Good softs? Forum
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Good softs?
I keep hearing everyone refer to these... what are considered good softs? great softs?
- 2ofspades
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Re: Good softs?
If you tell us what yours are, we'll tell you whether they're good or not. 

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Re: Good softs?
Great: Nobel Prize, Emmy, Olympic Medal, etc
Good: Rhodes Scholar, Publish Novelist, War Veteran, D1 Athlete, Founder of a Company, etc
At least that's how I see it.
Good: Rhodes Scholar, Publish Novelist, War Veteran, D1 Athlete, Founder of a Company, etc
At least that's how I see it.
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Re: Good softs?
I have a self published politics book
double major (chinese /politics)
Head RA
paid political consultant
DIII track all american
double major (chinese /politics)
Head RA
paid political consultant
DIII track all american
- sophia.olive
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Re: Good softs?
[quote="wannagotolaw" I have a self published politics book
double major (chinese /politics)
Head RA
paid political consultant
DIII track all american[/quote]
average
double major (chinese /politics)
Head RA
paid political consultant
DIII track all american[/quote]
average
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- oshberg28
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Re: Good softs?
Dang, how many applicants would have "good" or "great" softs then? I think the question should be restructured to ask "what are considered above average softs?" - would your standards change?bk187 wrote:Great: Nobel Prize, Emmy, Olympic Medal, etc
Good: Rhodes Scholar, Publish Novelist, War Veteran, D1 Athlete, Founder of a Company, etc
At least that's how I see it.
- 2ofspades
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Re: Good softs?
+1sophia.olive wrote:averagewannagotolaw wrote:I have a self published politics book
double major (chinese /politics)
Head RA
paid political consultant
DIII track all american
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Re: Good softs?
with a 172 and 3.53, where should I be looking to apply this cycle?
- sophia.olive
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Re: Good softs?
Use the calculators. Lawschoolcalculator.com lawschoolpredictor.comwannagotolaw wrote:with a 172 and 3.53, where should I be looking to apply this cycle?
I would guess ccn down.
- 2ofspades
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Re: Good softs?
T14 minus HYS. Michigan if you want $$.
- JazzOne
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Re: Good softs?
I think bk187 has it about right.oshberg28 wrote:Dang, how many applicants would have "good" or "great" softs then? I think the question should be restructured to ask "what are considered above average softs?" - would your standards change?bk187 wrote:Great: Nobel Prize, Emmy, Olympic Medal, etc
Good: Rhodes Scholar, Publish Novelist, War Veteran, D1 Athlete, Founder of a Company, etc
At least that's how I see it.
- St.Remy
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Re: Good softs?
This could be a good soft if the book sold well, or is well known for some other reason. A few years back the author of "Prozac Nation" got into Yale, where if not for her book she wouldn't have had a prayer.wannagotolaw wrote:I have a self published politics book
double major (chinese /politics)
Head RA
paid political consultant
DIII track all american
- kazu
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Re: Good softs?
Someone on TLS defined it as "good = got your name in the newspapers. Otherwise, it doesn't matter." I definitely agree with that.
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- sophia.olive
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Re: Good softs?
This is completely unsubstantiated. But i think that people that have numbers for the t14 are probably on average a little more driven, and probably have comparable softs, meaning those softs won't distinguish you. For you, and most of us, it will be a numbers game.
- Kswizzie
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Re: Good softs?
Idk about this I've met quite a few people at my school with nice LSAT scores and GPAs that straight did nothing in terms of extracurriculars/ internships in college... or just decided to do so junior or senior year when they knew they were applying to law school.sophia.olive wrote:This is completely unsubstantiated. But i think that people that have numbers for the t14 are probably on average a little more driven, and probably have comparable softs, meaning those softs won't distinguish you. For you, and most of us, it will be a numbers game.
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Re: Good softs?
Too broad, athletics get people in the newspaper all the time, and it's been widely established that even us D1 athletes don't get a bump.kazu wrote:Someone on TLS defined it as "good = got your name in the newspapers. Otherwise, it doesn't matter." I definitely agree with that.
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Re: Good softs?
Really? I had a buddy who got into three t-14s two years ago with a 169 3.5ish gpa. I always assumed that it was a combination of his D1 athletics and combat experience w/ the Marines. But maybe it was just the USMC stuff.
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Re: Good softs?
Would say below average... nothing on there would warrant bringing it up. Especially the self published book, that basically says I wanted to write a book but I wasn't good enough to write one anyone would pay me for, yet I was so narcissistic that I paid someone to publish it... The double major really means little, what matters more is the school you got them from... Head RA, so that is what one step above hall monitor? The only thing you mentioned that you might get anything out of was the paid political consultant, but that would also depend on what the political position was you were working on and whether they won helping uncle Joe put out signs for a school board election wouldn't cut it but one could imagine someone twisting something like that into "paid political consultant".wannagotolaw wrote:I have a self published politics book
double major (chinese /politics)
Head RA
paid political consultant
DIII track all american
What you listed isn't something that I would suggest anyone use.... the statement that it only mattered if it was in a newspaper is a pretty good rule to go by because it means the
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Re: Good softs?
A 169 3.5 could get someone with significant work experience (or Marines) into three t-14's most years.Kswizzie wrote:Really? I had a buddy who got into three t-14s two years ago with a 169 3.5ish gpa. I always assumed that it was a combination of his D1 athletics and combat experience w/ the Marines. But maybe it was just the USMC stuff.
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