Applied 4 Years Ago, Now Again
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Applied 4 Years Ago, Now Again
I applied to schools for the 2006 year and decided in the end not to go to law school. I got into GW, Emory and got waitlisted at BU and Wash U, among others. I've since worked for 4 years, gotten 4 points higher on the LSAT (up to 167) and am now ready to apply again. Will my not going the first time impact how these schools evaluate my application? I can't imagine that it would, but I thought I would ask.
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Re: Applied 4 Years Ago, Now Again
Wow, nothing huh?
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username99 wrote:I applied to schools for the 2006 year and decided in the end not to go to law school. I got into GW, Emory and got waitlisted at BU and Wash U, among others. I've since worked for 4 years, gotten 4 points higher on the LSAT (up to 167) and am now ready to apply again. Will my not going the first time impact how these schools evaluate my application? I can't imagine that it would, but I thought I would ask.
Probably not.
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username99 wrote:I applied to schools for the 2006 year and decided in the end not to go to law school. I got into GW, Emory and got waitlisted at BU and Wash U, among others. I've since worked for 4 years, gotten 4 points higher on the LSAT (up to 167) and am now ready to apply again. Will my not going the first time impact how these schools evaluate my application? I can't imagine that it would, but I thought I would ask.
sorry dude, but i doubt many people on TLS are qualified to answer this........
- Cosmo Kramer
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username99 wrote:I applied to schools for the 2006 year and decided in the end not to go to law school. I got into GW, Emory and got waitlisted at BU and Wash U, among others. I've since worked for 4 years, gotten 4 points higher on the LSAT (up to 167) and am now ready to apply again. Will my not going the first time impact how these schools evaluate my application? I can't imagine that it would, but I thought I would ask.
I doubt it will, but keep in mind some of these schools (I'm thinking emory specifically) have had their stats go up by a nice bit since '06 so you may be less competitive now.
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username99 wrote:I applied to schools for the 2006 year and decided in the end not to go to law school. I got into GW, Emory and got waitlisted at BU and Wash U, among others. I've since worked for 4 years, gotten 4 points higher on the LSAT (up to 167) and am now ready to apply again. Will my not going the first time impact how these schools evaluate my application? I can't imagine that it would, but I thought I would ask.
On some applications, if not all, they ask if you applied there before. I guess you can state the reason why you didn't attend 4 years ago in the space provided or add an addendum as to why you didn't go.
- Gamecubesupreme
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Re: Applied 4 Years Ago, Now Again
Even though it might not look good to apply to a school you ended up not going to, I don't think they would mind accepting you again just for your new and improved LSAT score.
Don't forget, in the end it's still a number's game.
Don't forget, in the end it's still a number's game.
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Gamecubesupreme wrote:Don't forget, in the end it's still a number's game.
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With 4 years work experience & a higher LSAT score, you are now a much stronger candidate for admission. It required guts, maturity & honest self evaluation for you to decline law school admissions offers several years ago; hopefully, law school admissions officers will recognize this.
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It might also depend on how you declined admission. If you withdrew courteously from the school, then I doubt they'll hold it against you. You'd probably be wise to address it on your application regardless.
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CanadianWolf wrote:With 4 years work experience & a higher LSAT score, you are now a much stronger candidate for admission. It required guts, maturity & honest self evaluation for you to decline law school admissions offers several years ago; hopefully, law school admissions officers will recognize this.
Wow, thanks. I like you.
Thanks to all. I'm hoping it won't affect things. I know their stats probably went up, but I'm thinking the 167 should off-set that, or at least I hope that's the case.
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