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Admissions · Anyone applying to law school later in life, 2nd Career?

shaunamae640

Monday, Feb 19 2018

This is a very comforting thread. Thank you! I am a professional writer and executive recruiter and decided to pursue my law career after a massive upheaval in my personal life made me really think about how I wanted my future to look. I tried as hard as I could to study for the LSAT, but did poorly in both September and December. I'm not sure when I'm ever going to get over those scores! Totally crushed my soul! I don't have the luxury of waiting until another cycle because I have major life decisions to make. It's either 2018-2019 or never. I put together my best application, wrote a diversity statement, LSAT explanation and sent in a writing sample. I also got the strongest, most persuasive, writers I know to write my LORs. I explained and took ownership that while I was studying, I went thorough about the greatest emotional turmoil a person could endure, worked full-time in my own business and was on deadline to complete a non-fiction book for my publisher...I truly gave it my all under the circumstances. I've been feeling pretty unsure about my chances. I applied to two school on 1/12 (I can't leave the state because I also care for my widowed mother) and haven't heard anything. I'm taking that as a good sign. So happy to know there are people here with an experience similar to mine! Whatever happens, I wish I just knew so I could start putting together plans. I've never been good at waiting, and particularly not so now. Good luck to all!

General · Snack labels

shaunamae640

Monday, Sep 18 2017

My proctor made me remove my tissues from their package because "it has writing on it". I had a half sandwich in a plastic bag, so that was okay. However, she let everyone else in with their snacks, also with writing on their labels. I wondered why I had a certain directive and others didn't. But, I just took the tissues out of the package and threw it away. I figured, why argue and potentially antagonize the person who held my life in her hands for four hours!

Admissions · Picture

shaunamae640

Friday, Jan 05 2018

Thanks, kimmy_m66. In all honesty, I hate that LSAT picture and it is associated with bad memories (the LSAT!), so I want something that makes me feel more confident if I know people are going to see it. Yet, I don't want to spend the time to get a shot I like if this picture is going to be in the internet void forever when I have so much to write for the application. The dilemma!

Admissions · Picture

shaunamae640

Thursday, Jan 04 2018

Thanks, TheMikey. I thought that was the case, but wondered if they had some ninja skills to get more out of LSAC than what we send haha!

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Thursday, Jan 04 2018

shaunamae640

Picture

Does anyone know if the law schools you apply to can see the picture you loaded up for the LSAT? Mine is fine, but I wore glasses in the picture because I wore them to take the test, but normally I have contacts in so I look quite a bit different in said picture. I really hate taking my picture, but should I take a new one nonetheless and load it up to look more like me? Can the admission teams even see it? I emailed LSAC, but got a reply that it may take seven days to respond. In the grand scheme, I know this is a lame question, but I want everything in my application to be just so. Thanks!