Posts by Jacob Baska
With the middle of April approaching—complete with flowers blooming and the first round of pollen settling on parked cars everywhere—that can only mean one thing. We have reached Deposit Deadline […]
We’ve been rhapsodizing the past few weeks that the surest signs of spring are things like lavender coffee at Starbucks and admitted student visit days at law schools. We stand […]
Some of the truest signs that spring has sprung are obvious to all observers—flower bulbs poking out of the ground, birds building nests in trees that are just beginning to […]
Even though we are just short of the spring equinox, we already know the season is upon us. The birds are chirping, Starbucks has rolled out their lavender-flavored lineup, hordes […]
As the middle of March arrives and colleges across the country take their annual spring break, we hit one of the peak “salt on the wound” moments for admissions officers […]
How did you spend your Mardi Gras? Attend a Carnival and eat some king cake? A parade? Eat an unhealthy amount of pączki? Continue to read applications like you were […]
The snow is melting, some brave birds are venturing back home after a winter away, and Shamrock Shakes are back at McDonald’s. We’re reaching the peak of file reading and […]
With the middle of February here, admissions officers will take the quickest of breaks to open Valentine’s Day cards, have a chocolate or two, and then get back to reading […]
With February having arrived and six more weeks of winter apparently on the horizon (and leaving an eternal mystery still unsolved—if the groundhog is so powerful at predicting the weather, […]
With the final week of January here and February now on the horizon, law school admissions officers are continuing to do their best to read, evaluate, discuss, and provide admissions […]