Spoke to a UW-Madison admissions advisor. What to do?
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:29 am
We have already established that with my GPA and current LSAT I'm not getting in to UW. I had a phone appointment with an admissions advisor to ask her a few questions regarding the admissions process.
She told me that if it is my #1 choice, I ought to go ahead and apply this cycle anyway so that next year when they see I've applied again, they will see UW is really where I want to go. She also said I could potentially mention it being my #1 somewhere in my app. The third thing is she said I could submit the Feb. LSAT. I'm coming off a PowerScore class (thought I was taking December, decided not to) and got Kaplan Mastery and the PS Bibles and was going to try the plan posted in the LSAT forum on this site. Problem is I'd be cutting it from 3 months to 2, but I do have the rest of December and first half of January to do serious studying since I don't work. Finally, she said that UW is easier than most places to transfer into, so if I started next year at some T2 or T3 and busted my ass, it may be likely; however, this strikes me as a bad idea for a number of reasons. Opinions?
In the opinions of TLSers, is there any substance to what she told me? Do I waste the money on the app fee this cycle in order to show interest and by next cycle some sort of improvement? Perhaps most importantly, do I take Feb. or just wait til June since even if it does come up in February it's so late it's probably a rejection anyhow? I guess if the February test still won't help me because I'd be an insane splitter, would it be best to not rush the studying and apply with the LSAT I have now? Is 2 months even enough time? Bleh. This is stressful.
She told me that if it is my #1 choice, I ought to go ahead and apply this cycle anyway so that next year when they see I've applied again, they will see UW is really where I want to go. She also said I could potentially mention it being my #1 somewhere in my app. The third thing is she said I could submit the Feb. LSAT. I'm coming off a PowerScore class (thought I was taking December, decided not to) and got Kaplan Mastery and the PS Bibles and was going to try the plan posted in the LSAT forum on this site. Problem is I'd be cutting it from 3 months to 2, but I do have the rest of December and first half of January to do serious studying since I don't work. Finally, she said that UW is easier than most places to transfer into, so if I started next year at some T2 or T3 and busted my ass, it may be likely; however, this strikes me as a bad idea for a number of reasons. Opinions?
In the opinions of TLSers, is there any substance to what she told me? Do I waste the money on the app fee this cycle in order to show interest and by next cycle some sort of improvement? Perhaps most importantly, do I take Feb. or just wait til June since even if it does come up in February it's so late it's probably a rejection anyhow? I guess if the February test still won't help me because I'd be an insane splitter, would it be best to not rush the studying and apply with the LSAT I have now? Is 2 months even enough time? Bleh. This is stressful.
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