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@10000019 said: If the school expects you to put that towards the tuition, that would be pretty lame. That would be no different than expecting someone working a part time job to count that towards merit scholarships. That gets to the poin…
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SOOOOO glad I am done with the LSAT (hopefully). I can not imagine taking this on a tablet, I mark up every section like its my job.
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Just got off the phone with VA educational benefits. For me, as a Montgomery GI Bill recipient, the VA (government) does not care or even know about my tuition at school or who pays it. Once they verify that I'm attending full time, they cut me a ch…
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@oshun1 You are assuming I haven't already done that... I now know I need to place a strict limit of a once a day "status tracker" check per school. You can lose hours of your life doing that
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I'm on hold with the VA education benefits line right now. I'm on the Montgomery GI Bill, which cuts a check directly to me not a school. I had always assumed that if I got one of those sweet Cooley full rides I would be able to use my GI Bill to …
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@AudaciousRed said: Like no one could possibly use the excess for fees or books or other things not covered. This x100000
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@10000019 I have absolutely no issue with need-based calculations for schools. Full transparency and openness for available assets helps ensure those most in need get available assistance. My issue is that the school application referenced “all sc…
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@oshun1 said: Why are you bothered by BC? It just says they take into consideration things like your GI bill, so that your merit + need based scholarship + GI bill doesn’t end up exceeding the cost of tuition. There’s a lot of fine print whe…
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@eRetaker I had not thought of the distinction between merit and need-based. I understand if it is only for need-based. I think I’m going to call their admissions office and see. Thanks!
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@splitter_saga said: Is there anything to do besides submit FAFSA inbetween submitting and waiting for decisions? Was wondering that myself the other day. I’m upping my volunteer hours. I figure there’s no better way to keep my mind off wait…
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That's good to know. I still don't think I would change my vote, but I know you have a whole lot of other variables then just the law school going on in your life. Definitely food for thought and an option worthy of consideration.
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Ditto to the above. Never assume what the adcoms know, especially if it is a chance to display something as shiny as you describe.
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For context, my wife has doctorate #1 and is pursuing doctorate #2 both through hybrid programs like you describe, so I'm a fan of them for certain things. However, as far as I know, the ABA does not let you sit for the bar if your JD is through a …
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The application went LSAC complete this morning. I can take a step back from the ledge now. http://why.ryerson.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/relax-gif.gif
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Having spoken to numerous admissions people at different schools, I believe that a real struggle they face is getting a sense of who an applicant is from the formulaic responses to standard application questions and data points. To me, it sounds lik…
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For RC: In my build to my last (hopefully) test, I literally did a timed RC section (test, BR, then review with JY's video) every day for a month. I fall into the "the best way to improve at something is to do that thing" camp. You risk burning a lo…
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Speaking as a parent of four (oldest in a master’s program and the next oldest currently a high school senior / applying to undergrad), I think it might help assuage your parent’s concerns if you gave them a concrete plan, i.e. I’m taking this speci…
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2 points from me, take them for what they are worth... This test is a unforgiving beast. Its taken me a year and a half of full-time study (I'm a stay at home dad) to get to my own personal "good enough" score. The test can be learned, but it take…
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Mainly celebrate for me. Although not as high as I wanted or averaged on my PTs, I did increase my score to a competitive level (>75th% with breathing room) for 2 of my 3 apps and my final score was pretty much in line with my expectations walki…
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Smartphone photo worked for me x3.
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As I alluded to in the linked thread, I am very hestitant about this question, especially as the admissions office at one my favorite options told me point blank that they use it for yield protection. I am open and honest in all my one on one encoun…
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FWIW, you could be the next Doogie Howsier and crush schools or you could take a year or two off from education and experience the real world. That may give you a better perspective and more experiences to draw from. Either way, sounds like you hav…
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Instead of focusing on a school's faculty/clubs/clinics, could you focus on the market a school serves as a "why X" reason? I'm really focused on 2 schools, each for very different reasons and have 1 "meh" school.
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47 years old assuming I start next fall, 25 years active duty military, 3 years of full time volunteering.
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I think a good personal statement is an essay filled with sincerity and a genuine sense of "you". Don't worry about being unique, special, or extraordinary. Admissions committees read thousands of these things a year, I suspect the "unique snowflak…
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@"surfy surf" said: did you manage to last the full 20 min or did you end up running out of questions? i think they purposely seem robotic bc they don't want mislead students that they have a greater chance of acceptance based on the meeting…
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(usual disclaimer - not an expert) I've visited every school I'm applying to (and some that I'm not) and met with admissions people at each one. They are all people just like us and I have gotten the impression that they actually care, want others…
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@ChaimtheGreat For whatever reason, I was blessed with a decent bit of charisma (at least more than I was blessed with LSAT scoring ability), so I wanted to be sure that I interacted with humans on the other side of my applications. As I’m not a sh…
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@"surfy surf" Not that it helps, but I just had a similar experience yesterday during my last school tour before I submit apps. Good tour with a student, more pleased with the school than I thought I would be, but then a blank stare and “any questio…
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I saw this the other day. I guess we are all doing it wrong. I've already put an attorney on retainer, hoping to make it a class-action