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Teach For America connection to LS?
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 2:08 pm
by O.J.
Hey guys, I noticed a Teach For America checkbox when researching data at MyLSN. It made me wonder if there's some significance to being a former TFA teacher when applying to law school. Is there some benefit if you were with TFA during the application process for LS?
Re: Teach For America connection to LS?
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 2:12 pm
by cbbinnyc
It's not significant beyond that fact that it's probably considered a decent soft.
Re: Teach For America connection to LS?
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 2:33 pm
by emkay625
Former TFA corps member here. For what it's worth, my cycle played out exactly as it would have if I had been a KJD instead.
It was extremely helpful come OCI time though.
Re: Teach For America connection to LS?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 4:00 pm
by mornincounselor
You can score a ton extra fee waivers (I didn't pay for any schools I applied to). But, generally employment doesn't help at all (outside NU and I don't think they would be very impressed with TFA).
I'm not aware of any TFA checkbox on mylsn either.
Re: Teach For America connection to LS?
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 7:06 pm
by Robb
mornincounselor wrote:You can score a ton extra fee waivers (I didn't pay for any schools I applied to). But, generally employment doesn't help at all (outside NU and I don't think they would be very impressed with TFA).
I'm not aware of any TFA checkbox on mylsn either.
There is one
here under "Other Options". It treats someone as being involved in TFA if they say "TFA" or "teach for america" in their LSN profile. Very, very, very small sample sizes.