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I took the June LSAT and applied for fall admission at suffolk university law school. I recently learned that I was placed on the waitlist, and that they would be making decisions about taking students off the waitlist this week. I wrote a letter of continued interest and updated my resume. Here are my questions....

Should I mail the LOCI/updated resume or should I email both of them (since they will be making decisions about the waitlist this week)?

There are several professors/current students that I spoke with while visiting the law school who told me to "keep them updated." When I heard that I was wait listed, I contacted some of them to let them know (one or two of them said that they would see if there is anything they could do to help). I also called the admissions office to express my continued interest and ask some questions about my place on the waitlist, ect. That said, would sending an LOCI/updated resume make me seem desperate/annoying to the people in admissions office?

I read that people can also supplement their applications with additional LOR's or evaluations, and that sometimes having an alumni make a call on your behalf can help. Should I pursue having a professor from college or my employer write an LOR? Should I get in touch with some of the alumni I know and ask them to make a call for me, or is that not going to make a difference?

Lastly, I read an article online that said people should consider being put on the waitlist as a rejection and that law schools rarely accept applicants from the waitlist. Is this true?

Thanks for taking the time to read/share your thoughts on this.

With a cost of $255,000 and only approximately 1/3 of its graduates managing to get a full time legal job of any kind (and almost an equal number completely unemployed), I would consider being put on the wait list a benevolent act of the fates to save you from yourself.

Walk away. If you really want to go to law school, apply in the fall when you have a shot at getting scholarship money. Be sure to know the actual cost of attendance and level of debt at graduation (including fees, inflation, and interest). Also, know the employment outcomes at the school.

Good luck.

http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/suffolk/2013/

Please don't.

What are your undergrad GPA and LSAT score?

UGPA was not strong overall (less than 25th percentile), but I have an upward trend and finished my bachelors degree really strong. My LSAT in june was 153. Thanks for the link, that site looks like a great resource.

So your GPA is in the 2's. That's not a death sentence. There are people on this site that get into legitimate schools with sub-3.0 GPAs, they just offset them with good LSAT scores. You should really consider retaking the LSAT. Even with a good GPA a 153 is limiting.

You should not go to Suffolk, even if they gave you a full scholarship. They won't, because you're waitlisted, which is even scarier. If they let you in you'll likely be paying sticker price. $255,000 for a 35% chance at being a lawyer is awful. Just think about that for a minute.

Head over to the LSAT prep section of this site. You're in a great position because you started doing research before throwing money away. Don't throw away your opportunity to improve.

Thank you, I hadn't thought of it that way. I'll start reading some of the LSAT prep sections.