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This is not a personal statement appropriate for inclusion with law school applications. To be blunt, this is quite similiar to essays written by young students applying to elite boarding prep schools. This is a "what I did over the summer" essay & not a "this is who I am, how I view the world & what made me that way" personal statement.

This looks like a PS that was thrown together in a week (perhaps less). If I can sense that, the adcomms can, as well.

LSATclincher wrote:This looks like a PS that was thrown together in a week (perhaps less). If I can sense that, the adcomms can, as well.

It was done over a few days. This is my fifth version of a PS. I'm outta time. I know you think I should redo this, but I don't have the time. I'm going to edit this the best I can. If anyone can give advice on how to edit this into an okay PS, any advice would be appreciated.

CanadianWolf wrote:This is not a personal statement appropriate for inclusion with law school applications. To be blunt, this is quite similiar to essays written by young students applying to elite boarding prep schools. This is a "what I did over the summer" essay & not a "this is who I am, how I view the world & what made me that way" personal statement.

Yeah I agree also on that, but what made me want to be a lawyer has been a series of things throughout my life. Not like I can point to just one thing and say "there, that and this made me want to practice law". I could just completely make something up I guess, but I'd rather not, and starting over at this point it probably wouldn't come out any better than what I can change this PS into.

2011Law wrote:

LSATclincher wrote:This looks like a PS that was thrown together in a week (perhaps less). If I can sense that, the adcomms can, as well.

It was done over a few days. This is my fifth version of a PS. I'm outta time. I know you think I should redo this, but I don't have the time. I'm going to edit this the best I can. If anyone can give advice on how to edit this into an okay PS, any advice would be appreciated.

what are the other versions about?

OP: You are interpreting my post too narrowly. I never mentioned anything about "why I want to be a lawyer".

mala2 wrote:

2011Law wrote:

LSATclincher wrote:This looks like a PS that was thrown together in a week (perhaps less). If I can sense that, the adcomms can, as well.

It was done over a few days. This is my fifth version of a PS. I'm outta time. I know you think I should redo this, but I don't have the time. I'm going to edit this the best I can. If anyone can give advice on how to edit this into an okay PS, any advice would be appreciated.

what are the other versions about?

the only other decent one (in my mind anyway) was all about why I wanted to be a lawyer, starting with some stuff I read and did in high school.

CanadianWolf wrote:OP: You are interpreting my post too narrowly. I never mentioned anything about "why I want to be a lawyer".

no I understand what you were saying and appreciate the advice, and I really do agree about how the PS comes off. in any case I really don't have the time to start over, so I'm gonna see what I can do with what I have now. I'll probably try to write something better for the schools with a 3/1 deadline, but for now I just need something that won't significantly hurt my chances.

This could concievably be an appropriate topic for a single paragraph in a more complete PS that also talks about the club you formed later, the party internship and the congressional internship, as well as how it all affected you as a person and makes you a good candidate for law school. It is waaaay too superficial.

If you want to convince the adcomms of your deep interest in politics, you have to do more than say "I now have a deep interest in politics." You have to show them.

WHY do you like politics? Don't just expect them to take you at your word. Tie it to something personal so they can tell you've thought about it for more than 15 minutes. Does it remind you of team sports you played as a kid? Does the interplay of power and influence fascinate you, as if the government's internal workings were some kind of biological system? Do you like the idea of being an advocate for people or issues?

It is a bit too simplistic; I learn too much about one organization you worked with and the meeting but little about you and your life experiences which shaped you into who you are.

changed my PS, here's the link.

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 8&t=145956