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Re-Applying for Law School: Do's and Dont's
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Does anyone else do WAY better on digital RC rather than printed?I know this seems bizarre, but I am consistently doing better on RC sections that I drill online rather than ones I have printed out from the officia…
... games. When I was in grad school, I would take notes with ... achieving the scores you want. Or you could buy/borrow/steal ... -
Are optional refrences really optional? UBC - Canadian school that doesnt use CASUBC says refrences are optional for the general category. How optional is this? UBC is a pretty strong Canadian school (LSAT median 165 GPA 3.7), b…
... . something highly specialized about your letters or experience), they're not optional ... .ubc.ca/apply-peter-allard-school-law-jd-program
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…
Hey! @"paulmv.benthem" Fellow Canadian Law school applicant here. Are you applying to the Regular Applicant category for UBC, because to my knowledge they do not require any letters of recommendation.Submit with no LORs?Hey guys, so it looks like I won't get my 2 letter writers to turn in their LORs until 2-3 weeks from now. I have everything else completed. Once I g…
... schools subsequently request my law school report from LSAC, would LSAC ... file is missing the letters?
Or would my CAS file ... sitting in purgatory until the letters are received by LSAC?Submit with no LORs?Hey guys, so it looks like I won't get my 2 letter writers to turn in their LORs until 2-3 weeks from now. I have everything else completed. Once I g…
... schools subsequently request my law school report from LSAC, would LSAC ... is missing the letters?
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> Or would my CAS ... sitting in purgatory until the letters are received by LSAC?
School Report tabs and scroll all ...Delaying Law SchoolHello 7sagers, I wanted to talk about this reoccurring issue I have been having about delaying law school. So let me first start off by stating th…
... when we get married and/or have kids. Sometimes, our best ... well (165) fresh out of grad school. My husband proposed to me ... felt impossible to do law school when I had no idea ... ready to make my law school dream happen. My kids will ...Recommendation LettersHi Guys, So I've been having a hard time getting over the awkwardness of reaching out to professors I haven't spoken to in 1-2 years to ask for l…
... much about this. Profs writing letters of recommendation is "normal operations" for ... talk about. Do some google / school website stalking to try to ...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 …
... it is $30 or $35. The school fee is the bulk ... if I can get school fee waivers everywhere outside ... working on my law school personal statement and essays, ... have offered to write letters for me when I' ... the law school application's personal statement or in an ...Nontraditional Applicant Prospect?I am 29 y/o looking to apply in the upcoming admission cycle. I finished undergrad in 2012 and completed MA in 2013. Then I joined US military and di…
... a boost to your LSAT or GPA. It actually may be ... K-JD (someone straight through school, goes direct from undergrad into ... law school) a negative, and being non ... with work experience. (No other grad school for me, have just been ...Malcom Gladwell takes the LSATBelow is a link to Gladwell's podcast (part 1) where he talks about his experience taking the LSAT. There's still another part to come but the pod en…
... t inherently make it good or bad.
... that might be of more or less substantive significance.
... not “persistence and motivation” or “writing ability.” UGPA, on ... 1) I began my grad school journey as a JD/Ph ... in UGPA too, or any other measure we ...Requesting LOR from Professors you have not kept in touch withHey Everyone, I am getting ready to request my letters of rec for law school. I am going on my second year out of being out of college, and I have…
... for students (I'm in grad school so I TA--these are ... at a farmer's market or something like that as a ...Letter of RecommendationDoes anyone know how many recommendation letters you can upload to CAS? I have more than three recommenders targeting different schools and am not su…
... limit to the number of letters of recommendation you can upload to ... may assign to a particular school's application. If you have ... needing: general academic, professional, volunteer, school-specific, etc.Should I cancel my score?Hi everyone. I took the July LSAT for fun just because it doesn't matter. I did around how I was doing on practice tests in the time (165-167) and go…
... backup. If you get sick, or have a bad test day ... I applied late (pursues other grad school options instead so reapplying now ...Mom diagnosed with Cancer/ admissionSo the last 10 days of my life has been a nightmare. My mom was diagnosed with cancer and I spent the last 6 days in the hospital 24/7. My parents do…
... to attend a backup school in our hometown instead ... of the higher ranked school that she had been ... is now at USC for grad school.
