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My personal statement mostly revolves around my ethnic background and how that influenced me for law school, so is a diversity statement still a good idea or would it be repetitive and end up hurting me?

I don't think writing another statement on your ethnic identity would be useful. However, if you can write up a DS on some other aspect of yourself that would bring diversity to the class (age, geographic diversity, socio-economic status, etc.) I'd say go for it.

DSs are never necessary.

If your PS is a big DS then there's not really a point to be repetitive. I doubt being repetitive would hurt you in any significant way though.

Bentley's idea is good

does the idea that it's not necessary still apply if you're a splitter or supersplitter and trying to punch way above your numbers? I have heard that the advice for splitters is to do all extra essays

Semantics, but necessary = required . Optional essays are never required.

[Imo] everyone should write extra essays if their topic is legit and their writing appears sincere.

Nova wrote:DSs are never necessary.

If your PS is a big DS then there's not really a point to be repetitive. I doubt being repetitive would hurt you in any significant way though.

Bentley's idea is good

I'd go the other way - use your current PS as a diversity essay, and come up with another topic for a personal statement.

bp shinners wrote:

Nova wrote:DSs are never necessary.

If your PS is a big DS then there's not really a point to be repetitive. I doubt being repetitive would hurt you in any significant way though.

Bentley's idea is good

I'd go the other way - use your current PS as a diversity essay, and come up with another topic for a personal statement.

Aren't DS supposed to be short though, a page at the most? I imagine that in some instances cutting down a PS to make it a DS would hurt the quality of the work.

BentleyLittle wrote:

bp shinners wrote:

Nova wrote:DSs are never necessary.

If your PS is a big DS then there's not really a point to be repetitive. I doubt being repetitive would hurt you in any significant way though.

Bentley's idea is good

I'd go the other way - use your current PS as a diversity essay, and come up with another topic for a personal statement.

Aren't DS supposed to be short though, a page at the most? I imagine that in some instances cutting down a PS to make it a DS would hurt the quality of the work.

1.5 would be the limit I'd suggest for a DS. And I think almost every essay I've ever read would have been better with half a page (or more) cut from it.