[Ended] Admissions Overview—Weds, June 14th @ 9pm EST

David Busis

Hi 7Sagers,

On Wednesday, June 14, at 9 p.m. EST, I’ll give you a bird’s-eye view of the admissions process. We’ll touch on almost every component of your application:

• Personal statements
• Diversity statements
• Character and fitness addenda
• Extenuating circumstances addenda
• “Why school X?” essays
• Résumés
• Letters of recommendation

I’ll take questions at the end.

Admissions Overview Webinar
Wed, Jun 14, 2017 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT

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Alex

Definitely have a question about Personal statements vs. Diversity statements and if I should write both if my Personal Statement sort of seems to accomplish what I'd want in a DS.

See you next week!

nessa.k13.0

@"Alex Divine" said:
Definitely have a question about Personal statements vs. Diversity statements and if I should write both if my Personal Statement sort of seems to accomplish what I'd want in a DS.

See you next week!

Yeah Alex I have a very similar question!

Zachary_P

Looking forward to it! It'll be weird spending a weekday evening NOT studying for the LSAT...

richellegernan

I'm not available at the time of the webinar. Will this webinar be recorded? If so, will I be able to access the recording of it?

It seems like other folks have similar questions as me regarding Diversity Statements and I think that this will be captured in this webinar but I just want to put my questions out there. Obviously there are many ways to be diverse beyond nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc. but I think it still holds that spaces like law school still need to become diverse in these ways. As an immigrant, queer woman of color I don't want to capitalize on my identities but how do recognize my experience in a meaningful way that captures this and also goes beyond this conventional ideas of diversity? I haven't made up my mind yet on what I want to write about in my personal statement but I'm sure my experiences as an immigrant, queer woman of color will be inherently as part of what I write though not necessarily outwardly stated in this way. How could I write a meaningful diversity statement that is independent of my personal statement but is a complement to it.

Other question re: Extenuating circumstances addenda:
Though I don't necessarily think that my case is an "extenuating circumstance" I feel like this addenda is a great opportunity to address some of the gaps in my transcript. I mostly got A's and B's in undergrad but there are a couple of sprinkles of lower grades and a time where I had to drop a class. Throughout undergrad I had to piece together 2 - 3 jobs (which wasn't unusual around the people I knew) and was part of a lot different orgs which cause me to not prioritize specific classes -- would admitting this make it seem more like a weakness? I could see how I can write it in better light something along the lines of learning how to manage and balance, etc...

Thanks! If you have a chance to address this during the webinar that would be amazing!

tringo335

Yay! Love David's webinars!

mykidshave4paws

I would love to hear any insight you have for nontraditional applicants (those of us who will be over 30 with significant career experience and haven't been in school for a while). Any tidbits on how the process may differ for us versus the "traditional" applicant pool would be great if you have them!

H.al1997

Darn, I forgot about it. Is a recording of the Webinar available?

maztan13

Thank you for doing this. Same question...was this recorded?

David Busis

It was recorded! I'll post here when it goes up.

David Busis

The webinar is up! https://7sage.com/webinar/intro-to-admissions/

maztan13

Thank you!