Thanks for bumping this thread. I was actually talking to a law school rep at a forum today about crafting a diversitystatement based on age and experience. Some schools may laugh that out of the room, but she said they'd welcome it.
... were I, would do personal statement on something you learned when ... career. You make your personal statement like a short, short story ... law school stuff in a diversitystatement, IMHO
... go to law school. My diversitystatement was usually* about my experience ... actually used my "diversitystatement" as my personal statement, and a modified version ... of my personal statement as my diversitystatement. And I wrote something ...
... of those are "diversitystatement" prompts. The term "diversitystatement" is just a way ... different names for -- optional statement, optional essay, diversity essay, etc. -- but ... asks you to write about "diversity" factors, whether interpreted narrowly or ...
Absolutely write a diversitystatement. Your experiences as a refugee are a part of who you are and your perspective will definitely add to the diversity of any schools student body.
As far as Im aware... i dont think so. Generally LGBTQ is a valid and strong diversity factor in a diversitystatement. But thats different from the URM factor in the admissions calculator which refers to race
Since you're not coming now from an economically disadvantaged family, I wouldn't put it in a diversitystatement but that's a great thing to point out in your personal statement.
... to think about my personal statement until I am done with ... about for my personal and diversitystatement. Every now and then good ... to write up my personal statement even though it was limited ... have a very good personal statement draft and just need to ...
On the diversitystatement:
URM % is important to ... . A good diversitystatement can help you, but a bad diversitystatement can keep ... status for not writing a diversitystatement. Diversity is important to good schools ...