RMstratosphere wrote:
This completely confuses admissions criteria. If you are slightly below a school's median, your softs are not thereby enhanced in significance. Raising your LSAT score to median will do more than any soft factor could. IU, as every other school, will decide if your falling near the 25th percentile "is worth admitting" by looking at the rest of their applicant pool. Not at your softs.
Most of what I said comes from a student who is good friends with a student government representative who sits in on admissions meetings at a law school. He has told me numerous times that having good softs is more important for a person below the medians than it is for a person right at them.
With that said, you are right--the obvious best thing an applicant can do is retake the LSAT/raise GPA to get near a school's medians. I don't think anybody would argue that.
justadude55 wrote:Relax. I didn't say softs aren't important. Major RC fail. I just said who is to say what softs are important. Yale shows off about having a cocktail waitress from Vegas and FBI Agent, but not a paralegal. I believe that charitable things are universally going to be good, but who is to say what job is better to a given law school. I am sure some ADCOMS prefer legal experience, while others prefer artistic experience. Who knows?
I don't think my #'s in any way ensure I am locked into Indiana. I was merely saying, "who is to say what softs are better, if weren't talking about major awards or charitable involvement?"
I just skimmed over your comment and read it entirely the wrong way. I definitely see what you're saying with the "eye of the beholder" type argument. Some schools take huge pride in diversity (work and/or ethnic), while others simply try to get the best class possible.
Anyways...no need to argue. Good luck with re-taking the LSAT (if you do) and getting into IU.
He left a really nice voicemail asking me if I had any questions. Anyone else get a call?
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