Writing the Law School Personal Statament

The Pre-Law Advisor at Elon University, Dr. Nim Batchelor, has graciously agreed to share some of his excellent thoughts on writing a law school personal statement.   Please thank him in the comments!   An Approach to Writing a Personal StatementBy Dr. Nim BatchelorElon University, Fall 2010   When I advise students about how to […]

Supplemental law school admissions essays

In many of my previous articles, I’ve shared strategies for writing your main law school personal statement. Many schools also require a supplemental essay that answers the following question: Why do you want to attend this law school? On the surface, it seems like a simple question. You can probably answer it easily.   But […]

Corey’s Success Story

Thanks to the LSAT Unplugged study plan, Michela increased her LSAT score from 149 to 163 Michela’s LSAT Diary & Game Plan: I made up a Game Plan sheet and read it before every preptest and before the actual LSAT. I related a lot of my prep to sports, as if I were preparing for […]

Michela’s Success Story

Thanks to the LSAT Unplugged study plan, Michela increased her LSAT score from 149 to 163 Michela’s LSAT Diary & Game Plan: I made up a Game Plan sheet and read it before every preptest and before the actual LSAT. I related a lot of my prep to sports, as if I were preparing for […]

Harvard Law School Acceptance: Legally Blonde Video

In Legally Blonde, Elle Woods (played by Reese Witherspoon) gets a 179 on the LSAT and is accepted to Harvard Law School. The 1st person out there in LSAT Nation to leave a comment with the PrepTest # / date of the Logic Game described at 0:31 in this video gets a virtual fist-bump. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Pc1acaP_k

Law School Letter of Continued Interest | Sample

If you get waitlisted by a law school, it’s a good idea to send a Letter of Continued Interest (LOCI) in order to increase your chances of acceptance.   LOCIs demonstrate to law schools that you are serious about attending their school if accepted which will help increase their yield (a factor on which they’re […]

Law School Recommendation Letter Tips

Let’s take a look at the technical aspects of the law school recommendation letter:   – Make sure to provide your recommenders with the required form and make it clear that the completed form must accompany the letter of recommendation. If LSAC receives a letter without a form, it will be returned to the recommender, […]

Andy’s LSAT Success Story

Andy followed the 4 month study plan, and improved his score from 154 to 169 on a retakeAndy’s LSAT Diary: When test day came, I was filled with adrenaline. My thought going in is that I had to have studied harder than some of the test takers today. In the end, I scored a 169- […]

LSAT Prep While Working or in College

If you have a busy schedule with work or school and a halfway-decent social life, it’s difficult enough to manage everything. Add in LSAT prep, and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. For this reason, start studying for the LSAT earlier than you think you’ll need to. Your elementary school book reports probably took longer than […]