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Is this true for transfer applicants or no?

Thank you! This was the most comprehensive and helpful video or anything for that matter that I’ve seen on this subject.

law school is a scam

5:47 this is so ridiculous that they keep saying “especially as a white male”. They know nothing about that person, they’re struggles, they’re triumphs etc. It is racist to judge a person poorly simply because they are white.

What was his gpa in law school?

I needed this! Thankful I found it.

UA-cam recommended your video and I am amazed by the quality of information. Thanks and keep it up.

Love all of your videos, always so informative and interesting!! I am going to start law school this year and your videos have really helped me understand law school during my admission process and also what to expect as a law student. Have you ever considered making a video discussing the difference between ABA accredited law schools and non-ABA accredited law schools? I am curious in how this difference in school accreditation may have on the impact in employability. Thanks!

I can't imagine being the person who decides if a person gets to have a happy and successful life, based on razor thin margins. "Oh, your application is a little cluttered and your GPA is a fraction of a point too low? Ho-hum.....I dunno. You went out of your way to volunteer your time in a 3rd world country? Yeah, who hasn't? Maybe you're better off making 40k a year as a substitute teacher?"

Isn't it a misnomer to suggest that schools are "giving out money?" Unless it is a stipend that a student can put in the bank or put in their pocket, they are not receiving anything from the school other than a discount. The schools are choosing to waive a predetermined amount of tuition for desirable candidates while displacing the cost onto the shoulders of those who will be stuck paying full tuition. Namely, the students who just barely scraped their way through the admissions process. Seems like not much more than a way for schools to bait the students they need to maintain their rankings. So, who needs who? Does the student need that school, or is it the school that needs the student? I think the answer is obvious.

These videos with admissions officials are very insightful! Thank you!

These videos with admissions officials from top law schools are very helpful! Thank you and please make more!

Very helpful. Thank you!

This was an extremely interesting and helpful video. Thank you!

I dislike the format

What are some good resources for student loans that won't beat someone up too bad on interest?

Thank you for this! Needed this

Thank you for the insightful post! looking forward ffor more :)

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21:01 i can't stand these kind of interviews! i'm great at interviews but i did so bad on the one i had, its so nerve wracking!!!

Very good and informative episode. Thanks for sharing

2:20 the essay prompt explicitly says you aren’t supposed to write about a hobby! It should related to academic, extracurricular, or professional experience

Awesome advice and encouragement! New subscribers here. Angela Vorpahl recommended your channel.

Just got into Duke this week (I’m bored-dude on Reddit btw), and I wanted to thank you so much for all your insights into this process, and for helping me stay calm when I went so long with no responses. You’re the GOAT 🙏

Please interview Dean Andy Cornblatt. Great channel, Mike & team!

I appricate Mike for having such faith in us. "people listening will be presidents of universities" thanks man you have more faith in me than my Pakistani parents XD

really nice interview!!! i refuse to go onto reddit to protect my mental well-being but it's nice to get additional information from such a reliable source!

My son was working full time and going to school a full time, and in 4 years he learned several world languages, including Mandarin Chinese. He got 3.8 GPA, which an incredible achievement, considering every he had done. But, according to this admission person that ls not enough to get an admission to University of Chicago Law School, right??

I really enjoyed listening to this - great content and delivery.

Excellent advice. I think retaking the LSAT might be a good idea for me. I hadn’t thought about it. I’m taking mine on 1/13 but I really think more studying could increase my score if I take it again in February.

Needed this

This was amazing. Thank you so much for this motivation!!!

Excellent points except for the terrible cliché advise one of "just be yourself." Most people do not have have kind, interesting or polite personalities. Don't be fake but be much better than your normal self.

Great video. I wish you would have given more sample Law School questions and the best answers for them.

Mike, do you have a suggestion for what to do if someone left out a GPA on the part of the application where some schools ask (even though it is shown on transcript) and/or left out the parents’ info when asked (in a case where both are mentioned in the PS so it isn’t a case where the student didn’t omit the info because they aren’t in contact, etc.) My concern is it looks sloppy but not sure if a letter brings undue attention. Thanks!

