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admissions essay

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:16 am
by pgh
can you write about getting sober for your law school application or would it make you look bad?

Re: admissions essay

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:13 am
by icecold3000
Probably not a good idea. Focus on something more flattering.

Re: admissions essay

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:20 pm
by gin
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?

Re: admissions essay

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:21 pm
by redsox
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...

Re: admissions essay

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:37 pm
by Jack Smirks
I definitely wouldn't write about that unless you have to address criminal convictions.