Hi everyone. Just attended an amazing webinar by David Busis about writing law school essays. However, the questions round had to be limited to 20 minutes. There was an interesting question that we missed just at the end of the session and it was something like - "how to explain 6+ years of experience before applying to law school". Any ideas, folks? Or if David is around maybe he can guide us. Should this be an addendum rather than a PS? I'm an applicant with about 5 years total experience so I'd really like to know :). Thanks!
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Yup.. I'm cautious because the adcom might feel this is a career change as something else didn't work out or because I'm just bored of what I do. I don't think that'll reflect very nicely on an applicant's profile. A natural progression towards the necessity of studying law at this stage in career might help.. but does this go as an addendum?
Thanks! That reduces the burden of asking proffs from college to write new recos. I'll get one from work.
So.. if one is reapplying, are new LORs preferred over older ones? How much does this matter?
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Yep.. i've taken the test twice before, but the environment was never so interesting. If there ever were android robots programmed to follow LSAT instructions to a T - proctors and test takers included - it was us.
I'm plateaued at 158.. that dreaded average. I started scoring well on the earlier PTs. But the recent ones 70 to 74 brought me back to this. I know logic games is the easiest to master for most.. but that's where I'm stuck. If I have to withdraw from test, this is the day. I'm in India and we're sitting for the LSAT on Sunday - Dec 6 (I vaguely guess it's because they don't want anyone using the time-difference arbitrage advantage :P)
I wonder how you get out of a situation where your scores plateau.. no matter how many prep tests or sections, it's the same exact score!!
I'm thinking of withdrawing from the Dec test as well now.. I took the LSAT in Dec 2014 and I wanted to improve my score. I don't see that happening this Dec. If I want to apply to some law schools with the same score, why shouldn't I use the previous year's? There's a chance of messing up my score in the coming test. If I take the Feb LSAT, I think, there might be a chance to improve the score and to target law schools with deadlines that still fit. Please advise.
Btw.. i did my MBA and graduated in 2012. My batch had people from all age groups starting 22-ish and right up to 45 (you had 30 somethings and 40 somethings in the range). The lady who was 45 was absolutely adored by the batch. She was an engineer who worked for many years and then decided to give MBA a shot. I think she mentored a whole bunch of people in the class (and, in a much better way than proffs could - she was a part of the 'students group' after all). When we graduated, she went straight to becoming a Vice President (now President) - Marketing at a technology firm. Another friend is doing his MBA at Purdue right now, and it's the same in his batch. People from all age groups and life stages. So, I'm not sure the evenness in age-groups in classrooms is a characteristic of our times. If younger people now want to start working much sooner - right after graduation and join start-ups or have their own start-ups, then they'll probably want to finish higher education later in life. It's not like the older times where you need B.A. and M.A. to get a good job.