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7Sagers,
On Tuesday, January 10th, at 9 p.m. EST, I’ll answer all your last-minute application questions. Still trying to figure out your diversity statement? Can’t decide whether you should send a “Why X” essay? Wondering whether to contact the admissions department about the slip-up? In the mood to feel schadenfreude about other people’s catastrophes? Come on over.
Post your questions below in as much detail as possible. I’ll answer written questions first, then move on to your live questions.
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Tue, Jan 10, 2017 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM EST
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Basically, should i get new letters of recommendation and essay or not. Thanks so much!
Thanks!
Thanks!
Additionally, although schools may not report your lower LSAT score for data/ranking purposes, it is still included in your application for all eyes to see (and judge). How much can this affect your application's competitiveness?
Thank YOU!
In terms of waitlist etiquette, is it proper to send an email to the dean of admissions and all the admissions staff? Would calling or sending a letter be more appropriate?
If you have work experience since high school working in a law-related position, say with the Office of the Public Defender, can you include it? If you have a lot of work experience, can your resume be more than one page in length?
Detailed situation below:
I deferred admissions last fall at the in-state flagship where I currently work in secondary education. I received a small scholarship to a school that is ranked around 90, but the dominant network in the state I am 75-80% likely to practice. My December score only improved 3 points, but I am now nine points higher than their 75th, though below their 50th in GPA. However, I have a good story since undergrad and the ability to tell it well. I do not know if they will offer more with the marginal improvement.
I was accepted early admissions last month to a neighboring flagship ranked around 35. They are the second strongest school in the state where I reside, physically closer to the city where I would most like to live than the in-state school, and obviously stronger in 49 other states. Due to a childhood move from current state, I lived there for public middle and high school, college (at a small religious school), and even my first job. None of my family currently lives there.
My score is 2-3 points higher than their 75th, but GPA is right at their 25th. They claim "holistic admissions", and GPA minus one semester jumps substantially, plus I have heard it's much easier to find high GPA than high test admits.
The better rated school's in-state tuition rate is actually a decent amount lower than the school which offered money last spring, so just getting to in-state in Year 1 would be a big help.
Thank you.
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My concern is that since even if they can wait for a February score, my application will go through the whole review process (including faculty members for some schools, as we know, and they will not do it twice) before my February score comes out, with only a out-of-their-range low LSAT score on my file. I am not sure how much of a realistic difference can my February score even make once this review process is already done. With this in mind, would it be better to just apply next cycle (I'd rather not), even if after taking the February test I feel I scored within the required range?
With this context, would I have to disclose this?
If I am going to use the same test score, which is better, submit application right before the deadline or wait for another cycle? (not sure I can wait, though...)
Would they keep my application for next cycle? What if I want to apply the same school when I get rejected this cycle?
What if they do not list diversity statement? Can we still submit it or should we avoid it since it is additional pages for them to read?
Will optional statement be diverse statement or can we write both optional statement and diversity statement?
Would it be ok if I just say that I developed a medical ailment and decided to treat it during the 3rd year instead of talking about the details of the illness? I just don't wanna open a can of worms if I do not have to. I've been looking for some sample addenda explaining about gap year but haven't been successful as of yet... Any feedback on this would be much appreciated!
For the question, "Have you ever been subject to academic warning, probation or suspension at a school, college, university or other educational institution?" is that talking about academic related issues after high school? I was suspended in high school for uploading some pictures online. I tagged one guy's name in the pictures(like what people do on Facebook) and I didn't get his consent so his family threatened to sue the school if the school didn't punish me even though I took down pictures with him in it when he asked me to(or according to this student friends, the school punished me on their own because the student "didn't ask" the school to punish me). The school accused me of putting the student "in danger" which I thought was ridiculous because people tag other people in online pictures all the time. Most importantly, I did not get any criminal charges for this.
With this context, would I have to disclose this? Do I have to disclose anything from high school if the infractions were not academic or criminal?