Ivey Guide to Law School Admissions Straight Advice on Essays, Resumes, Interviews, and More

Name: Ivey Guide to Law School Admissions Straight Advice on Essays, Resumes, Interviews, and More
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ISBN: 9780156029797

ISBN-10: 0156029790

ISBN-13: 9780156029797

Edition: 2005

Authors: Anna Ivey

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As dean of admissions at the University of Chicago Law School, Anna Ivey decided the fate of thousands of law school applicants. In this book-the first of its kind by a former law school admissions officer-she draws on her expertise to cover topics from the application and the essay to the interview and the recommendations, touching on hot-button issues like how much the LSAT, ethnicity, and age really matter. Offering an insider's advice on how to produce the very best application, this guide gives straight answers to questions such as: • What kind of essay should I write to set me apart from the rest of the pack? • Should I explain my low LSAT score, my D in chemistry, my attention…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 4/4/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Table of Contents


Straight Answers


Getting Inside the Head of an Admissions Officer The Wow Factor


What Admissions Officers Really Look For 11


Bring Tears-of Joy!-to Their Eyes: The Application Essay


Damning with Faint Praise: Recommendations


Your Life in One Page: The Reacute;sumeacute;


"Please Let Me Explain": Addenda and Other Appeals for Clemency


The Thirty-Minute Audition: The Interview


Prestige and Price Tags: How to Pick a Law School


Final Thoughts


Appendix Brainstorm Questionnaire


Sample Essays


Sample Recommendations


Sample Reacute;sumeacute;s


Sample Addenda


Index