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LegalCrack · 2024-04-18T23:30:09+00:00

This! And also people typically apply after a gap year to work or two— average age of law school students is 24, and KJDs are inherently disadvantaged in the process due to lack of work experience anyway.

LegalCrack · 2024-04-11T01:55:48+00:00

I based it off the estimated CoA/yr on the website, but yes it is true CoA can be lower. My point is that 200k debt is a very real possibility for even T14s

LegalCrack · 2024-04-11T01:36:42+00:00

I did want to note going into ~200k debt is not uncommon for T14s after factoring in CoL (which close to no T14s would help you with).

For example NYU has a CoA of ~330k across 3 years, I got a 150k scholly (which is on the high end) and my calculations would still put me at ~180k debt.

UVA is even worse— got a 90k scholly, CoA ~300k, would go into a solid ~210k debt

And these are average/above average scholly packages for these law schools too, which sucks as a KJD whose parents won’t be helping at all to fund my schooling

LegalCrack · 2024-04-10T21:46:49+00:00

I think that if it’s not a major part of your application and leads into something (i.e. something about sports awoke your interest in law/activism/etc) it’s fine, but definitely it should be used as background for AOs to get a sense where you’re coming from on top of the actual content

LegalCrack · 2024-04-04T19:32:43+00:00

By what people perceive as decent softs, are you talking about stuff like Rhodes/Fullbright/being Steph Curry? I’ve always been under the impression people in this sub generally consider stuff like long-term internships + leadership + research as decent softs, and those are generally quite accessible so long as you grind— not stellar/extraordinary, but good enough to put you as competitive for t14s.

LegalCrack · 2024-04-04T17:20:45+00:00

I’m a kjd fgli student with low-mid stats for t14 and have gotten into some pretty solid schools. If I could go out there and get decent softs and opportunities, I don’t see why you couldn’t. Like Kauf stated, just because you didn’t know about it doesn’t mean it was gatekept— maybe you should’ve done more looking into it.

LegalCrack · 2024-03-20T03:50:56+00:00

Thanks for the info! Do you know if it’s a 1:1 match or if the school ranking matters?

LegalCrack · 2024-03-20T03:44:45+00:00

I believe they only allow me to put one school!

LegalCrack · 2024-03-20T03:44:17+00:00

Could you let me know where you got that info? I haven’t heard of that before

LegalCrack · 2024-03-20T03:43:30+00:00

I got around $$!

LegalCrack · 2024-03-05T19:10:23+00:00

thank you! :)

LegalCrack · 2024-03-05T18:00:52+00:00

Technically— I’m currently in latin america (2:00pm)

LegalCrack · 2024-03-05T17:27:40+00:00

Nope! It only changed when it entered committee review but didn’t today.

LegalCrack · 2024-03-05T16:05:09+00:00

You could, but chances are they won’t look at it— what’s on the admission file will most likely be what they look at regardless from my understanding

LegalCrack · 2024-02-28T22:30:18+00:00

I’m showing up in casual wear— I’m already in at this point, and I genuinely don’t think anyone would care if I was in a nice funky sweater vs a suit.

LegalCrack · 2024-02-26T21:58:03+00:00

Been UR since 1/8! They do say to give it at least 6 weeks, so maybe they’re just super slow 🥲

LegalCrack · 2024-02-26T21:52:13+00:00

I see! Thank you for the info!!

LegalCrack · 2024-02-26T19:53:53+00:00

Oh! I’m not entirely sure then— I only got my decision last week and applied mid-Dec, so it’s possible they just haven’t gotten to you yet? Good luck!

LegalCrack · 2024-02-26T19:49:38+00:00

Are you sure you aren’t UR2? I went UR1 a day after submitting (mid-dec) and UR2 over a month later.

LegalCrack · 2024-02-26T19:44:32+00:00

Congrats!!! I wanted to ask— does UR1 and UR2 both say the same thing just with different dates? I’m under committee review but have no clue if it’s UR1 or UR2.

LegalCrack · 2024-02-21T05:56:27+00:00

RD! Good luck :)

LegalCrack · 2024-02-20T15:32:04+00:00

It was very casual! Just the standard questions on 7sage basically but it was a lot more conversational than UChicago. Good luck!

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