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Personal StatementGood afternoon 7sage community, I have been brainstorming ideas and thoughts for my personal statement. Is it recommended to personalize each pers…
... ! I used the same recommendation letters for all of the schools to which ... are applying to a number of schools and are not necessarily ... for essay Y do this." Of course, make sure to be ... -
For those with T6 aspirations, is it 175+ or bust now?This is something I've been thinking about recently. Has the 'meta' changed for those who hope to go to a T6 law school? This past cycle, we've s…
This is kind of a sidebar but related question ... Dec 2016 and had intentions of taking the LSAT in 2017 ... a bit afraid of my lack of softs besides my recommendation letters. I've ... -
For those with T6 aspirations, is it 175+ or bust now?This is something I've been thinking about recently. Has the 'meta' changed for those who hope to go to a T6 law school? This past cycle, we've s…
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> This is kind of a sidebar but related question ... Dec 2016 and had intentions of taking the LSAT in 2017 ... a bit afraid of my lack of softs besides my recommendation letters. I've ... -
For those with T6 aspirations, is it 175+ or bust now?This is something I've been thinking about recently. Has the 'meta' changed for those who hope to go to a T6 law school? This past cycle, we've s…
... bit afraid of my lack of softs besides my recommendation letters. I've ... experience is work experience regardless of whether it is "professional" ... something that a lot of applicants might actually lack ... dont know the details of your family circumstances and ... -
why don't more ppl quit their jobs to study for the LSAT -- if they are financially able to do so?my question is : why don't more ppl quit their jobs to study for the LSAT -- if they are financially able to do so? i understand that for many pp…
... be summed up in four letters. LSAT. You need to ... In the topsy-turvy world of law school applications, LSAT is ... have a lame-duck recommendation or a douchey personal ... help.
Most of the time these aren't ... to the LSAT. Most of the time, you should ... -
why don't more ppl quit their jobs to study for the LSAT -- if they are financially able to do so?my question is : why don't more ppl quit their jobs to study for the LSAT -- if they are financially able to do so? i understand that for many pp…
... be summed up in four letters. LSAT. You need to demolish ... ; In the topsy-turvy world of law school applications, LSAT is ... you have a lame-duck recommendation or a douchey personal statement ... true. There are other parts of your application that are important ... -
LOR adviceGood evening, I already have individuals who have agreed to write letters of recommendation for me. In addition to my resume, what other informat…
... your work in their recommendation letters. Also, in terms of personal information, if ... they want to write their letters in a way to complement ... latter so they have more of a personal take -- e.g ... ., maybe drop off physical copies of these materials. -
Non-Academic Letters of RecommendationHi Everyone, I've been out of school for about 5 years now. I graduated with a BS + MS in Accounting and have completed the CPA examination. After…
... 'd lean toward using both academic if you think they'll ... there's a chance one of them wouldn't be as ... if they have a recommendation. 5 years out of undergrad isn't ... lean toward using your 2 academic first and then the third ... -
Is three academic letters better than two?I'm currently finishing a PhD program and applying to law school for next fall. Since most of the people I interact with are professors or aspiring p…
... had 3 letters (only 1 academic - I've been out of school a ... -
Who counts as an academic recommender?As of now I have two LORs. One from one of my favorite professors and another from a Dean who mentored me throughout undergrad. Does the letter from…
... to your academic ability IS considered an "academic recommendation". Some examples ... , those would all count as "academic".
I ... can talk about your academic successes, for example s ... dean is a academic recommendation. But if none of those were ... -
Weird LOR SituationI have two situations I want to ask you guys about: 1. A while before and during my prep for LSAT and law school, I started doing angel investing,…
... his insights into this process). Academic references are valuable.
... In your situation those letters will tell an admissions committee ... you have a line of communication with a professor ... your performance, and some of your qualities that you think ... -
Weird LOR SituationI have two situations I want to ask you guys about: 1. A while before and during my prep for LSAT and law school, I started doing angel investing,…
... his insights into this process). Academic references are valuable.
... In your situation those letters will tell an admissions committee ... you have a line of communication with a professor ... your performance, and some of your qualities that you think ... -
Weird LOR SituationI have two situations I want to ask you guys about: 1. A while before and during my prep for LSAT and law school, I started doing angel investing,…
... should try to get an academic letter if it will be ... least 1 academic recommendation.
Have you looked at any of the ... -
LORs and PostponingHello! Apologies if this has already been asked before but I could only find this (https://7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/12545) discussion and I …
... to get updated letters when I already have letters from said professors ... page, and change the number of letters from each recommender. The LSAC ... to write a law school recommendation letter so did not have ... -
Which References Carry More Weight?Hey all, I have a question regarding references on which I'd be interested to hear some thoughts. I'm a Canadian applicant, and I've already subm…
... who can speak to your academic abilities and the second who ... all three wrote you good letters, so I think you'll ... nice position either way. Best of luck! -
Take January LSAT or Wait?Hello, My name is Alec. I started studying for the LSAT in early November 2018 on a full time basis. My diagnostic score was a 150. After a month…
... using any other form of study materials besides CC ... re not confident in any of the sections (I'm ... me), wait for a couple of months.
