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David Busis
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No, sorry. But all the information is in the admissions course: https://classic.7sage.com/enroll-admissions/
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Starting now!
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Come to the webinar! Ask at the webinar!
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Thanks @danielznelson, @DumbHollywoodActor and @"Cant Get Right". @"Tina Cho", I always tell people to push out drafts as quickly as possible. It's the time in between, when you evaluate what you've written and figure out how to hone your message, t…
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@CrushLSAT since transfers are all about your 1L grades, I think that studying for the LSAT while in law school would be a poor use of your time. @emmanuelntow doing super well is going to be largely defined by your class rank. If you're in the top …
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Your 1L grades matter more than anything else for transfers. Schools no longer have to predict how you'll do based on your UGPA and LSAT, though they may still look at those.
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I think you should tell the story that most fully captures you. If that's a story about recovering from addiction, and if you're comfortable with some risk, I don't think it's crazy to write about it—as long as you emphasize the recovery part. On th…
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@AUDREYRAE001 you can purchase Admissions Premium for a proofread and/or critique: https://classic.7sage.com/enroll-admissions/.
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Submit! The third LOR probably won't make much of a difference. More important to get it in earlier. @BryantFu I don't think it's a good idea to submit and then ask the adcom to hold off. Better and less bothersome just to wait until you're ready. …
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@desire2learn I'm blushing. Thank YOU!
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+1 on @"Chipster Study". There's no ethical problem. If you don't waive your right to see a letter, you're allowed to march into your law school's admissions office as a student and demand to see your LORs. But even if you waive, there's nothing mo…
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+2 on @"Alex Divine" . One page works. If you can, tell a short narrative: this is what my life was like, and this what I learned/this is how it affected my outlook/this is how I overcame it. Illustrate your circumstances with a specific detail or t…
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Sorry! We don't record admissions webinars—but there will be more.
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Hit OPTION and HYPHEN on a Mac, or just copy this one: –
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Helpful analysis of ED using LSN data: http://admissionsbythenumbers.com/
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I agree—you should put months. Small, semi-annoying tip, @stepharizona and @onecallthatsall: use en dashes, not hyphens, for date ranges. No good: 6/2015-9/2015 Good: 6/2015–9/2015 Though it's usually not necessary to specify hours per week for …
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Dean's list, cum laude, and honor's society all go on!
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@leo.cahoon can you paste the C&F questions of schools to which you're applying? @desire2learn can you paste an example of a contextual bullet in your résumé that might just be clutter?
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@"Lauren L" honestly I don't know why, though I assume it's because they feel you're making them read something unnecessary. What I do know for sure is that it's happened, especially at Harvard.
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Nothing bad would happen if you put it on your resume, but it's not standard. Leave it off.
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Hi there, We generally turn around every edit within a day or two, so it will depend on how quickly you can revise and how many essays you have. Do you already have a valid LSAT score? If not, your application won't go complete until your December s…
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Agree with everything said here. I suppose it's *possible* that some admissions committee divides applications into two big piles—the pre-Turkey and post-Turkeys—but it's hard to believe. Applying early does give you a slight advantage at most scho…
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@vduran1988 read each application's C&F question carefully—they're all a bit different—but error on the side of disclosure. And relax! It's unlikely a drinking citation will torpedo your application.
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@davi2526 I'd keep the date just for the sake of consistent formatting. @stepharizona I hope you can use that distance to improve a few things!
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@stepharizona I'd follow their advice. Your Education section is much less scannable when you add the AA and graduate certificate. Put the graduate certificate in your continuing education section, and leave out the AA.
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As @"Alex Divine" said, I usually tell people to leave out anything from high school, but I think you can put this in if it doesn't take room away from something more recent. It depends how full your résumé is. Here's the deal with length: most AOs…
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Great advice here. Academic letters are way more important than employer letters, because professors are better able to speak to the abilities you'll need to succeed in law school. @StopLawying it's true that it can't hurt to ask for an extra lette…
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Yeah—on second thought, you won't seem like you're hiding anything, as long as you've made the effort to gather all the transcripts.
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Hi @davi2526, I’d change it like so: College XY BA in English; Minors in Creative Writing and History; graduated with honors. (or just …; honors/cum laude)Dean’s list (fall 2010–fall 2012).Honors thesis: “Psychological Traps and the Legacy of the Ol…
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@"Stevie C" in my experience, 650–800 words tends to hit the sweet spot, though my own statement was only about 400 words.