Best soft factor Forum

[senorhosh]

Time Magazine's Person of the Year 2006

[20130312]

First man on the moon

[Larry David]

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q= ... bzNRR21DkQ

[5ky]

Of "realistic" softs, I would think military officer would probably be the best.

? Why only an officer? I actually think i had more relevant experience enlisted. Do you have any clue what most officers do? More suited to an MBA than a JD.

Sorry, my terminology isn't great. I meant like what you saw with that Yale link, where they had a platoon leader.

My point though. That guy was a ranger and I'm sure a badass. Most PL/Flight commanders are 2nd/1st lieutenants...the lowest two officer ranks. In general, they spend their days apprenticing an older non-commissioned officer (enlisted) learning how to lead.

I don't at all mean to get into a debate about the pros and cons of enlisted vs. commissioned officers, because I am sure you know 10000x more about it than me. Maybe enlisted soldiers get better experience/more translatable to law school, but I suspect law schools care quite a bit about about a nice pretty rank or direct leadership experience that translates well into the admissions brochure.

[03121202698008]

I don't at all mean to get into a debate about the pros and cons of enlisted vs. commissioned officers, because I am sure you know 10000x more about it than me. Maybe enlisted soldiers get better experience/more translatable to law school, but I suspect law schools care quite a bit about about a nice pretty rank or direct leadership experience that translates well into the admissions brochure.

Eh, not in my experience. Rarely do they break out what the veteran's rank was. I'm not putting officers down...I just think the particulars offset each other to the point that officers/enlisted are both good obtainable softs.

[5ky]

I don't at all mean to get into a debate about the pros and cons of enlisted vs. commissioned officers, because I am sure you know 10000x more about it than me. Maybe enlisted soldiers get better experience/more translatable to law school, but I suspect law schools care quite a bit about about a nice pretty rank or direct leadership experience that translates well into the admissions brochure.

Eh, not in my experience. Rarely do they break out what the veteran's rank was. I'm not putting officers down...I just think the particulars offset each other to the point that officers/enlisted are both good obtainable softs.

Let's just agree that being a vet is a great soft, that it helps immensely for OCI, and that all of the vets I've encountered are awesome.

[splbagel]

You are probably close. Although I think a Jewish, bisexual, female AA/pacific Islander with 5 yrs WE would get you in to HYS with a 1.8 gpa and a 130 LSAT.

Aren't Jewish folks ORM these days?

[Opie]

You are probably close. Although I think a Jewish, bisexual, female AA/pacific Islander with 5 yrs WE would get you in to HYS with a 1.8 gpa and a 130 LSAT.

Aren't Jewish folks ORM these days?

I'm pretty sure they have been for a long time in the legal profession.

[No13baby]

http://www.law.yale.edu/admissions/profile.htm

HTH

Probably the only school that doesn't just list 25th/75th, but absolute bottom and top as well... being under their GPA 0th FTL.

Ha! This depressed me too.

[c3pO4]

National champion of X.

[sumner]

How do you figure an athlete is better than work experience? That is ridiculous!

I have both now. Being a D1 athlete and maintaining a very high gpa was much more time consuming and difficult than working. Some work is very difficult, much of it is not.

Also have both, and concur.

Consider that most people will eventually have a job of some sort. Most people will never be D1 athletes.

+1 practice+meets+school+part time job= I go out on weekends like once a month. I hope law schools appreciate that.

EDIT: I still think military service is the best soft

[Opie]

http://www.law.yale.edu/admissions/profile.htm

HTH

Probably the only school that doesn't just list 25th/75th, but absolute bottom and top as well... being under their GPA 0th FTL.

Ha! This depressed me too.

I was excited to not be under their 0th LSAT! Of course, that's probably a URM with a high GPA who went to Yale for UG after being a "Army ranger and platoon leader in Iraq."

[20130312]

http://www.law.yale.edu/admissions/profile.htm

HTH

Probably the only school that doesn't just list 25th/75th, but absolute bottom and top as well... being under their GPA 0th FTL.

Ha! This depressed me too.

I was excited to not be under their 0th LSAT! Of course, that's probably a URM with a high GPA who went to Yale for UG after being a "Army ranger and platoon leader in Iraq."

He was also a D1 athlete, apparently.

[Opie]

Well, there you go. Can you imagine a D1 athlete that then went on to be a veteran? Who is also a URM? If that person had okay numbers, they'd be doing pretty well.

[JamMasterJ]

Well, there you go. Can you imagine a D1 athlete that then went on to be a veteran? Who is also a URM? If that person had okay numbers, they'd be doing pretty well.

black Pat Tillman

[johansantana21]

Sexiest Man/Woman Alive.

I'd put that in bold headings on the top of my resume.

[caputlupinum]

sleeping with entire admissions committee and filming it

any tips on how to do this?