What's worse? Forum

[ImTheWiz]

Not undertaking any of the optional essays -or- including a forced one just to avoid looking like a bum?

(For argument's sake, let's say the writing is clean and technically impressive but the content just isn't anything special.)

[oblig.lawl.ref]

Oh wow! technically impressive, you don't say...

[ImTheWiz]

Oh wow! technically impressive, you don't say...

This is a hypothetical. Let's not get bitter now...

[oblig.lawl.ref]

Aside from my bitterness about your technically impressive writing abilities, I wondered this myself when I was applying and never figured out the answer.

Ultimately I did most supplemental essays etc b/c I felt like more and more law school were adding additional things just to gauge how much you care and how likely you are to actually attend.

[princessofpower]

Ultimately I did most supplemental essays etc b/c I felt like more and more law school were adding additional things just to gauge how much you care and how likely you are to actually attend.

I intend on doing the optional essays as well, but I do feel like they ask for them in part to see how much effort you are willing to put into applying to their school so they can gauge interest.

[Crowing]

As long as the writing doesn't suck I don't see how it can hurt you. Maybe the adcomms will think you're not really all that interested if the content isn't great, but I feel like they would just assume that anyway if you didn't even bother to try writing one.

[dietcoke0]

Find something interesting to say then. If you can write technically impressively, then you can find one little nugget that is interesting.

[Tuco Salamanca]

Write the essay. Being technically impressive pretty much makes you an auto-admit.