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eshort

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Additional LoR

Post by eshort » Fri Jan 22, 2010 2:45 pm

Is there any sort of consensus about what sending an additional LoR after you have gone complete and/or while you are still marked as incomplete (but everything else has been weeks past sent) will do to your application?
I am considering sending an additional LoR, but probably won't if it will hold up my applications.
Any thoughts?

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Re: Additional LoR

Post by pearl_earrings » Sat Jan 23, 2010 3:27 pm

+1
I'd also like to know...

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Re: Additional LoR

Post by im_blue » Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:19 pm

It won't hold up your applications. If you've gone complete, then the law school simply gets an updated report. If you're still incomplete, then the law school hasn't requested their report from LSAC yet, so they'll get an updated one when they do.

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Re: Additional LoR

Post by pearl_earrings » Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:01 pm

Thanks!
How many LORs is overkill?

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Re: Additional LoR

Post by lawhawk » Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:21 pm

pearl_earrings wrote:Thanks!
How many LORs is overkill?

I'm not sure anyone is an authority on this, but I would think that 2 more than are required is too many (unless they require 0, then 3 is too many). Get at the requirement or 1 over and that should be more than sufficient. Just my opinion.

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Re: Additional LoR

Post by Sauer Grapes » Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:52 pm

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Re: Additional LoR

Post by lsatrehtard » Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:18 pm

for most of the schools (in the LSAC menu) they have a minimum req as well as a suggested amount. So I'd say go off that. Submitting 4 when they recommend only 2 seems like a little bit of overkill.

I talked to one school and they said it doesn't affect your report or app, they just add it to your file when it comes in... seems like that should be the case for most schools.

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