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by chizzy » Fri May 02, 2014 5:45 pm
SPerez wrote:suzige wrote:I sincerely believe that the single year I took off made the difference for me in where I ended up. I recommend it highly for anyone, even if you don't anticipate having a full-fledged "career" type-job. Just do SOMETHING. Get paid internships, do volunteer work, get part time jobs, just do something besides school.
It also bears remembering that you are not the only thing that changes from cycle to cycle. I'm not saying this happened with suzige, but the rest of the pool also changes. I have people that were borderline last year that didn't get in, and this year the pool dipped enough around them that they found themselves just on the good side of the line this year. Your LSAT goes up a point or two while your target school drops a point, suddenly you could find yourself in a very different position.
When I applied to law schools the first time in 1999-2000, it was the first year applications went up in like 7 years. In that scenario, waiting could hurt someone if the degree they improve their app during that year isn't significant. It's going to be a while before we get to that point, though.
Dean Perez
Thanks for the advice!
