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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…
... one, continued to work with and successfully published ... one letter from my work experience. My question is ... Experience Letter
- Pro: Emphasize work experience since graduation
- Con 1: ...
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Work Experience for ApplicationsI recognize that stats are the most important consideration for any law school, but do you feel it's important to have 'professional' job experience?…
... important to have 'professional' job experience?
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West Coast October 2021 (Small) Study Group/Commentary on Analysis of ChancesAll, Please PM me if you are interested in joining a small October study group of Hawaii (where I am) and West Coast peeps with the intention of s…
... /> LSAT Diagnostic: 152 (with no studying)
Work Experience: 11 years (military officer ... LG down to -0 or -1 (I'm rather good at ... kind of insane resume, volunteer experience, first four year college graduate ... -
R & R or Attend law School Fall 2021Hi all, I am officially done with this crazy cycle (yay!)... However, I am having second thoughts about whether to attend this fall or try and get a …
... re take and get some work experience ? If I R&R ... .. does anyone have any transfer experience or success stories they've ... did not get into my #1 choice makes me want to ... go to that law school? No, but a dream school is ... -
What I wish I knew before 1L. Reflections from a Harvard Law StudentHello everyone, I hope you're all well. I know that many of you are either in the midst of LSAT prep or gearing up to go to law school. This is a …
... of thoughts:**
**1. The shock of the transition ... meanings and you simply have no context to understand before ... this because this is only 1 year of your life ... probably because they lacked professional work experience and believed that law ... -
Cancel, 170, Cancel????Hey everyone, your advice would be much appreciated. I did a very dumb thing and retook a 170. In my defense, I was PTing between 173-178 for the las…
... the June test. There were no extenuating circumstances besides test anxiety ... score drop. Things to consider (1) Admissions could assume the cancel ... -ivy with some international/bilingual work experience trying for a T-10 ... -
Interesting article about school rankingsToday I came across this article regarding school rankings in general. I have always been one (maybe because I live Canada) to say that people are WA…
For law:
1. Ignore U.S. News Rankings. ... debt averse, but there's no sense in making a bad ... are other options available (get work experience, retake the LSAT, etc).
help advice needed for discouraged applicantWhere do I start? I began my LSAT studies in April of this year, with a diagnostic of 146. I felt discouraged but I felt hopeful. However...after tak…
... not get into a tier 1 school. If you succeed at ... school that has little to no respect within the legal community ... /> You are correct about the work experience part though. Primarily because you ...Advice on December RetakeAfter receiving my score for the October LSAT, I am both happy and sad at my result, which is likely to allow me to enter the law school of my choice…
... have several options, and no one can definitely tell you ... Tier 1 regional. On the other hand, there is basically no down ... favor applicants with full-time work experience (post undergraduate), though it ... (which will likely have no impact on your application).Why are LSAT scores given so much weight for admissions decisions?Dear JY, I love your website. The explanations for the logical games are carefully thought out and well presented. I wished I knew about your web…
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(1) I know from personal experience that you can ... that more heavily weights uGPA, work experience, and so forth is ... uGPA and bar pass? Prior work experience and 1st year grades/bar ... to questions like this with no good way to adequately ...How 'decorated' must ones profile be to enter into the top 5 law schools in the US?My question is assuming a candidate has hit the median GPA and median LSAT score for the top 5 law schools in the US, do they need additional experie…
I have a close buddy at a T-5 law school. He had almost no extra curricular activities, and 1 year work experience as a student instructor. He had an almost perfect GPA and a strong LSAT score. Those two factors are always more important.Improving Softs for Non Traditional StudentsI know that softs can play a bigger factor for NTD students when it comes to admissions. What are some of those? I have picked up a few extra things …
... is only numbers matter and no soft is truly considered ... folks seems to be work experience that is career oriented. ... in common.
1) It is Rare
2 ... Undergrad Prestige (HYP)
Good work experience (upper management, owner of business ...[Webinar] Live Lightning Consultation—Mon @ 9 pm EST<p>7Sagers,</p> <p>This <strong>Monday</strong>, at <strong>9 pm EST,</strong> I’ll do a second round of <em>live lightning consultations.</em></p…
... total of ten years of work experience, seven of which are in ... for your personal statement.
1) Following high school, I served ... a residential loan officer. With no prior knowledge, I studied all ...[Webinar] Live Lightning Consultation—Mon @ 9 pm EST<p>7Sagers,</p> <p>This <strong>Monday</strong>, at <strong>9 pm EST,</strong> I’ll do a second round of <em>live lightning consultations.</em></p…
1. My name is Lloyd ... and have five years of work experience in financial services (client ... but with my professional experience now have a specific ... 3.3) and LORs (no professors). LORs coming from the ... financial services from my work experience. During that time, ...[Webinar] Live Lightning Consultations—Mon @ 9:45 pm EST<strong>Update: Event delayed by 45 mins. New start time 9:45pm EST.</strong> <p>7Sagers,</p> <p>This <strong>Monday, August 29,</strong> at …
... total of ten years of work experience, seven of which are in ... for your personal statement.
