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admissions essay

Post by pgh » Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:16 am

can you write about getting sober for your law school application or would it make you look bad?
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Post by icecold3000 » Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:13 am

Probably not a good idea. Focus on something more flattering.
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Post by gin » Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:20 pm

Do you mean like battling addiction and how it has affected your life and so on or just "I use to drink too much but now I don't" kind of thing?
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Post by redsox » Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:21 pm

gin wrote:Do you mean like battling addiction and how it has affected your life and so on or just "I use to drink too much but now I don't" kind of thing?
Hey, at least that would be better than an "I was drunk last night and now I'm not" kind of thing...
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Post by Jack Smirks » Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:37 pm

I definitely wouldn't write about that unless you have to address criminal convictions.
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