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Probably not.username99 wrote:I applied to schools for the 2006 year and decided in the end not to go to law school. I got into GW, Emory and got waitlisted at BU and Wash U, among others. I've since worked for 4 years, gotten 4 points higher on the LSAT (up to 167) and am now ready to apply again. Will my not going the first time impact how these schools evaluate my application? I can't imagine that it would, but I thought I would ask.
sorry dude, but i doubt many people on TLS are qualified to answer this........username99 wrote:I applied to schools for the 2006 year and decided in the end not to go to law school. I got into GW, Emory and got waitlisted at BU and Wash U, among others. I've since worked for 4 years, gotten 4 points higher on the LSAT (up to 167) and am now ready to apply again. Will my not going the first time impact how these schools evaluate my application? I can't imagine that it would, but I thought I would ask.
I doubt it will, but keep in mind some of these schools (I'm thinking emory specifically) have had their stats go up by a nice bit since '06 so you may be less competitive now.username99 wrote:I applied to schools for the 2006 year and decided in the end not to go to law school. I got into GW, Emory and got waitlisted at BU and Wash U, among others. I've since worked for 4 years, gotten 4 points higher on the LSAT (up to 167) and am now ready to apply again. Will my not going the first time impact how these schools evaluate my application? I can't imagine that it would, but I thought I would ask.
username99 wrote:I applied to schools for the 2006 year and decided in the end not to go to law school. I got into GW, Emory and got waitlisted at BU and Wash U, among others. I've since worked for 4 years, gotten 4 points higher on the LSAT (up to 167) and am now ready to apply again. Will my not going the first time impact how these schools evaluate my application? I can't imagine that it would, but I thought I would ask.
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Wow, thanks. I like you.CanadianWolf wrote:With 4 years work experience & a higher LSAT score, you are now a much stronger candidate for admission. It required guts, maturity & honest self evaluation for you to decline law school admissions offers several years ago; hopefully, law school admissions officers will recognize this.