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rookhawk
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How do law schools know you're URM?
I was looking at the Yale application amongst several others (e.g. Vanderbilt) that do not ask you about your race demographics. Therefore, how do they know you're a URM? Did you write your essay or personal statement to reflect that? Do they get that info from LSAC using your general forms?
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kn6542
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Re: How do law schools know you're URM?
Do these schools you are concerned about practice racial affirmative action? If not, why do you think they even need to know?rookhawk wrote:I was looking at the Yale application amongst several others (e.g. Vanderbilt) that do not ask you about your race demographics. Therefore, how do they know you're a URM? Did you write your essay or personal statement to reflect that? Do they get that info from LSAC using your general forms?
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tristanlxboyd
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Re: How do law schools know you're URM?
Are you a wasp looking to come across as a trans-gender pacific islander?
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BenJ
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Re: How do law schools know you're URM?
Any URM with a half-decent story will write a diversity statement. My guess is that Yale ignores URM status if there is no DS, and possibly others do as well.rookhawk wrote:I was looking at the Yale application amongst several others (e.g. Vanderbilt) that do not ask you about your race demographics. Therefore, how do they know you're a URM? Did you write your essay or personal statement to reflect that? Do they get that info from LSAC using your general forms?
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Renzo
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Re: How do law schools know you're URM?
I don't know about all schools, but at Yale they just call a skull-and-bones member at the CIA and ask about you.
