Law School Essays That Made a Difference : 99 Essays That Made the Grade... and a Few That Didn't

Name: Law School Essays That Made a Difference : 99 Essays That Made the Grade... and a Few That Didn't
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ISBN: 9780375763458

ISBN-10: 0375763457

ISBN-13: 9780375763458

Edition: 2003

Authors: Princeton Review Publishing Staff

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Personal Statements That Scored Face it, a lot of students have great LSAT scores. The best way for you to stand out in a crowd of applicants to top law schools is to write an exceptional personal statement. This book puts you in the admissions pro’s seat; we give you the intimate details–test scores, GPAs, demographic information, and of course, personal statements–of 34 law school hopefuls. Then we show you where they got in . . . and where they didn’t–invaluable information when you’re evaluating your own chances of admission to the most selective law schools in the land. 1. 34 real-life personal statements by students at Yale, Harvard, Columbia, NYU, Stanford, and more 2. Where…

Book details

Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Random House Information Group
Publication date: 9/9/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Contents
Introduction	p. 1
How to Use This Book	p. 3
Law School Admissions: A Brief Overview	p. 5
The Law School Application Process: A Crash Course	p. 7
Writing a Great Personal Statement	p. 11
Addenda	p. 27
Q & A with Admissions Officers	p. 31
The Applicants	p. 49
Columbia Law School	p. 52
Cornell Law School	p. 63
Duke Law School	p. 66
Fordham Law School	p. 73
The George Washington University Law School	p. 77
Georgetown University Law Center	p. 80
Harvard Law School	p. 86
New York University School of Law	p. 103
Northwestern University School of Law	p. 109
Stanford Law School	p. 115
University of Arizona—James E. Rogers College of Law	p. 124
University of California—Davis, School of Law	p. 128
University of Chicago Law School	p. 133
University of Colorado—Boulder, School of Law	p. 136
University of Michigan Law School	p. 138
University of Pennsylvania Law School	p. 143
University of Texas School of Law	p. 147
University of Virginia School of Law	p. 151
Vanderbilt University Law School	p. 156
Yale Law School	p. 159
Miscellaneous	p. 162
Appendix: LSAT Analytical Reasoning	p. 169
Why "Games"?	p. 171
Ten Crucial Facts About LSAT Games	p. 173
Games Plan	p. 177
Trying It Out	p. 186
Sample Game One: Ordering	p. 187
Answers	p. 194
Sample Game Two: Grouping
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