A2Z: Complete Law School App Reading - "Alexis"
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- čas přidán 5. 10. 2020
- Questions, comments, or requests for an episode? Comment below or email Dean Z at law.jd.admissions@umich.edu.
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🕔 Time Chapters 🕔
00:23 Intro to the candidate
00:55 Start with the resume
16:49 Law School Report
18:15 Transcript
20:00 Do post grad grades cover bad undergrad grades?
21:20 Application
21:40 Personal statement
25:22 Optional essays
28:35 Letters of recommendation
31:05 Final decision
Thank you Dean Z for your video and for rejecting me last year
Thank you for taking the time to make these, they are tremendously helpful.
I'd really like to see you review an application submitted by a nontraditional student who has been in the workforce for a number of years.
Seconded!
Just going off of their 2023 class profile, only 17% of admits are KJDs. They don’t seem to break it down further like Harvard does in their profile, but if you assume comparable rates (their % of 1 year post-grad are nearly identical), then it’s likely that over half of admits are at least 2 years post-grad
Ditto!
These videos have been tremendously helpful, thank you Dean Z! It makes the whole process seem a little less nerve-racking.
Working on my resumé/application as you go. Thank you for going above and beyond by doing these.
Thank you so much Dean Z! Phenomenal video as usual
Thanks, Dean Z! The application reviews are so helpful! Also, I love the Schitt’s Creek names 😂
Dean Z, thank you for these App Reading videos. I have been able to find more value in learning from these readings than from any sort of general application tips/tricks videos. I'm looking forward to submitting my Michigan Law app in the coming weeks.
Thank you for these videos, Dean Z, I’m always left looking forward to the next one! Having participated in D1 football myself, I found your general thoughts about student-athlete applicants to be very intriguing. This A2Z series-along w/ the fancy bundle of info and hand-signed letter (!)-is making me that much more excited to apply soon!
I love that you're using Schitt's Creek character names for these!
Thank you so much Dean Z for the series. Your advice helps a lot of people who don’t have the resources to know how to apply for law school! It means a lot that someone cares about applicants and is willing to help them to achieve!
Thank you University of Michigan Ann Arbor Lawschool, for putting together the video that you have with this erudite one. Thank You.💛💙
I'm up past my bedtime, but Dean Z may well be the one dean in all T14 admissions who'd make an excellent SNL writer. Her asides are priceless! Yes yes yes! Go blue!
This one led me to completely rework my application and change a copy separate from the ones I send to work and to schools! Thank you!
You're hilarious! These are extremely helpful!
Thank you for the post Dean Z
Of what use to an admission committee is the LSAT distribution at a given school? I've been trying to figure that one out for a while.
If you're still doing these next year, I'd die to have you read through my app (even if it's a reject). Admissions is such a black box that it's insane/amazing that you do such thorough, specific reviews. GO BLUE and big shoutout to Dustin!
Rachel did u end up getting in?
I did!!
@@rachelhsu730 congratulations!
I'd love to see a video reading an application to the LLM program
Can you please do one with an international student with a low GPA but an lsat of 170+.
What was the LSAT score? I heard that she had taken it once, but I missed what the score was.
Great catch! The LSAT was 164, and I think I simply forgot to say it because it’s a good score, within our 25-75 percentiles, and so not a particular factor in the decisionmaking; I mentally registered it as solid, and moved on.
Hey Dean z can you talk about scholarships?
Does Dean Z share LSAT scores or keep them private? Not sure if I missed it
Hey Dean Z, could you do a application that has someone applying with a criminal background?
Do you think it makes a difference to have taken the LSAT in LLM admissions? I was planning to apply to jd programs but decided to dump that plan in favor of LLMs (am a foreign lawyer), basically did not study at all and got a 168. I'm undecided whether or not I should include it somewhere in my app cuz it's obviously below Michigan's median but for LLMs I guess it does not count.
A 168 is an excellent score under these circumstances, and while it doesn’t play a formal role in the LLM admission process, I encourage you to make sure you include that information in your materials.
Love your videos Dean Z! Does one’s (recent) graduate school GPA count more if you’ve been out of undergrad for a long time, like 9 years?
A grad school GPA can never really supplant an undergrad GPA entirely, b/c the latter is the one schools use for their medians and b/c we have comparative info about the latter that we lack for the former (e.g., what the mean GPA is for your undergraduate school). But the more distance one gets from a disappointing undergrad GPA, the less concern it poses for a reviewer, and the more information you can present to an admissions committee to consider. A grad school transcript would certainly be helpful for these purposes.
@@umichlaw Thanks for the info!
Thanks for this fantastic, helpful series. I have a question about applicants with postgraduate degrees trying to convert a c.v. into a resume: should the resume list publications and/or presentations (perhaps a selected list)? Or is it best to leave those out?
A selected, pared-down illustrative list would be welcome, but the whole shebang would probably be too much.
@@umichlaw ok, helpful! thanks so much!
What was the LSAT?? I know you aren’t trying to doxx her but it’s crucial to know. Did I miss it?
164