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Weaselfish

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First Personal Statement

Post by Weaselfish » Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:11 am

Edit: Scrapped as suggested.
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nsbane

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Re: First Personal Statement

Post by nsbane » Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:18 am

*edit*
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Re: First Personal Statement

Post by postn0bills » Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:27 am

While it conveys honesty and modesty, I'm not sure it paints enough of a positive picture. If I were on the adcomm, I would wonder if you could handle the "tedious, redundant assignments" of law school, especially because you conclude saying these issues are not wholly resolved.

Weaselfish

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Re: First Personal Statement

Post by Weaselfish » Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:34 pm

Thanks for the input, I'll work on addressing these issues.

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Re: First Personal Statement

Post by kublaikahn » Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:45 pm

Don't use the PS to explain your study habits. Start over with a different topic.

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Re: First Personal Statement

Post by JasonR » Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:02 am

nsbane wrote:I will be blunt. This is really bland. Don't you have one or two anecdotes that could illustrate how you were feeling or went through at the time?
This is really a tertiary concern, at best, since this PS pretty much needs to be torn up and thrown out entirely.

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