Reapplying with Higher LSAT and Personal Statements. Forum

[bobbyflayed]

Got rejected from UCLA/USC last cycle with a 3.6/164 but retook and I now have a 3.6/171 . Is it really necessary to rewrite my PS? I'm comfortably above their LSAT medians now.

[Nova]

Not necessary, but probably a good idea. Dont be lazy. Its been a year, im sure you have some new insights. You dont have to scrap the PS , just make it better.

[JCFindley]

Think of it a a chance to show something else wonderful about yourself that you didn't have the space to show the first time. It is really a chance to get even more of who you are across to the AdComms and I would view it as an opportunity instead of a chore.

[JamMasterJ]

Got rejected from UCLA/USC last cycle with a 3.6/164 but retook and I now have a 3.6/171 . Is it really necessary to rewrite my PS? I'm comfortably above their LSAT medians now.

the only school I reapplied to just said that if anything had happened I should add it, but if I was confident in the statement the first time, only to tweak it.

[2014]

Aim higher.

But wrt your PS, only re-write it if something more meaningful happened over the last year imo. Definitely take another look at it though and consider some polish since you presumably wrote it almost a full year ago now and you might find things you want to tweak.

[bp shinners]

Definitely take another look at it though and consider some polish since you presumably wrote it almost a full year ago now and you might find things you want to tweak.

This. You can rewrite it if you absolutely have a better topic to write about. However, if you don't have something better to write about, you should be able to edit the old one to be even better. You're a year older - surely, something new in your experience will allow you to take a different angle on something presented in your PS.