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Naming the school in personal statement?

LSATcantwinLSATcantwin Alum Member Sage ⭐
in Law School Admissions 13286 karma

Is it okay to name the school in a personal statement? I have a school that I really want to attend and in my final paragraph want to say something like;

  • "The goals of XYZ school and mine are in sync, because of ABCD I feel I would be a perfect fit to the community at XYZ"

or something like that. Is this okay to do or is it frowned against?

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  • bobbutwith8charactersbobbutwith8characters Free Trial Member
    89 karma

    U of Chicago posted seven personal statements that got its authors accepted (https://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/their-own-words-admissions-essays-worked). By using CTRL + F, I found that only two of them mentioned U of C, and one of them was just talking about the library and her experience there in undergrad. While I don't know whether it's recommended or not to name the law school, this seems to be evidence that it won't hurt you if you just say "law school."

  • mcmlaw36mcmlaw36 Alum Member
    631 karma

    I personally do name schools in my PS. I believe this is ok based on past research on personal statements (I've read many from top schools!). I think it's more of a personal decision rather than a concern of permissibility.

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