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aliciadyck438

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Sunday, May 29 2022

aliciadyck438

Rejected

I officially got rejected from my top 2 choice schools (UBC and McGill) and am feeling so embarrassed and awful. I did get accepted to one school - UVIC. I’m wondering whether I should just go to UVIC or wait and reapply to UBC and McGill next year. I wanted to go to McGill specifically because of their option to do a concentration in Human Rights and International Law. I’m not seeing anything equivalent at UVIC.

I had a 170 LSAT and a 3.6 GPA on a 4.3 scale (I know, not very good). I honestly am at a loss of what I could do to improve. I don’t know if I could score higher on the LSAT. I asked for feedback from UBC and they said they didn’t have anything that could help me, and if I reapply I should do a similar personal statement.

Can anyone offer me some advice?

Admissions · How will my background affect my admissions?

aliciadyck438

Thursday, Jun 22 2023

If you mean your experience as a paralegal, it could. It depends on how you can work that experience into your personal statement as well as how much the schools care about your personal statement. However, I think LSAT and GPA will always be weighed the most.

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Thursday, Jun 22 2023

aliciadyck438

Waitlisted - LOCIs

Hello everyone,

I've unfortunately been waitlisted at UBC and McGill this year. Does anyone have any advice or experience for writing letters of continued interest?

Thanks in advance :)

Admissions · Deciding on a School (Canada)

aliciadyck438

Thursday, Jun 22 2023

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Hi there. Congratulations on receiving an offer from OsGoode and UOttawa. Do you mind sharing what you scored on the lsat and how the application journey was?

Hi summer, I forgot about this post, but hopefully my response can still be helpful in some way. I had a 170 lsat score with a GPA of 3.61/4.33. My journey was tough. I applied for the Sept. 2022 intake as well (only to UBC, McGill, UVIC, and TRU), and only got accepted to UVIC and TRU. I decided to defer my UVIC acceptance because of some personal circumstances and then I more broadly applied for the Sept. 2023 intake. I would really advise applying to as many schools as you can afford to, and let yourself consider schools that you aren't set on or sure about. Good luck!

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Tuesday, Jul 18 2023

aliciadyck438

McGill vs. UBC

I have been accepted to UBC and McGill recently, and I am so unsure of where to go. Does anyone have any insight? Rank is important to me as well as community, programming (I'm interested in International/Human rights law), and opportunities. My main issue is that my family lives in BC and I'm not sure I can move far away from them to somewhere that I'd have no community. Any insight is much appreciated.

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Monday, May 01 2023

aliciadyck438

Deciding on a School (Canada)

I need help deciding on a school! My deadline to accept (provisionally or firmly) uOttawa is tomorrow, but if I accept there, my acceptance from Osgoode will be cancelled. I'm not sure what to do. I know Osgoode is ranked much higher, but I'm nervous about living there. My career ambitions are to go into the government/human rights/non-profit/humanitarian/international development sector(s), and I simply don't know what to do. Maybe I could transfer schools if I end up not liking it? I'm so nervous! I have also yet to hear back from UBC or McGill, and I have a deferral from UVIC. Please help (in a gentle way, I'm quite fragile at the moment lol).

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I wanted to add that I would love to make community in law school as I went to a small commuter school in undergrad. I also want to consider the school's abroad program and opportunities for growth. Prestige isn't necessarily the most important thing but I would love to make kind friends and have a lot of opportunities within the subject areas that I want to pursue.