I think ... why you decided to delay or take time off. I ... physically handle because law school will already be very ...Calling all parents!Any parents out there that are planning on attending law school or who are already in school? Just wanna make sure I'm not alone. I'm seeking some ad…
... lot of my classmates in grad school would drop off their kids ... had babies while in grad school or prior to grad school. It is tough but ...LOR issueHi. I had sent a request for an LOR to my professor and by mistake wrote "For school X" in the description. She uploaded the LOR. I want to use th…
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Letters of Recommendation that have been printed or emailed to your ... request for a Letter of Recommendation, you will need to contact ... you print the letter of recommendation form or send the letter of ...Any Super Splitter ( sub 3 GPA, 165+ LSAT) Cycles Complete?If so, please share the results! I am applying for 2021 and I'm definitely a super splitter. I'd love to see where people have been accepted/rejected…
... Diego, and Wyoming. My target school was William & Mary.
or Iowa (both above top 30 ... personal statement, and "why X school" essays play a more significant ... a strong upward trend. My grad school GPA was 3.8.
Any Super Splitter ( sub 3 GPA, 165+ LSAT) Cycles Complete?If so, please share the results! I am applying for 2021 and I'm definitely a super splitter. I'd love to see where people have been accepted/rejected…
... whether you were a PhD or a masters degree? Asking as ... a 3.4 from that school but my GPA is hurt ... in my early 20s. My grad school program was an MBA from ...Do I need to send my masters degree or PhD transcripts to CAS or WES or OLSAS?Hi, This might be a stupid question to those who are familiar with law school application process. However I am a very confused international stud…
... am an international student, WES or CAS asks to send my ... will actually help in application or not.
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> ... my reaction upon seeing a grad school transcript (or five) would be, 'Oh ... a terrible impression of law school admissions officers.Do I need to send my masters degree or PhD transcripts to CAS or WES or OLSAS?Hi, This might be a stupid question to those who are familiar with law school application process. However I am a very confused international stud…
... will actually help in application or not.
> > ... my reaction upon seeing a grad school transcript (or five) would be, ... those degrees are not true or not from legitimate universities ( ... a terrible impression of law school admissions
...REJECTED 2020Hi all! This was my first time applying to Canadian Law Schools and I just received news that I was rejected from my dream school. This isn't my firs…
... did get feedback from Western or Queens and UofT and both ... law school, went to grad school and are either going to reapply or have ... instead be it travel, work, grad school.... I haven't even told ...Application Season Begins Soon, Info in Regard to Addenda and Transcript UploadsHi Everyone, Application season is upon us (a month away until applications open) and was trying to get a head start. I highly recommend everyone …
... getting my transcripts in now or start requesting them now? I ... soon to start preparing my letters of recommendation & all that? Also ...any chance at all?Hello, I have a UGPA of 2.3 and I am an "old man" at 52 who was an idiot as a kid. I'd like to go to law school and I'm wondering if it is imposs…
... to be applying to law school as an older student as ... you can get superb letters of recommendation and knock your personal statement ...I Want to QuitSo, this is my first time posting on the Forum; I didn't really know where else to turn. I see a lot of people post their highest scores, tips on how…
... mentally - or if you decide to pursue another route (grad school instead). The ... LSAT is hard, but law school is even harder.**
< ... ll be going into law school with a better mental strength ... be less mentally stressful?? (Or at least, your mental stress ...How important is a law school's rank if one plans to go into solo practice right out of law school?I will be a non traditional law student who is interested in going into solo practice right out of law school. I have a 15 year background in sales, …
... grad school who did a law degree at a school ranked around #100 or ... larger firm in a year or two. He is happy with ...Is it bad to state in an essay exactly the area of law you want to practice?Hi all, I've been working as a real estate law clerk for the past two years and although I kind of accidentally fell into real estate (I graduated…
... a more academic perspective after grad school, which is not the ... same as law school academics, but showing that ... interest or career interest shows intellectual drive. Almost any grad school is ... in researching. For law school it is different but if ...RC is really dragging me back. Need advice!My LR and LG are improving but NOT RC. I get under 5 LR questions wrong and under 3 LG questions wrong each section. But RC is averaging 15+ wrong qu…
... need to know any specialized or difficult words in RC. That ... words that your average high school or college grad might not know, but ... they are either explained afterwards or you do not need to ...Is the 7Sage Admission Course worth it?Has anyone purchased the 7Sage Admissions Course? Is it worth the sticker price? We're down to one income due to Covid-19 and $3K for me right now mi…
... to go to law school (or to attend grad school in general), so having ...Test in 9 days. Advice?So approximately 9 days from this moment I will have finished my LSAT. I am still struggling to eke out any little improvement this week, but I have…
... to push back to December or apply next year. My undergrad ... have to hope that my grad school grades and LSAT convince them ... probably have several dozen 175 or above scores that may not ... mostly accept and no scholarship or rejection/WL from T14 schools ...
