Okay, so I am torn. My PS is really well written (not to toot my own horn), but anyways, Pepperdine has an optional response about your passion. I wrote a draft and its not as well written. I'm wondering how important is it to submit one?
My stats puts me at a 50% with Pepperdine, but the optional response directions say, "You are in no way disadvantaged should you choose not to exercise the option of selecting ONE of the four prompts..."
What would you guys do?
On your law school app, not the CAS report, under the education section where you list ALL the institutions, do you have to fill out GPA and class rank? I went to 2 community colleges, one extension program, and a UC. I honestly don't remember individual GPAs...or even class rank, so I have been leaving them blank.
I still fill in the institution my major, and what else. I just didn't think I needed to because they get my CAS report, and I don't want to guess wrong on the app. Let me know what you guys think!
@madinastate997 said:
@gregoryalexanderdevine723 said:
@madinastate997 said:
I'm of a certain opinion, of course, but I think your PS and DS should function differently.
Your PS should show a bunch of general things about you, like why you want to go to law school, why you think you'll be a good student, and essentially why admissions officers should believe that you'll be a worthy addition to the school. You want to tell them the why of your life and how your experiences have led you to the point in your life where you want to go to law school.
What if the things that make you diverse are the experiences/things that have led you to the point where you want to go to law school?
That's fine, I'd say. You will want to make sure your PS is flawless, though, since you won't have the extra space of a DS to tell your story.
Ya I my PS is flawless and does tell my story and experience of being a minority and the reason I want to go to law school. My DS, tbh, isn't as well written either, so I don't want it to take away from my PS.
My PS is all about being a minority. You read it, and you know I'm an URM.
So do I need to write a diversity statement? The only topic I was thinking about writing was being a first generation American, but the statement I came up with, ends up with the same message or goal (I want to represent my minority community in the legal world). What do y'all think?
Anyone else find the food specials LG hard? It didn't click with me at all, and I would say LG is my strong suit. Did I just completely miss something?
@katrakkade441 said:
@madinastate997 said:
On your law school app, not the CAS report, under the education section where you list ALL the institutions, do you have to fill out GPA and class rank? I went to 2 community colleges, one extension program, and a UC. I honestly don't remember individual GPAs...or even class rank, so I have been leaving them blank.
I still fill in the institution my major, and what else. I just didn't think I needed to because they get my CAS report, and I don't want to guess wrong on the app. Let me know what you guys think!
You can see your CAS report too, so why not include the GPA? I don't know my class rank and imagine many don't so I think it would be normal to leave that blank.
I can't my transcripts haven't been processed yet :(