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Do law schools see the LOR form or just the letter?

Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:18 pm
by iwanta170
I made a spelling mistake on the form where you enter your recommender's contact information. I abbreviated Department to Dpt. instead of Dept. It was a stupid mistake. Do law schools see this form? If so, will LSAC fix it if I call them tomorrow?

Re: Do law schools see the LOR form or just the letter?

Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:40 pm
by lzyovrachievr
Law schools do see the form, according to LSAC, but I doubt that they pay attention to it or would notice/care about this mistake.

Re: Do law schools see the LOR form or just the letter?

Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:45 pm
by ArchRoark
Dpt. is an accepted abbreviation for Department -- or at least it is according to http://www.aresearchguide.com/comabb.html

You are fine bro. Don't worry about it.

Re: Do law schools see the LOR form or just the letter?

Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:57 pm
by iwanta170
Tiva wrote:Dpt. is an accepted abbreviation for Department -- or at least it is according to http://www.aresearchguide.com/comabb.html

You are fine bro. Don't worry about it.
The much more common abbreviation is Dept though

My dad pointed out the mistake without me saying anything. Is there any way to change it?

Re: Do law schools see the LOR form or just the letter?

Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:04 am
by Adjudicator
Well, now you've really done it. You can kiss any hope you had of T14 goodbye.

Re: Do law schools see the LOR form or just the letter?

Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:07 am
by Dany
iwanta170 wrote:
Tiva wrote:Dpt. is an accepted abbreviation for Department -- or at least it is according to http://www.aresearchguide.com/comabb.html

You are fine bro. Don't worry about it.
The much more common abbreviation is Dept though

My dad pointed out the mistake without me saying anything. Is there any way to change it?
Seriously: LAW SCHOOLS WILL NOT NOTICE OR CARE. If they read LORs at all, I guarantee they skip over the page that is the same for each of the THOUSANDS of applications they read and go straight to the letter (you know, the part that matters.)

I promise you: this is as insignificant as it gets. You're fine!

Re: Do law schools see the LOR form or just the letter?

Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:37 am
by Knock
eskimo wrote:
iwanta170 wrote:
Tiva wrote:Dpt. is an accepted abbreviation for Department -- or at least it is according to http://www.aresearchguide.com/comabb.html

You are fine bro. Don't worry about it.
The much more common abbreviation is Dept though

My dad pointed out the mistake without me saying anything. Is there any way to change it?
Seriously: LAW SCHOOLS WILL NOT NOTICE OR CARE. If they read LORs at all, I guarantee they skip over the page that is the same for each of the THOUSANDS of applications they read and go straight to the letter (you know, the part that matters.)

I promise you: this is as insignificant as it gets. You're fine!
You're not going to get into U. Chi with that attitude.

Re: Do law schools see the LOR form or just the letter?

Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:41 am
by kazu
Calm down. You're fine.

Yes they see the form, but I hardly think anyone will notice or care.