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Organizing Law School Applications
Mia Fairweather
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So I was thinking about this the other day when I saw one of those pictures that pops up when you log into 7sage, there was a binder that said "law school applications" on the side of the desk. It got me thinking: I should probably get more organized with my law school apps. I am planning to apply for at least 10 schools and I am applying for scholarships so I want to organize my applications by school name and really clarify for the documents I will need for each school. Does anyone have a system that works for them with their applications?
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I created an excel spreadsheet. I listed the schools out, and their requirements (deadlines, # of LOR, supplemental essays etc.) I think this would help to see what you need to do for each school.
Last year 7sage had a spreadsheet with all the admissions requirements for the top schools and they said it would be updated for 2018 once all the schools update their requirements.
I use the excel sheets posted by 7sage as well as a cost of attendance excel sheet with formulas someone posted a while back. I have a binder with the 509s printed out for my choices. I like to have an idea of how many students are getting scholarships and how much. I have employment stats posted. Then they are ranked in my preference order based on a more or less arbitrary idea of where I want to go. $$$ is prob the most important factor to me, then location, with a couple dream schools in the mix.
As I compile my applications I’ll continue to print the required documents and put them in my binder. I have a file on my computer as well with everything labeled and organized.
It helps me relax in my down time. And also helps me explain to SO/friends/family all the diff components and why I can’t tell them where I’m going to law school next year, yet. They start to realize the whole process... and they begin to understand why I’m preoccupied.
@LivingThatLSATdream @Emily2122 do you know where the link to that spreadsheet is?
Yes I am also looking for it as well. The one I did find is here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kE98659Gp_T828edsUZRKrhcxnK6xF1mR5RICN_FDYs/edit#gid=487099307 but the cost of attendance I cannot find.
This is the spreadsheet I mentioned. I didn't create it so I'm unaware of the calculation specifics.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1AHcFNmNuAwSUd6OHh0UUMtTFE/edit
This other projected law school debt/costs is also pretty great.
https://data.lawschooltransparency.com/costs/debt/?scope=projected
@"Mia Fairweather" @alyhobbs
Thank you!!!