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Selene Steelman
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If your college provides evaluative narratives instead of a GPA, do not try to use a placeholder number. The admissions committee will use just your LSAT for their reporting purposes. If you are interested in public interest, NYU has a number of sch…
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https://www.lsac.org/applying-law-school/jd-application-process/cas/requesting/transcript-summarization If you received an undergraduate degree from a Canadian institution, your CAS Report will show a GPA, just like a US undergraduate.
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In your law school application, you will be asked to provide your permanent address and your current address. The current address has an end date whereas the permanent address is usually considered the place where you went to high school, where your…
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While there surely are people who are admitted to excellent programs with personal statements that do not specifically answer the Why Law? question, there are also admissions professionals who strongly feel that a personal statement to a professiona…
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If you look at https://classic.7sage.com/admissions/lesson/application-requirements-for-top-schools/, you will see that many schools that specify a length for extra optional essays limit them to 1 page or 500 words. There shouldn't be any confusion …
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First of all, always follow the specific school's instructions. If they are silent to exact margins, please keep in mind that when the admissions reader is reviewing your essays, they will be scrolling through a big PDF file with your eapp, resume, …
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Each school has its own admissions standards. It may be beneficial to contact the admissions offices of the schools on your school list, speak with an admissions counselor, and directly ask them how they would evaluate online degrees and if they wou…
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You will be asked to disclose all institutions attended since graduating from high school. You will be required to submit transcripts from all schools where you have earned credits towards your undergraduate degree. If you transferred credits from y…
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Each law school may have a different policy as to how many candidates from the undergraduate institution they will take. While law school admissions may have a better understanding of the quality of candidate they get from the corresponding undergra…
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If you have only been out of school for 2 years, it would not be unusual if your application was missing a LOR from an employer/supervisor from your current position. The most important thing about LORs is that they are strong and positive, and they…
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The actual electronic application for law schools will request information like this: 1. List ALL educational institutions attended. If you list your ongoing masters programs in the electronic application, it will be strange if you don't include t…
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Advice from admissions officers: The most effective LORs are enthusiastic and specific and written by people who are familiar with your academic/professional work product. Before you go with a recommender, make sure s/he is able to write a letter th…
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It is not necessary to explain your job change in a resume addendum. It is not uncommon for people to change jobs, and addenda are typically used to explain unusual circumstances. If it is important for you to explain why you are traveling abroad to…
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Valuable takeaways from attending a forum: honest conversations with current students/alumni about professors, programming, and school resources; and names, email addresses and direct conversations with admissions officers. You can follow up with th…
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You should list all institutions attended to earn your undergraduate degree.
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https://www.lsac.org/lawschoolforums
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Since the admissions reader will have access to all your GPAs in the CAS Report when evaluating your resume, it is not necessary to list the GPA on your resume. If you were to include it, it could cause confusion or it could be seen as a mistake.
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-Does anyone know if, when looking at the Academic Summary Report, LSAC relies on the Degree Summary GPA or the Cumulative GPA? (My cumulative GPA is .05 higher due to study abroad grades). The CAS Report lists and the admissions committee will see…
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You can call or email the admissions offices for a fee waiver after their new applications go live on LSAC. In the same communication, you could ask a smart question or two about academic programming (https://classic.7sage.com/admissions/lesson/what…
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If you want to be on a school's radar, you should sign up for the LSAC CRS: https://www.lsac.org/choosing-law-school/candidate-referral-service. This is how schools will find you based on your LSAT/GPA and areas of interest. If you attend an LSAC fo…
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According to LSAC, there is no limit to the number of letters of recommendation you can upload to your account. You will however be limited in the number of LORs you may assign to a particular school's application. If you have older LORs already in …
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If you are very satisfied with your current personal statement, I would not feel compelled to write a brand new essay, but I would try to change the some parts (like the beginning and/or the end) so the admissions reader sees that you made a effort …
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Letters of recommendation are a very important part of the application because they show the admissions committee (1) what sort of impact you had on someone in your life, (2) your judgment in selecting a particular recommender, and (3) your potentia…
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@Gunningfor121 Based on what the LSAC representative told me, LSAC will only send the three most recent LSAT Writing samples to your law schools. In your hypothetical, if you applied in October, your schools would receive your June, July and Septemb…
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@drbrown2 If you are satisfied with your previous LSAT essay performance, I don't think you need to do the LSAT Writing just to having a typed essay available. Better that you focus on your multiple choice section of the LSAT and your application ma…
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LSAC will provide the 3 most recent LSAT Writing essays in a candidate's CAS Report. Admissions officers will read everything (even if it is very quickly). Most files will have at least two pairs of eyes looking them over before a final decision is …
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The LSAT essay has never been ignored by admissions committees. It appears in the CAS Report right after a candidate's GPA and LSAT scores. Under the new system, a candidate must complete at least one LSAT Writing in order to apply to law school. Wh…
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You may find this information to be useful: https://classic.7sage.com/admissions/lesson/how-to-get-the-best-letter-from-your-recommenders/ https://classic.7sage.com/admissions/lesson/how-to-pick-your-recommenders/ Good luck!
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If a candidate is admitted through a non-binding early decision program, the candidate is not bound to attend that law school. The candidate is also allowed to apply to any other non-binding ED programs as well as regular entry programs. It is the b…
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For more details about the LSAT Writing exam, like what browser is necessary for the proctoring software, and how long you have to take the exam once you register, check out https://www.lsac.org/lsat/taking-lsat/lsat-writing-faqs. If you still have …