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Admissions · 2nd deposit decision!

faridr91

Friday, May 24 2019

Thank you guys for the recommendations and insight... it is very useful to read the different perspectives.

Admissions · 2nd deposit decision!

faridr91

Wednesday, May 22 2019

Thank you to the people that voted in the poll.

The results are kind of confusing though... for instance, in the "if I get an offer from the Texas waitlist" poll, 3 of 15 people have voted for Seton Hall, but "if I do not get an offer from the Texas wait list", then 2 of 15 people have voted for Seton Hall.

I'm wondering why that may be, and I wonder if people can give reasoning as to why they chose what they chose...?

General · Admissions Webinar + Editing Giveaway! Thursday, Sep 20 @ 9 p.m. ET

faridr91

Friday, Sep 21 2018

Just got off the webinar... great advise overall! ... Just FYI, I've now been to two school tours that have outright stated that they don't look at the LSAT writing sample at all... though I am not sure to fully trust them / hold them to it and anyone that hasn't taken the LSAT yet, make sure you don't at least skip the thing :) ... though don't spend too much time on studying for it... those are my bits of info/advise.

Admissions · 2nd deposit decision!

faridr91

Friday, May 17 2019

Thank you. I do hope UT comes through...

Houston does seem the 'easy' decision thinking of where I want to stay, but the reason Seton Hall stays in the picture for me is that I would be able to continue to make money (while be covered financially with SHU's full tuition scholarship), will get to stay in Houston, and travel to Newark every other weekend for school. Neither of these two options will require me to move from Houston.

And I am not sure how difficult it would be to land a job in the field of intellectual property law. Being an engineer, I'm assuming that is not as common-place in law school, and I think my prior work experience may make that job search not as difficult with Seton Hall or Houston... but I could be mistaken. My hopes would be to network at law related events in Houston while I went to Seton Hall part-time... that's why I've had a difficult time getting them off my list.

Emory was on the list for me because it was the most scholarship relative to reputation, and when I visited I did like the vibe of the school and Atlanta. Plus my wife has an job opportunity lined up in Atlanta if we move there.

Admissions · 2nd deposit decision!

faridr91

Friday, May 17 2019

Good questions. I'll likely be in Texas after law school because my family and our business are here, but long term I can see my self in different places.

I like the money of big law (who doesn't?), but don't like what seems to be the work culture around such jobs. I think I'd be able to use my engineering degree and work experience along with a JD to get into Intellectual Property law, and I think that would be my ideal type of job, in house counsel for a company or IP specialist for a firm.

Plan is to pay for things out of savings and spouse income for the full time options, and thru ongoing income for part time weekend program. Maybe some loans will be needed for the full time options, but not part time option at Seton Hall.

Thanks for the response!

Admissions · Paused: Admissions Office Hours on Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET

faridr91

Thursday, Jan 17 2019

Hey Daivd, thanks for the useful presentation today.

Contrary to what you said earlier in the call, at least one person (me) has read the "How to Proofread" lesson on 7Sage and found it very helpful: https://classic.7sage.com/admissions/lesson/how-to-proofread/

Cross fingers for getting the editing giveaway!

Admissions

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Thursday, May 16 2019

faridr91

2nd deposit decision!

Help me decide which school to put a second deposit down to.

My background: I’m almost 15 years out of undergrad. Worked a little over half that time as an electrical engineer and international project manager for a global company on oil & gas projects. Travelled / ran a few businesses including a physical location business for the remainder. Now have a wife and almost 2-year-old toddler and live in Houston. Have a house with a mortgage here. Applied to 15 schools, didn’t get into the 3 ivys I applied to, but got in to remainder (including a couple of top 20s) and waitlisted at a couple of top 15s. Have narrowed it down to 4 options, mostly based on practical considerations. Most of my immediate family lives around Texas (Austin, Houston, and Dallas). Am contemplating IP law, but am not 100% sure if that’s what I’ll end up in. Wife is a school teacher.

In alphabetical order:

• Emory with $36k/yr scholly with ’19-20 tuition ~$59.5k/yr full-time. Requires relocation to Atlanta.

• Houston with $11.5k/yr scholly with ’19-20 tuition ~33.2k/yr full-time. I live about 15 minutes drive from the school.

• Seton Hall with full-tuition scholly for their weekend part-time program (requires 8 alternative weekends of classes and 1 weekend for finals per fall & spring semester over 4 years). Will have some travel costs associated with it such as flights and 2 nights of hotels 9 times per semester, but will allow me to make a living while I go to school. (Night part-time programs don’t work as well for me for other reasons, so I didn’t consider them).

• Texas …. Currently wait-listed with ’19-20 tuition ~$36.8k/yr full-time. I believe my chances of getting in are decent. For this exercise, give me an opinion assuming I did AND didn’t get in. I’m assuming that there would also be some minimal scholarship provided even if being accepted off of waitlists based on various online sources. I grew up in Austin and my parents and sister’s family still live there – so Austin is also another ‘home’ for me.

Struggling with this decision and could really use some opinions / insights. Thank you!

PrepTests ·

PT123.S4.P4.Q27

faridr91

Wednesday, Feb 07 2018

In the passage review video it's stated that this is an 'easy passage' ... which I semi-agree with, however in the results review section it's marked as a 5 dot out of 5 dot difficult rating and 4 of the 5 questions are marked as 4 dots out of 5 in difficulty? Kind of confusing...?

PrepTests ·

PT123.S4.P4.Q23

faridr91

Wednesday, Feb 07 2018

In the video it's stated that this is an 'easy passage' ... which I semi-agree with, however in the results review section it's marked as a 5 dot out of 5 dot difficult rating and 4 of the 5 questions are marked as 4 dots out of 5 in difficulty? Kind of confusing...?