@eagyemang498 said:

Hi, I would like you to review my personal essay and make some comments; general impression on it, what could be written better and perhaps if there are any stuff to remove/delete

Please DM me with answers to the questions I provided. Thanks!

To my knowledge, you can't check through LSAC w/o login info from the school. I think at least one school I applied to took a week to get me that info. Also, some schools (like Michigan) do not use the LSAC application tracker system.

I suggest looking here: https://coda.io/d/The-7Sage-Law-School-Info-Doc_daa7untIi1o/App-Requirements_sumP8#_luA_v

I found the G'town interview to be pretty painless. If you are ED, the interview will slow down the speed at which you get a decision but it'll probably help your chances enough to merit the wait.

just bumping this. Very curious to see if this happened to others.

@kimmelsara198 (or anyone else). Does a gap between undergrad and grad school count (e.g. graduated in May, started grad school in August)? I was working in the family business between then but don't really think I ought to waste the few lines in my resume to explain that I did inventory for a few months. I could do an addendum but again it feels unnecessary given that it wasn't that I didn't have plans.

@ecoughlin16529 I'm actually going to disagree with other folks and say that you should note the paralegal job. Normally, I think the "don't include something that didn't happen" advise is fine but COVID-19 was unique. You could just list the name of the firm/position, when you'd have started and (Offer postponed indefinetely due to COVID-19 pandemic). You certainly won't be the only person to do this.

Most schools I'm applying to ask for your undergrad employment. I don't know if its because they also ask that on the Bar or if its to put your GPA in context. I think any work experience is valuable experience if you spin it right (multi-tasking is one such area, I would also say people skills)

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I'd suggest talking to a law school financial aid office (you don't have to talk to all the schools you may apply to, one should be enough to give you an idea). I imagine your FAFSA will look different if you jointly file taxes with your spouse. Are you both planning to go the law school? That may significantly change things relative to if one of y'all worked while the other went to school (basically its no earnings versus low earnings, unless of course y'all do part time school)

I agree that you don't have to but you COULD also write a diversity statement that's completely different from your PS. All the diversity prompts I've seen are super broad so you can bring in a facet of who you are that you don't get into in your PS. Diversity isn't constrained to race, religion, or LGBT+. You can write a diversity statement about pretty much anything, as long as you show how it would add something to the law school's class

I think people need to worry less about annoying the ADCOMs tbh, its their job to read your application. That being said, it is still a good idea to use your space effectively (write well and don't be repetitive). You shouldn't write a diversity or why x statement just because its an option, only do it if you can write a good one (as others have said). Some schools (Penn comes to mind) have a diversity and why x prompt but only allow you to submit one, whereas others may allow you to submit both (Michigan does this). There are also other prompts (like the "teamwork" prompt) that you shouldn't discount because they are less common than the diversity or why x prompts.

UVA has a similar addendum prompt, which I read as basically a pick-your-own prompt supplemental essay. I asked my pre-law advisor and she concurred. I wouldn't abuse this though, you should only do a why law (and keep it to a page) and not, say, a diversity statement as well. Also, do you have anything else you need to opine on in an addendum? If you have a GPA/LSAT issue that will take more than a paragraph to explain, you may want to reconsider. A why law addendum certainly won't hurt and will probably help your chances modestly, but I doubt it would change ADCOM's minds if they would decide to waitlist/deny you based on your applications sans that addendum.

All in all, I think you can but be mindful of space. I also suggest specifying which law school in your question and title, that way people with experience with that school (maybe they wrote a why law addendum) can jump in.

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I took Jan with my 2020 macbook air (with the M1 silicon chips) and it was totally fine. I found that in Firefox I couldn't scroll down but it works perfectly fine with Chrome

Hi all,

Thanks for the comments! I've decided that I'm going to operate like I'm going to retake but hold of on registering for June until the last week to give myself some wiggle-room. Honestly, I'm salty that I didn't score higher and want another crack at it so there's a personal element to this as well.

To VerdantZephyr's point, I agree that the 21/22 cycle is impossible to predict. However, the economy is projected to hit its fastest growth since just after WWII so the economic considerations of a lot of students will likely change in a direction that disincentivizes law school relative to the cycle in the economic downturn itself (maybe, I'm no economist), at least in the US. Will be interesting to watch.

@10607 said:

@casandrarose20619 I think that people were unsure if you've already applied this year or were thinking of applying next year. Are you already waitlisted? Anticipating waitlists? If you haven't been waitlisted yet and you're tired of studying I don't think there's much point. I believe that the June LSAT is open for registration until May some time. I'd wait and see. If you're already waitlisted and aren't concerned enough about scholarships to push to next year then definitely retake in June. It gives schools a tangible reason to pull you off the wait list.

I'm applying in the 2021 cycle (so the fall)

No one loves that this happens but its yield protection. They didn't think you were seriously considering them (even though you were sending grades which should've indicated interest) so they went with someone who they judged to be more likely to attend.

Also, JDream, that's not surprising since you applied so late in the cycle. The school probably already filled all its seats

Bumping this because I just heard from a friend who got his tenth(!) waitlist email