Completing Applications Forum
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Completing Applications
I have around 23 schools that I am applying to, all of them on different rankings. Since I have a low GPA and am waiting on my LSAT I figure I am just going to apply to a lot of schools I like and then decide which ones I want to go to based on where I get in. My question was whether I should complete all of the preliminary information on the apps that is easy to fill in and then work on supplemental info like essays and things, or should I complete them one at a time, making sure each app is fully submitted before going on to the next school? Would it just be better to finish as much of every app as possible and then go back and submit them after completing all the info, or do it one at a time?
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I just finished 18 applications. I did one at a time, because I figured that would make it less likely that I would send "..and that is why I would like to attend the University of Washington School of Law" to UC Davis.
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I admit I should know this by now, but what is it like once you select your schools on the LSAC website? I've been hesitant to move forward on it until I'm all ready because I just have no clue if you can start/stop/save your app?
Thanks.
Thanks.
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You can definitely start/stop/save. You can attach documents, remove them later, save them for use on other apps, etc.Perch wrote:I admit I should know this by now, but what is it like once you select your schools on the LSAC website? I've been hesitant to move forward on it until I'm all ready because I just have no clue if you can start/stop/save your app?
Thanks.
I did all of mine at the same time, but I ALWAYS made sure to double check everything before I submitted. Also, LSAC shows you a PDF version of your full app (including attachments) before you send it off.
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Yeah I think I'll just do the easy parts of mine all at once and then work on the essays for all of them.
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Re: Completing Applications
This has become by far my greatest fear.Bumi wrote:I just finished 18 applications. I did one at a time, because I figured that would make it less likely that I would send "..and that is why I would like to attend the University of Washington School of Law" to UC Davis.
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Re: Completing Applications
besides changing the names of the schools is anyone tweaking their Personal statement for different schools?
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For the schools that didn't request a "Why XXX" essay, I've included a paragraph noting my specific interest in that school. I set up my PS so that it would flow well but sometimes made tweaks to other parts as well to make it fit that school.Destined wrote:besides changing the names of the schools is anyone tweaking their Personal statement for different schools?
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I am terrified that I screwed it up at some point, but now that it's too late I don't want to go in and check.username99 wrote:This has become by far my greatest fear.Bumi wrote:I just finished 18 applications. I did one at a time, because I figured that would make it less likely that I would send "..and that is why I would like to attend the University of Washington School of Law" to UC Davis.
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Same. There's probably an update field thing that you can do on Word, so you can highlight the school's name and it'll change it for all. BUT I am not that good at computers..so manual it is.Bumi wrote:I am terrified that I screwed it up at some point, but now that it's too late I don't want to go in and check.username99 wrote:This has become by far my greatest fear.Bumi wrote:I just finished 18 applications. I did one at a time, because I figured that would make it less likely that I would send "..and that is why I would like to attend the University of Washington School of Law" to UC Davis.
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Find/replace. Pretty commonly used in law, but you do still need to carefully comb over the document because it doesn't account for typos. You can do a find/replace to find Columbia and replace with Northwestern, but it will be no good if you accidentally typed Colombia like the country where you meant Columbia like the school.username99 wrote:Same. There's probably an update field thing that you can do on Word, so you can highlight the school's name and it'll change it for all. BUT I am not that good at computers..so manual it is.Bumi wrote:I am terrified that I screwed it up at some point, but now that it's too late I don't want to go in and check.username99 wrote:This has become by far my greatest fear.Bumi wrote:I just finished 18 applications. I did one at a time, because I figured that would make it less likely that I would send "..and that is why I would like to attend the University of Washington School of Law" to UC Davis.
...I think there was a scene in an episode of The Office where this came up...
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Correct. It was in "The Client". Micheal used a search and replace for the name "Dwight", but one was left behind because he misspelled it "Dwigt". Cute episode.Lwoods wrote:...I think there was a scene in an episode of The Office where this came up...
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I think I'll get the easy stuff done for all my potential schools in that case, then once scores are released actually finish up the "why xx" part of them...get a few done in advance, but so much depends on this score that it doesn't seem worth getting too far aheadcowgirl_bebop wrote:You can definitely start/stop/save. You can attach documents, remove them later, save them for use on other apps, etc.Perch wrote:I admit I should know this by now, but what is it like once you select your schools on the LSAC website? I've been hesitant to move forward on it until I'm all ready because I just have no clue if you can start/stop/save your app?
Thanks.
I did all of mine at the same time, but I ALWAYS made sure to double check everything before I submitted. Also, LSAC shows you a PDF version of your full app (including attachments) before you send it off.
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Perch wrote:I think I'll get the easy stuff done for all my potential schools in that case, then once scores are released actually finish up the "why xx" part of them...get a few done in advance, but so much depends on this score that it doesn't seem worth getting too far aheadcowgirl_bebop wrote:You can definitely start/stop/save. You can attach documents, remove them later, save them for use on other apps, etc.Perch wrote:I admit I should know this by now, but what is it like once you select your schools on the LSAC website? I've been hesitant to move forward on it until I'm all ready because I just have no clue if you can start/stop/save your app?
Thanks.
I did all of mine at the same time, but I ALWAYS made sure to double check everything before I submitted. Also, LSAC shows you a PDF version of your full app (including attachments) before you send it off.
This is what ive decided to do too. I figure it'll take way too long to just do each one individually and get bogged down on the "why" essays.
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