If my income has changed drastically since 2016, how do I include that information?

Thank you both! Anybody have an answer to the first question by any chance?

^what others said! I’m going to be 30 (or older) when I am in law school, and I’m soooooo glad I’m not wasting my precious early 20s in law school. I learned so many things about myself and the world and how I wanted to be in the world during those years. I don’t think I would have learned any of those things in the grueling, insular law school environment.

@gregoryalexanderdevine723 said:

@57803 said:

Hi all, for schools like U Mich (where there’s no specific separate scholarship application process), how does the Darrow or other merit aid work if you are admitted in Jan or Feb? Thanks :)

All admitted applicants are considered automatically for a Darrow Scholarship. So there's no separate app to fill out. They interview potential candidates beginning in January.

Is this kind of $ the reason ppl are encouraged to apply early (ie if you’re admitted in Mar, it’s possible the Darrow $ will be already doled out by then)?

Congratulations on the interview! Agree with the other posters - definitely don't want to mess around with anything that could be perceived as a C&F issue when it comes time for you to be admitted to the bar later on. If there's conflicting information about whether you need to include that information, you should look back at your Harvard application very closely to see what the instructions are. And, you could always call the admissions office and ask them if it's required. If they say you do need to submit your past GRE scores, you can email an application addendum and ask for it to be added to your file (I had to do that for something else with schools and all of them emailed back to let me know they were adding it to my file - it was a pretty simple process). If you end up submitting an addendum, happy to answer any additional questions about how I did it. Good luck!

I don't think they would review your dissertation for that purpose - but you should definitely discuss it (in your resume, your essays, etc) and at least one of your LOR should be written by someone who worked with you on your dissertation/can attest to your research capabilities

Yes - send the LOCI as soon as possible! You can always send a follow up later if you're still in the same holding pattern at that point.

Wanted to bump this to see if others have thoughts!

That difference is not material, and they have the accurate month from CAS, which they will defer to. I wouldn't sweat it. If you want, you could email your schools and ask them to make an amendment, but I imagine they might find that annoying because it isn't material and it creates a lot more work for them. The certifications you sign aren't to "catch" you on something like this - they're to make sure you know it would be a problem for you to intentionally or accidentally include materially inaccurate information or omit something material.

That's awesome - congratulations!!!

I assumed it was a full ride when I first read it. Good to know it's not. Does UCLA offer merit money?

Good luck all! Please report back - so curious what it ends up being like!

But I would add - in 5 weeks you are unlikely to reach your max personal score. So if you are aiming to score as high as you can, then you might want to wait an application cycle. I know that's not an ideal thing to hear. But it is often true that people have the ability to increase their scores more than 4 points - sometimes significantly so - if they go through more material over a longer amount of time, and really hone their ability to take this test. No matter what you decide to do, good luck friend!

If you only have 5 weeks and your weakest is logic games, it might be most helpful for you to mostly focus on logic games - as an earlier poster said, drilling and re-drilling earlier tests is one of the best ways to do that.

Someone posted here recently that you can't write your way into law school but you can write your way out. Idk how true that is, but if you feel like a DS wouldn't pack a punch or bring something new to the mix, or if you feel like it's not so well written and you aren't planning to drastically improve it, better to leave it out! Submitting a DS itself isn't what can affect admissions - it's the content of it. If the content is covered in your PS, then no need. Good luck! Happy to look over your essays if you want another set of eyes!

Also - is there any way to connect the adversity you've faced/your specific life experience to your interest in the law?

If you want to DM me more specifics about the current content of your essay I'm happy to brainstorm with you!

Can you think of a specific story you remember from when you were younger - or in college - when you decided you wanted to be in the legal field? That might help you weave things together

Yes! Agree with other posters. This is the time to be as specific about yourself as possible :)

Definitely separate section!

I would try calling LSAC just to be sure. But that "updated report" is the same notification I got when I submitted an additional LOR (in other words, they resent my whole CAS report including the new LOR)