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1. What did you get on the LSAT? 162
2. Did you take a course? why/why not? if so, which course?
I took Kaplan. Mostly because I had heard better things about it than Princeton Review, because they had a study center with the actual old tests where I could do extra work on my own time as well as go to class, and because they were closest to my house since I did the prep course the summer before my senior year in college.
3. How much did your score improve from when you started studying?
I decided to not crack a book before my 1st diagnostic and had just come back from Australia about 2-3 days before I started class so I was still a little out of it, but I got a 149 on it. That was 13 points under what I actually scored.
4. What was your appx GPA in college? 3.56
5. What schools did you apply to? What was your top choice?
Wash. U., Columbia, UPenn, Northwestern, Boston U., Boston College, Northeastern U. (in Boston), Loyola U. (in Chicago), Georgetown, U of IL, U of MN, and U of Michigan. University of Michigan was my top choice (but a stretch).
6. Where did you get accepted?
Wash. U., Northeastern, Loyola, U of IL, and U of MN. Waitlisted at BU and Northwestern.
7. Where do/did you go and what made you choose that school?
I will be a 1L at Wash. U. this fall. I chose it because: a) it had the dual-degree MSW/JD program I wanted to do; and it's the oldest and best program of its kind in the country, b) because I knew the school (having done undergrad there) and it was an environment I really felt comfortable it, and c) it's a good law school with great facilities and faculty.
8. What did you find hardest about the application process?
I would have to agree that just waiting for the acceptance letters was VERY hard for me. I started getting acceptances/rejections in December and it wasn't until March that I heard from the final school and could make a true choice.
9. What advice do you have for someone about to start this process?
Apply to a variety of schools--ones that you know you'll get into, and stretches. You never know what will happen. Also, figure out geographically where you'll be happy so you don't waste money applying and then realize you didn't get into anywhere you'd really like to be for 3 years (I had a friend who did that).
And finally: No, I did not choose law schools based on whether or not they had a chapter of my GLO. I got lucky that I ended up at my alma mater and could be involved with their chapter. Only 5 of the schools I applied to have a DG Chapter--but all of them are located in areas with Alum Associations.
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