YSH/Chicago/Columbia? Thanks.