Okay…. Neurotic question. Just realize that on some apps I left my parents’ info blank (even though I discuss them in my personal statement). Others I neglected to write my GPA on the online form. (And yeah, I know they’ll have the transcript so they can find it…. Which makes me wonder why some of these schools even ask it.) Could you kindly give me your thoughts on whether it is worth a letter to admissions to correct either of these mistakes, saying that I noticed them upon reviewing them? My concern is the admissions will see these and think I did a sloppy application, even though the answers are available to them elsewhere. I’m thinking a brief and professional letter might be good, but maybe it calls undue attention to them or makes me look like a weirdo. HELP!! Thanks 😊

She could be my cornerman all of school honestly

Wonder which lsat company has been categorically wrong

It took me three years to get into law School way back in 1992. I graduated in 1996. I am grateful for my job and love my career as a Family Lawyer ---- and I remain convinced that I could never pass an LSAT. I wrote the LSAT three times and never got higher than the 55 percentile. I often joke that the only reason I got accepted into Law School was because the Admissions office got tired of seeing my application. Lol. Incidentally, what I lacked in an LSAT score I supplemented with volunteer work for various legal organizations and good references. One final comment: When I finally got into Law School I was stunned to discover that while challenging, it was not difficult. To this day, the three LSAT exams remain the most difficult tests I ever took in my academic life. I took numerous LSAT preparation courses and none of them helped. In fact, I have vivid memories of arguing with the "LSAT Prep" teacher over what the "more correct" answer was. I learned nothing other than the BS nature of the LSAT and how utterly useless it is as a marker for whether or not one can become a successful lawyer. Obviously I remain biased against the use of the LSAT even 26 years later. I firmly believe that a greater variety of lawyers would result if they removed the LSAT as an admissions tool.

I laughed through this because there were so many issues with it. First, two white males. No females. No URMs. People who have high GPAs from "elite" schools are not really equal to students who go to rigorous universities who DONT curve! So a 3.4 from a top business school could be equal to a 3.8 at a top liberal arts school. It's all so ridiculous that you have to depend on a faculty member for admission. I think people who work for several years out of undergrad, as well as work during the summers from freshman year, in substantive jobs are more impressive than someone coming straight out of Univ esp if they have an excellent recommendations. Judging by some of the famous people Yale has admitted over the last 40 yrs, they don't have a very good track record.

And yet Yale says right on their Law school website that they take a "holistic" approach to every application. That is BS. You can have a compelling story and be a great writer, but went to a tough undergrad that doesn't curve their grades like the ivy league schools do. I had HS acquaintances at Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown and all their grades were curved. They're brand ambassadors now. It's ridiculous.

There is nothing worse than having your application & entire fate judged by someone mediocre..it's rare for these adcoms to have gone to harvard/oxford/yale/cambridge themselves, much less have a passport/are able to tell where countries are on the map... to think that your entire fate rests on a surface level judgment of a n undersocialized bumpkin is unimaginable..

Why would anyone be a lawyer ? Shitty job.

Didn’t know you guys started law school consulting before the United States was a country. My friends and I also have a combined 500 years of experience in college.

u look like u gone 2 (((law school)))

She talks about consistent formatting, the school I applied to had an optional essay with a 12pt font requirement. However, no requirement like that existed for the PS, but the PS was limited to 3 pages. I had my PS at 3 pages at a 11pt font, and had to do my optional at a 12pt font. I hope that won’t hurt me

Thanks for the insight. I'm one of those slow appliers. You mentioned the applications intra-school being so different and that has absolutely slowed me down. I'm applying to a decent number of schools and was not prepared for how many a) revisions to my "universal" short essay answer and b) unique additional short essays for each school I'd have to do. I've even had to tweak my personal statement for a few schools. I don't know what applications were like in past but I definitely expected more similarity between schools. I'm glad the cycle overall is slower and that I'm still doing ok on my timeline. I've been stressed about not getting my apps in weeks ago like I'd originally planned.

Applied a month ago, only heard back from one school so far. This suspense is killing me 😩

Spivey, I'm going to need you to lie to me and tell me next cycle won't be slow at all. Give me something to cling to.

Would appreciate any feedback or opinions on the changes the LSAT will undergo next year.