applied to one law school Forum
- aIvin adams
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applied to one law school
anybody else only apply to one law school? only one decent law school in my area and i want to stay close to my family. i also plan on working here aaannnnd... like the school and hope i get in. if i dont, i will reapply next year.
anybody else do this?
anybody else do this?
- najumobi
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Re: applied to one law school
do you have any reason to believe you won't be accepted?aIvin adams wrote:anybody else only apply to one law school? only one decent law school in my area and i want to stay close to my family. i also plan on working here aaannnnd... like the school and hope i get in. if i dont, i will reapply next year.
anybody else do this?
- kalvano
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Re: applied to one law school
I applied to 18.
- aIvin adams
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not really except my gpa is a little below median. but my lsat is above the 75th and ive got good 'soft' stuff so i think im OK.
if i dont make it i will be disappointed but i wouldnt have gone anywhere else. ive been told i should have applied somewhere else so that i could maybe ask for some more financial aid. dunno, maybe so
if i dont make it i will be disappointed but i wouldnt have gone anywhere else. ive been told i should have applied somewhere else so that i could maybe ask for some more financial aid. dunno, maybe so
- GATORTIM
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Re: applied to one law school
I applied to 5, but would really only seriously consider a couple.
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- aIvin adams
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Re: applied to one law school
you will probably be a better attorney than i will be. im not being sarcastic eitherkalvano wrote:I applied to 18.

- najumobi
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you'll be okay...regional schools are very much focused on keeping their stats up, especially lsat.aIvin adams wrote:not really except my gpa is a little below median. but my lsat is above the 75th and ive got good 'soft' stuff so i think im OK.
if i dont make it i will be disappointed but i wouldnt have gone anywhere else. ive been told i should have applied somewhere else so that i could maybe ask for some more financial aid. dunno, maybe so
- amputatedbrain
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I actually applaud this . . . much more logical than applying to shit law schools scattered all over the country out of desperation to go to any law school that will take youaIvin adams wrote:anybody else only apply to one law school? only one decent law school in my area and i want to stay close to my family. i also plan on working here aaannnnd... like the school and hope i get in. if i dont, i will reapply next year.
anybody else do this?
- vanwinkle
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I applied to 30.kalvano wrote:I applied to 18.
- ToadGoDead
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i applied to 203vanwinkle wrote:I applied to 30.kalvano wrote:I applied to 18.
- Vincent Vega
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I wish I had only applied to one - the one I'll be going to. Spending hundreds of dollars spent on app fees is overrated.
- goblue1646
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Re: applied to one law school
i applied to five with exactly the same mindset. it doesn't seem to make much sense applying to a bazillion schools when you'd really only consider....5.
- cherryalamode
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Applied to 10.
Only would seriously consider half of them.
Only would seriously consider half of them.
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You guys are entirely missing the main reason for applying to many law schools: scholarship fishing.
- kukuxumusu
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I applied to 2 in my area and I think my chances are good. If I don't get in I'll do a masters in public policy for a year and reapply. Hope I get in tho.
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+1, that was my thinkinglawschooliseasy wrote:You guys are entirely missing the main reason for applying to many law schools: scholarship fishing.
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aIvin adams wrote:you will probably be a better attorney than i will be. im not being sarcastic eitherkalvano wrote:I applied to 18.
I don't want to live where I am now.
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Re: applied to one law school
I applied to three, but should have only applied to one because I knew it was the one I was going to go with! I expected to get in and did. I applied to one lower and one higher and got into both, also, but it didn't change my decision. I only spent about $100 total, but it about $65 of that was not necessary.
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Re: applied to one law school
This is a weird thread for the "Choosing a Law School" forum...
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unless you read the forum title to mean choosing to which ONE law school you are applyinginsidethetwenty wrote:This is a weird thread for the "Choosing a Law School" forum...

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- tdubsWI
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I only applied to just one last cycle, but got wl'd and never got in. Re-applied this year (with my shiny new LSAT score) along with 4 other schools.
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I only applied to 1 and....
Got full ride
In top 5% in the class
Already accepted to 2 summer jobs (one is a top regional firm)
On law review
Found a unicorn
Professor I'm writing a paper with knows a Fed CoA judge.
Got full ride
In top 5% in the class
Already accepted to 2 summer jobs (one is a top regional firm)
On law review
Found a unicorn
Professor I'm writing a paper with knows a Fed CoA judge.
- aIvin adams
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definitely. woops. hope it doesnt bite me in the bunzoes.lawschooliseasy wrote:You guys are entirely missing the main reason for applying to many law schools: scholarship fishing.
i guess my thought was that this way i could make my PS and my LoRs focused on why i want to go to this particular law school and no other (which is true). when it comes time for me to ask for more money, i will just tell them i have a good job and would like the financial flexibility to pick the right job (local public service) when i graduate. if i have to pay too much i just wont go.
my dad told me that the way i reason, i should be a social worker and not a lawyer. my dad's funny and probably right.
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I only applied to one and was fortunate enough to get in. It was my best option financially and most likely the highest ranked school I could have gotten into.
Seriously? What are you waiting for?
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