Hi Everybody,

I have a pretty dumb question for all you 7Sagers out there....

So I know what a median is (I think) - half of the applicants accepted had stats above that number and and half had stats below that number. Please correct me if I am mistaken.

If you have the median LSAT and GPA for a particular school, should you feel pretty good about getting accepted to that school or should you feel more like you have a 50/50 shot? Now I know acceptance depends on other soft factors - work experience, personal statement, LORs, etc., but I am pretty average when it comes to those things. I have 3 years work experience as a paralegal, I am not a URM, my essays and LORs will be well written but won't have anything absolutely incredibly special to say.

I am having trouble deciding where to discuss my chronic illness - in my Personal Statement or in my Diversity Statement. I was diagnosed epilepsy when I was a child, but things have gotten much more severe in the last ~5 years. My struggles in recent years have really shaped me, and I feel that they do a pretty good job of showing who I am as a person in a positive light. Overall, I think this is the most meaningful topic that I have to discuss in my admissions essays. Does anyone have any thoughts or opinions on which essay I should use this topic for? Or if I could potentially use the topic for both?

If I don't write about my illness in my Diversity Statement, I honestly have zero idea what I would write about. I do not have a very diverse background otherwise. If I don't write about it in my Personal Statement, I think I could come up with something else to write about, but I don't think it would be nearly as compelling. Since the Personal Statement is more significant in the application, I am not sure that I should sacrifice a stronger essay in order to have a topic that seems applicable to the Diversity Statement. At the same time I am still questioning whether it is a good idea to have a neurological disability be at the center of my application - I have been told by many that it is not uncommon for people (even those on a law school admissions panel) to associate an illness like mine with being mentally handicapped which could me a serious negative on my application.

Hi Everybody,

So I graduated from college in May 2015. A few months ago I asked 2 of my professors to write a LOR for me. I sent them my resume, my transcript, and a few of the essays I had written for their respective classes. Neither of them had any issue writing a letter for me, and I was a dedicated student throughout my college years. I went to their office hours, participated in class, and got As in both courses; however, I don't know that I was anything that special or particularly memorable (especially 3-4 years after the fact). I also had my current manager who is a corporate attorney (I am a paralegal at a hedge fund) write a LOR for me - he knows me quite well personally and professionally, and I have been working for him for 2 years now. While I know it is commonly said that your academic LORs are much more significant than your professional LORs, I think my manager's letter would likely be stronger than either of the ones that my professors wrote. So my question is....for the schools that only accept 2 LORs, should I select my 2 professors' letters? Or 1 of my professors' letters and my manager's letter?

Any opinions? Thank you!

Hi everybody - I am hoping to get some opinions on whether or not the following topic could be a solid Personal Statement idea or if it might make my law school motivations appear misguided.

I would like to write my essay on how my parents are what initially made me want to pursue a career in law. They founded a small PI law firm about 25 years ago - my dad is an attorney at the firm and my mom is the director of the firm's business and marketing. Seeing my dad in the courtroom as a child and witnessing the difference he made for so many of his clients was very inspirational to me. Additionally, the fact that my parents founded and have since expanded the firm and that they both put have put so much of themselves into the firm over the years means a lot to me. I would like to work for the firm as an attorney one day and eventually continue our family business.

But I am just worried that this could make me sound like I only want to become a lawyer in order to be like my dad and have a family business handed to me someday (which, for the avoidance of doubt, is not the case).

Hi Everybody,

I am looking for some advice about applying for LSAT Accommodations. I know that there have been posts in the past about accommodations (and I have read all of them several times over), but it's a topic that hasn't been discussed in about 2 years. Thus a lot of those that had advice are already in law school and no longer on 7Sage.

Background: I have had a neurological disability since childhood that has become very severe in the last 5 years, and it has impaired my cognition significantly. I have been under the care of neurologists, neuropsychologists, psychiatrists, and other specialists for several years now, and I know all of them would be willing to write letters recommending that I receive extra time on the LSAT. However, I did not receive accommodations on the SAT/ACT because, frankly, I didn't know that was an available option when I was in high school. I also did not apply for accommodations when I took the LSAT in Sept 2014 because the law school adviser I was getting help from at the time discouraged me from applying for the accommodations because, according to her, having the *** next to my name that told the law school admissions panels that I was disabled was worse than a lower score.

All of that being said, does anyone have any tips or advice for applying to try and get accommodations this time around? Or any opinions on whether you think I should even take the time to apply or think I have any shot at having the accommodations granted?