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?

Hi.

I had sent a request for an LOR to my professor and by mistake wrote "For school X" in the description. She uploaded the LOR. I want to use that LOR for all schools. So I sent her another link with "for all schools" in the description. Now my recommender cannot upload it since she is only allowed to upload one LOR. Is there an option for her to delete/ rescind it?

I cannot find the option of deleting it so that I can resend her the link.

Please help!! Deadline in less than 48 hours!!

So given all the new restrictions on international students, for someone who's applying to US next year... Do you guys think it'll affect admissions if they see you are from outside of the states? I'm from Canada, eh.

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?

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 am planning on graduating spring 2021. When I fill out the "Bachelor's Degree-Granting Institution" portion on the CAS, do I fill it out with the current/anticipated GPA and major, even though I haven't technically graduated and have 2 more semesters?

Thanks!

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.

Hello hello! I'm new to 7Sage and I'm hoping someone can offer me some advice!

I've scoured the Internet looking for a good resume template and have found myself rather disappointed. I did find two that are alright, but does anyone have any suggestions as to where I could find a decent one? Or, if anyone is willing, could I take a look at yours to see how it's formatted? Just trying to figure out the best way to format my resume!

Hi all,

One of my colleagues at work taught law school (at a school I don't plan on applying to) and can connect me with a professor at a school I do want to apply to (Georgetown). My instinct is that my colleague is a better choice since she knows my work better but should I ask that she incorporate that she taught law in her letter? Would it matter? Should I try to get a letter from both?

Hi all,

I'm currently aiming to apply to law schools in October 2021 once I complete a two-year term policy research position. For those who are planning/have planned their applications more than a year out, how do you keep academic recommenders engaged. I graduated in May 2019 so it will be over 2 years since my last class. I have a professor whose course I took back in sophomore year (2016) who was also the director of my academic program who I still have somewhat of a relationship w/ (I've been really bad at staying in touch with old professors) and she's written me a letter of rec for an internship this past winter.

If I want her to write me a letter of rec for law school in 2021, how do I maintain the relationship? My current thinking is to let her know my plans and basically ask if she'd be willing to write me the letter in two years, then maybe try to follow up every few months or so. Would it be appropriate/advisable to suggest that she draft the letter now, just to have it handy?

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?

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?

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Doing some shopping.

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!

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.

As if the regular uncertainty of law school isn't enough, I'm leaving a steady job to head off to Law school in Fall during this COVID-19 pandemic!

The idea of leaving behind my steady income and instead taking on student loans during this time when I'm lucky to still have a job is causing me to panic!! Basically the added aspects of uncertainty due to the pandemic and thus the poor job market/economy are wearing me thin.

I'm trying to decide if I should stay my job another year and defer law school, hoping that the pandemic will blow over by Fall 2021(which is not guaranteed). Or if I go forward to law school despite it all since I've already been accepted and have a solid scholarship etc.

Is anyone else struggling with this decision? I am open to any advice or anecdotes about what others in similar positions have decided to do. I'm trying to see this from all angles before I make some big decision based on just my nerves and fears.

Thank you in advanced!

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 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 :)

I finished my undergrad with a 3.82 so I got pretty good grades while also dealing with a lot of mental health issues. I'm not sure if it would be better to write about this in a diversity statement or in an addendum since these issues kept me from doing any extracurriculars? TIA

I got an email from some top schools like cornell, and I am not sure what it means? I do not want to apply when I have no chance.

Please help.

For context only (not making excuses)- my last final of undergrad was during this covid nonsense, open note, open book, take home final. I needed help with 2 problems and a friend came over to explain them to me. My professor caught a lot of people for cheating and asked people to turn themselves in and they would receive a lesser punishment. I turned myself in and I just got an email from my academic honor council. I do not cheat on tests and (not an excuse but) this did not feel like cheating at the time.

I have already graduated but they said this is going on my record and they are taking away my Latin honors. I plan on applying to law school in a year after working a in management consulting at a prestigious firm. How screwed am I? I am engineering with a 3.85 and a 170 on LSAT, I was really trying to go to a top 25.

I would really love to hear from someone who had academic dishonesty and attended a top 25.

Thank you in advance and I would really appreciate any advice! And don’t tell me I deserve whatever I get because believe me I have never regretting anything more in my life! I am just praying my entire future isn’t in jeopardy.

#help

So, I've just taken the May LSAT Flex and I got a 169. My undergrad GPA is 3.82. I was definitely prepping better than a 169 in the weeks leading up to the flex, even getting a 177 the last PT I took before the real thing. I'm sure nerves played a part in my performance. Right now I'm just trying to figure out if I should try to retake it again before applications on the fall or let it ride. I'm worried that a lower score will just do more harm than good and am unsure if my lower quantitative factors combined with what I think are very strong soft factors are enough to get me into the likes of HYS or CCN.

Soft factors: 11 years of service in the Navy as nuclear submarine officer. Studied Nuclear Engineering in undergrad and finished in 3 years while serving as active duty. Tons of arduous professional experience and leadership roles and relatively top performer in my profession. Also, I'm a first generation college grad, only person in my family with a degree.

Any chance that a killer PS with my soft factors could make up for my LSAT and get me into the likes of Harvard or Stanford or Chicago? Advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks guys!