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5 Ways to Strengthen Your Law School Application
Tweet Share on Facebook March 26, 2012 CommentWith spring officially upon us, application season is only six months away. This may sound like a long time—but, to maximize your LSAT score and the quality of your applications, you should get to work on the following five action items today:
1. Ramp up LSAT prep: If you are planning to take the June LSAT, you should already have started your preparation, and now is the time to increase your studying. The LSAT should be your priority for the next few months.
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Law Admissions Q&A: Choosing Where to Attend
Tweet Share on Facebook March 19, 2012 CommentThis is the second installment of Law Admissions Q&A, a new monthly feature in Law Admissions Lowdown that provides expert admissions advice to readers who write in with their profiles (GPA, LSAT score, education, work experience, and extracurricular leadership).
If you have a specific question, please E-mail me for a chance to be featured next month. Given the response volume, I apologize that I typically cannot respond individually to each submission, but I will consider all of your questions—and you may be featured in any of the next few installments of Law Admissions Q&A. Please stay tuned.
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How to Negotiate Law School Financial Aid
Tweet Share on Facebook March 13, 2012 CommentNegotiating a suitable financial aid package with a law school is much different from the process you underwent when financing your undergraduate education. For undergraduates, financial aid grants may bey awarded based primarily upon your demonstrated need when entering school. This is often not the case in law school.
In the last five to 10 years, a new trend has emerged in law school financial aid. Rather than awarding need-based grants by examining your financial need as a first year student, or 1L, law schools are doling out these awards much later, based on your financial need after you graduate.
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4 Factors for Picking the Right Law School
Tweet Share on Facebook March 5, 2012 CommentOn your journey to law school, deciding where to apply and where to ultimately attend are some of the most important decisions that you will make. While a school's reputation and ranking certainly should represent significant components in your decision-making process—especially with today's job market—they cannot be the only considerations.
Here are four other key factors to help you choose the right law school for you:
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3 Pointers For Success in Law School
Tweet Share on Facebook February 27, 2012 CommentIf you have already been accepted to law school, congratulations! Take a deep breath and celebrate your success. All of those hours of editing and scrutinizing your essays, proofreading every word of your applications, and fixating on selecting the perfect recommenders have finally paid off.
[Avoid these five mistakes when asking for recommendations.]
You're done with the very first step of your law school journey. While you may think the hard part is over, you will find after your first day of law school that the work has only just begun. Keep these three pointers in mind to help you along the way:
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How Law Applicants Can Handle Low Scores
Tweet Share on Facebook February 20, 2012 CommentThis is the first installment of Law Admissions Q&A, a new monthly feature in the Law Admissions Lowdown that provides admissions advice to readers who write in with their profiles. If you have a question, E-mail me for a chance to be featured next month.
This week, let's focus on what to do if you have a low LSAT score or GPA.
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Beat 2 Law School Wait List Myths
Tweet Share on Facebook February 13, 2012 CommentBy the middle of February, some of you who applied to law school this year will have heard—or will soon hear—that you've been wait-listed at your top choice. While a wait list letter is certainly disappointing, remember that it is also most definitely not a rejection.
Law schools often admit students from the wait list throughout the spring and summer. In fact, through my work at Stratus Prep, I once had two clients admitted off the Harvard Law School wait list on the same day! Given the slight dip in law school applications this cycle, your chances of being admitted off the wait list will likely be even better this year.
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How to Prepare the Week Before the LSAT
Tweet Share on Facebook February 6, 2012 CommentAfter spending months preparing for the LSAT, you want to be sure you’re most effectively using the week before the exam to maximize your performance.
[Use these seven tips for LSAT success.]
If you are taking the LSAT on a Saturday, follow the schedule outlined below to reach your full potential on this all-important exam. (If you are taking the Saturday Sabbath observer exam on a Monday, just shift this schedule forward by two days.)
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Should You Take the February LSAT?
Tweet Share on Facebook January 30, 2012 CommentAs an LSAT tutor and teacher with a decade of experience, I am frequently asked by my students about the pros and cons of taking the February exam.
As you may know, the LSAT is administered four times a year: in February, June, October, and December. Since it’s a standardized test, there should be no discernible differences between the four exam administrations. But it’s important to realize that there are still benefits and drawbacks to each test date.
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5 Unique Career Paths for Law School Grads
Tweet Share on Facebook January 23, 2012 CommentAfter graduating from law school, you may think that practicing law is your only career option. However, some of today's law school grads, by choice or temporarily by necessity given the recovering legal market, are securing incredibly diverse careers outside of the law. The unique paths taken by these graduates reinforce the versatility of a law degree, which brings with it a plethora of marketable skills.
Should you attend law school and decide at some point in your career that you want to do more than simply practice law, you may enjoy numerous opportunities across a wide variety of industries.