1) Following high school, I served ... a residential loan officer. With no prior knowledge, I studied all ...[Webinar—Ended] Live Lightning Consultations—Mon @ 9 pm EST<p>7Sagers,</p> <p>On <strong>Monday</strong>, September 19, at <strong>9 pm EST,</strong> I’ll do another round of <em>live lightning consultatio…
1. Your three-sentence biography.
... family situation in the past. 1. deepening the rule of law ... with other countries (from my work experience in government)
So, I ... I get to you?
No.
Thank you.
[Webinar] Live Lightning Consultations—Thurs @ 9 pm EST<p><strong>Update: We’ve moved this webinar from Wednesday to Thursday, October 13.</strong></p> <p>7Sagers,</p> <p>On <strong>Thursday</strong…
... and have four years of work experience in economic/policy consulting. Since ... your personal statement.
1) My work experience and how I want to ... you attend last time?
No[Ended] Live Lightning Consultations—Weds, Nov. 16 @ 9 pm EST<p>7Sagers,</p> <p>On <strong>Wednesday</strong>, November 16, at <strong>9 pm EST,</strong> I’ll do a round of live lightning consultations.</p> …
1. I'm Mara, I recently ... various endeavours, my education, work experience, and volunteer experience. I am curious about ... what kind of life experience is appropriate.
4. No, and no.Should I choose the top five school or the tier 2 school that is giving me a full ride?As I have posted before, I was accepted into the University Chicago but it doesn't look like I'm going to have much help financially. However, I have…
... (roughly because again like 1-2% of your starting ... a top school and work experience at a large firm, ... way. No one with a shred of experience if going ... "refugees" are biased? No, because I have examined ... Stress levels increase and the work gets pilled on.
Extracurriculars for Non-Traditional Law StudentsI have another 1-2 years before I apply to Law School. Being a NTS, with student government leadership positions in Undergrad, 2 professional certifi…
... /> > > I have another 1-2 years before I apply ... associations and 8 years of work experience do I need any other ... law school. There is absolutely no indication that this will widely ... ) that you may possibly have. 1-2 extra points on the ...Extracurriculars for Non-Traditional Law StudentsI have another 1-2 years before I apply to Law School. Being a NTS, with student government leadership positions in Undergrad, 2 professional certifi…
... ; > I have another 1-2 years before I apply ... and 8 years of work experience do I need any ... school. There is absolutely no indication that this will ... you may possibly have. 1-2 extra points on the ... that there is "absolutely no indication." I would agree ...Extracurriculars for Non-Traditional Law StudentsI have another 1-2 years before I apply to Law School. Being a NTS, with student government leadership positions in Undergrad, 2 professional certifi…
... gt; > I have another 1-2 years before I apply ... associations and 8 years of work experience do I need any ... you may possibly have. 1-2 extra points on the ... that there is "absolutely no indication." I would agree ... for those changes when we 1. don't know with ...Ask Me Anything - iBanking -> Law SchoolRemoved PM to ask questions :)
... doing more of the tedious work (sidenote, that's not ... 0Ls who just have no idea what a corporate ... way,
Question 1) Benefits of having a law ... worked in banking for the work experience, and to learn about ... I've seen the work my friends in big law ...How much will HYS weigh soft factors if someone has numbers above their 75ths?Would it be really important? How would a personal statement factor into it? What if someone has no good softs?
... that Harvard really focuses on work experience, even if you have ... manage to get 1 or 2 years work experience, it'll not ... really consider adding some work experience for practical and professional reasons ... I realized there really is no rush. When you're ...sx
... unique resume, great softs, and work experience, your LSAT is just too ... Rhodes scholar's, non profit work, and interning on presidential campaigns ... ; Good news is there is no reason you can't retake ... /> The thing with softs is 1) most are not actually uncommon ...sx
... unique resume, great softs, and work experience, your LSAT is just too ... Rhodes scholar's, non profit work, and interning on presidential campaigns ... ; Good news is there is no reason you can't retake ... ; The thing with softs is 1) most are not actually uncommon ...Letter of Recommendation...RecommendationsSo I've found myself in a bit of a pickle with regards to letters of rec. One of my own making, but still. I am nearly six years removed from college…
> @"Mitchell-1" said:
> So ... thoroughly and there is no one I could ask ... t do things like volunteer work, etc. I've thought ... I used to work for in college with no response (seriously, ... ? Perhaps get some more work experience and then ask for the ...Should law schools do away with the LSAT?https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/12/13/study-high-standardized-test-scores-dont-translate-to-better-cognition http://worklife.columbia.ed…
... a lot more background and experience to his application than his ... 's, 2 174's, and 1 172 in the last 9 ... ?
I would say no if I thought there was ... to. But I think GPA, work experience, and prestige of undergrad all ...How do you plan on paying for Law School?Unless your hope is a full-ride (do they give those anywhere?), how do you plan on paying for law school? Outside of taking a cue from Kim K's surrog…
... have 3ish options.
1) get someone else to pay ...
2) work and pay for it before ... , look awesome with real work experience, have stellar LOR because ...
3)work and pay for it afterwards ... Be smart about it. No one cares how old you ...
