Good books about Applications and Admissions?

Cayenne43

I am looking for good books on applying to law school, specifically a book that discusses the whole process from writing your personal statement to getting LORs to hitting submit. Anyone have any suggestions?

Cant Get Right

"The Ivey Guide to Law School Admissions” by Anna Ivey is really good. She’s a former dean of admissions at Chicago Law. She’s really blunt and straight forward which I really appreciated.

J.Y. Ping

We have a great admissions product here at 7Sage:
https://7sage.com/enroll-admissions/

Pacifico

Just save your money and go read Spivey's entire ~200 page thread on TLS... That's where I got the vast majority of my thousands of dollar's worth of useful information.

Cant Get Right

There is a lot to be said for having access to a qualified third party to look at what you’re doing with your applications. For most schools, you will never meet admissions face to face so your application is your entire representation to the school. Not only can you increase your odds of getting an acceptance, but for me the more important thing is the potential for increased scholarship offerings. Obviously something like a $90,000 scholarship offer makes the price of most of these types of services look pretty reasonable. These admissions services are of course neither sufficient nor necessary, but with the kind of cash on the line we are competing for, it seems like an obvious investment for anyone who can swing it.

Aidoe

@Pacifico said:
Spivey's entire ~200 page thread on TLS

As a person unfamiliar with TLS, I tried looking for this but couldn't find it. Mind posting the link please?

David Busis

@"Cant Get Right" I agree—Anna Ivey's book is excellent. I consulted it as I created 7Sage's course.

@DeeJayGee, I also drew on my experience as a writer and editor for the 7Sage admission product. Ivey's book gives a big-picture overview of what works and what doesn't for the essays. I tried to break it down into steps: here's how you choose a topic; here's how you structure your outline; here's how you revise it; here's how you proofread it.

Check it out! https://7sage.com/enroll-admissions/

mes08

Pretty much agree with @Pacifico. Most of what you need to know, you can learn by using this forum, TLS, and listening to free webinars with admissions consultants.

Here's the TLS Spivey thread:
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=197451

stepharizona

The @PrelawGuru has some great items on her website too.

Cayenne43

Thanks for the suggestions!