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Probably not, seeing as you usually have a word count to your addendum and there is no place to upload medical documentation. If you have a medical condition that requires accommodations in law school, you can show the school your papers when you en…
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Hey we all make mistakes, don't feel so badly. You can e-mail the school and say that you have an updated resume to add to your file - you don't have to say you messed up, just say it's updated. From what I understand, people e-mail updates to their…
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I brought a whole box because I'm paranoid. No one stopped me, so I don't think there's a limit.
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@leslieh327 I started the curriculum in March 2016 and finished around the end of June. I was working full time.
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Good luck and good choice @dennisgerrard. Take your time with the LSAT, it's worth the wait.
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Hi @Aidoe, I think it depends who you ask. In general, applying in December with a high LSAT is better than applying early with a lower LSAT. If your September and December score somehow ends up being the same and they are at a school's median, then…
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I don't think your masters GPA factors into your LSAC GPA. I believe the LSAC GPA is specifically for your undergraduate work. However, law schools will look at your master's grades when they see your application.
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Good luck everyone!
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The LSAC considers your grades at all college-level schools you attend when they create your GPA. So, say you went to a CC for two years before transferring to a university. Your GPA at the university didn't count your CC GPA, but LSAC will. In oth…
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I'm pretty sure that LSAC will calculate the GPA for you.
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I'm not sure I'm understanding this properly - are you saying that submitting a resume was optional? I would definitely e-mail the school and submit a resume. It shouldn't annoy them, a resume should be absolutely required.
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Characters are individual letters and punctuation, so yes, it's not the same as word count. A 1000-character essay is much shorter than 1000 words. Generally speaking, I would make your DS shorter than your PS. At the most, two pages double spaced …
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@"The 180 Bro_OVO" It might just be the school's policy, albeit not a very common one. Seems like a really roundabout way to yield protect. For it to be YP, they would have to know that your friend's numbers are already at the median, assume that y…
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@Lsatistheworst i think you would need to have money from Columbia (or another school) to convince another T14 to give you a scholarship. I don't think an acceptance alone is going to sway them.
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Here's Columbia's scholarship info from last cycle, you can compare numbers and see what kind of scholarship you might get: http://columbia.lawschoolnumbers.com/applicants/1516?order=desc&sort=scholarship
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@Lsatistheworst said: Hi all, Just to give you an idea of where I stand, I applied to almost all of the T14s, as well as a few schools ranked 17-25. My stats aren't that great, but I am a nontraditional student with a very interesting lif…
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@accountformerlyknowasvd1988 said: @stgl1230 Their submission is blind, but if the recommender wants to check with you on the content, I don't think that's a problem. I didn't prompt anything, obviously. He just wanted to send me the draf…
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@MrSamIam said: > Oh, and I got a decent scholarship offer to a T40 school, but no offer from the TT school I was accepted to. I've heard of applicants being offered a scholarship after showing that they received one from other schools. …
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I kind of have the same question. It seems polite to send a thank-you, but weird to send a thank-you that's a response to an automated "you're admitted" or scholarship e-mail. Seems like people on TLS say don't do it unless you are sending a thank y…
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No. All types of people with all types of background apply to law school, not just people who just studied political science. Law schools like diversity and won't question your grad school concentration. I don't think it's worth mentioning unless it…
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I heard back from four of my schools within two weeks. Another school took a month. Withdrew from a safety school while my application was still pending after a month. And I haven't heard from the third-tier safety school I applied to at all, I shou…
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aren't LSAC LORs supposed to be blind? or is that just optional?
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I would make the LOR general. When one of my recommenders uploaded her LOR to LSAC, she told me that LSAC had "strong wording" stating that letters should be generic.
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When you open your application for a specific school and enter that application "portal," there should be places to enter each essay. For example, I applied to one school that allowed me to attach a PS, Resume, Optional Essays (up to two), and an Ad…
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@federico.giustini360 said: what would you consider around the 25th percentile for LSAT and the 50th percentile or median for GPA? Is that considered a reach prospect? Is there a way to quantify a person's chances in this scenario? I am talking abo…
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LSAC will send you a receipt when they get your transcripts. When I sent transcripts via national clearinghouse in October, it took about a week and a half, I believe. I also imagine that they are pretty swamped right now so it could take longer.
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@vduran1988 Below both 25ths definitely constitutes a reach. If you're below just one 25th, I'm not sure if that's a reach or not, it depends where your other number is, how competitive the school is, and how your softs are. For example, if you're …
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no, you should ask, especially if you know the person well and they will write you a strong LOR. it might actually be advantageous to have an recommender who also recommended you for a MBA program - they can speak about your growth over years etc.
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I'm pretty sure that law schools have access to your entire transcript. They should be able to see the individual courses you took and your grade in each class, and grade trends over the years. I think that maybe you can't view the transcripts on LS…
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yup, I would just send the admissions offices an e-mail letting them know your file was updated.