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benwyatt wrote:

fisheatbananas wrote:never heard of anyone doing this. maybe im wrong since its not like i look at peoples LORs but dont they just write something like "i strongly recommend (name) to your law school" because blah blah blah

That's what it sounds like OP is asking about.

OP, I'm of the opinion that if your recommender is not an alum of the school who can specifically speak to how you will perform at that particular school based on their own experience, then it's just as useless a gimmick as putting the law school name in your PS and then saying nothing else about the school.

pittsburghpirates wrote:

cam89 wrote:

benwyatt wrote:

fisheatbananas wrote:never heard of anyone doing this. maybe im wrong since its not like i look at peoples LORs but dont they just write something like "i strongly recommend (name) to your law school" because blah blah blah

That's what it sounds like OP is asking about.

OP, I'm of the opinion that if your recommender is not an alum of the school who can specifically speak to how you will perform at that particular school based on their own experience, then it's just as useless a gimmick as putting the law school name in your PS and then saying nothing else about the school.

Thanks so much- that's what I figured. As an aside, you seem to imply that if you are going to mention some specifics about the school then you should put in your ps not write an addendum like why x. Am I reading you correctly?

No I think what benwyatt is saying is that just mentioning a school briefly in a PS is a useless gimmick. A Why X essay allows you to write something more substantial and doesn't confine you to the topic of your PS

benwyatt wrote:

pittsburghpirates wrote:

cam89 wrote:

benwyatt wrote:

fisheatbananas wrote:never heard of anyone doing this. maybe im wrong since its not like i look at peoples LORs but dont they just write something like "i strongly recommend (name) to your law school" because blah blah blah

That's what it sounds like OP is asking about.

OP, I'm of the opinion that if your recommender is not an alum of the school who can specifically speak to how you will perform at that particular school based on their own experience, then it's just as useless a gimmick as putting the law school name in your PS and then saying nothing else about the school.

Thanks so much- that's what I figured. As an aside, you seem to imply that if you are going to mention some specifics about the school then you should put in your ps not write an addendum like why x. Am I reading you correctly?

No I think what benwyatt is saying is that just mentioning a school briefly in a PS is a useless gimmick. A Why X essay allows you to write something more substantial and doesn't confine you to the topic of your PS

pittsburghpirates is correct. Some people will write more than one PS when they have something specific and personal to say about why they want to go to a particular school. I've seen a few of these around TLS that I think accomplish the goal well, but a Why X essay is always better IMO