... panicked at the idea of taking the LSAT in ... work on your PS, get recommendation letters lined up, or improve ... -
LORs - formatDo LORs need to be in any particular format; addressed to each school, LSAC? How long should they be (roughly)? I understand you should not fill a pa…
... To Whom It May Concern. Letters should be between 1-2 ... candidate, the recommender's assessment of the candidate work product as ... LOR reads like a generic recommendation for future graduate study, which ... it is a law school recommendation. Good luck! -
Should I retake?Hi 7sage, I scored a 167 on the September LSAT and I have a 3.89 GPA from a top-3 US university. I'm currently an anthropology PhD student and am …
... school fee is the bulk of it.
@" ... luckily already have 1-2 academic and 1 professional recommender ... have offered to write letters for me when I've ... stranger, on the note of applying for a concurrent JD ... to take a leave of absence from the PhD ... -
Application Review Services by Selene Steelman, Admissions CounselorHi everyone! I just wanted to let you know that I'm available for more application reviews. I've done a few so far, and they went really well. -Se…
... of the school she eventually attends and demand to see her recommendation letters ... don’t waive is that of demanding to see your LORs ... -
Feel like this is taking forever...I only recently decided to aim for law school (finished my BA in 2015 and decided in 2018 that I would try to write the LSAT). I have now been on/off…
... a decent application with decent recommendation letters? I will add that I ... also have a contributing feeling of being "old" or "behind" already ... -
Graduate Early or Slightly Higher GPA?I’m entering my final year of undergrad. I’m able to graduate in December (one semester early) with a 3.6x GPA and I’m taking a gap year to work full…
... like (that will write my recommendation letters). I will also be taking ... isn’t that high because of freshman year, but I’m ... -
Professional and Academic Letters of RecHello! I graduated from college in May of 2017 and will be applying to law school this coming fall. Right now I have one academic and one profess…
... now I have one academic and one professional recommendation secured. However, in ... prefer two academic references unless one has been out of school and ... time" or a "significant amount of time" or "several years". I ... -
Things You Wish You Knew About Application Timelines?Hi everyone, I'm new to law school applications (still in the process of studying for the LSAT) but can anyone give me some tips & pointers about stu…
... 'm still in the process of studying as well but the ... being a delay with getting recommendation letters and transcripts. Even if there ... start the process for getting letters and transcripts early just so ... -
How to stop making careless mistakes?The questions I miss on LG are almost never the hard questions or even sub questions. I average -0 to -3, but when I miss questions, they are almost …
... of my letters look like numerous other letters, and I made common mistakes of ... .
So my one recommendation is build it into your ... -
How to stop making careless mistakes?The questions I miss on LG are almost never the hard questions or even sub questions. I average -0 to -3, but when I miss questions, they are almost …
... of my letters look like numerous other letters, and I made common mistakes of ... ;
> So my one recommendation is build it into your ... -
Letters of Recommendation DilemmaHere's my situation - I have been out of undergraduate for about 3 years but am fortunate to have incredible relationships with multiple professors p…
... . At the end of the day the letters are not going to ... are as a person. 2 academic and 1 professional is what ... go anymore. Btw, for my academic's my professors asked I ... -
Complete List of New MediansHey everyone, We compiled a complete list of the 2018 medians (class of 2021) here: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tUI5y-Sw2utvXvUEk9IQD…
... take it with a grain of salt. Don't forget that ... also submitting a personal statement, recommendation letters, transcript(s), diversity statements, et ... -
Advice/opinions about odd recommendation response pleaseSo I was really surprised by a declined request for a recommendation from a grad school professor who has written several excellent recommendations f…
... "supervised" from the other side of the planet and we met ... nearly as strong as my academic ones. My initial plan was ... as 1-2 work related letters. I have one other professor ... I will ask a couple of people and see what ... kind of quality they are if ... -
GPA Recency Bias in Admissions?I'm a non URM with a 3.17 undergrad GPA. I wasn't at all prepared when I got to college and didn't have the maturity for it. After 2 years I had a …
... trying to gauge what kind of score I need to be ... graduated in December of 2016 and have plenty of colleagues, including my ... able to write me glowing recommendation letters.
I do feel ... .
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Are scores out?Did anybody else get an email from LSAC that the score preview for their october lsat is available, but there is no score posted on the website? So c…
... it possible to get the recommendation and use it for next ... my recommenders to save the letters they have written / started writing ... they are both big supporters of mine and are vicariously invested ...
