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Not sure you need an addendum to explain the GPA situation. LSAC doesn't count post-bacc credits per policy and I don't see the benefit in drawing attention to the weakest part of your transcript when there's nothing to explain. You need to report the graduate work most likely. Have you tried simply...

Indecision wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 15, 2021 5:41 pm

Jubo wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 11, 2021 8:51 pm

it almost certainly is some lawcrossing bs

Law crossing did have an article about it. So I take it that site is not often reliable?

Lawcrossing is basically just marketing copy. Worse than useless.

I mean I know full professors who’ve been teaching for 20 years who make less than $120k. (Obviously not coding but just for context.) I guess my perception of the compensation for new SWEs or similar is skewed. Public perception is skewed by the high end (FAANG salaries, people who played the equi...

UVA2B wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 30, 2020 11:23 am

Never for NYC transactional work.

Agreed. NYC transactional biglaw is the reason why it's coherent to talk about the "T13" grouping in the first place. They're all great for it.

I was curious so I went and looked for some actual numbers on this: https://www.chambers-associate.com/career-moves/gcs-of-the-sp-500-companies-trends-analysis (S&P500, which are a different but similar group of companies, probably a better dataset for what OP is after IMO) https://www.lawdepartment...

Whichever t13 gives you a full ride. NY transactional biglaw isn't the sort of unicorn job where it's worth the extra expense (debt) for fairly similar outcomes in terms of odds of getting the job. I mean, if it's all debt free, sure, pick based on location/profs/class size/preftige. Yeah if NYC bi...

i've never heard of a hard GPA floor for any school, especially re: URM. And even if there were, it wouldn't be set at 3.0; meaning a 2.9 isn't prohibitive. Berkeley is the exception here since they have to follow rules imposed by their parent university: [...] The Berkeley Graduate Division requir...

Agree with the above. I would push hard to finish with a 3.0 or better because that is a meaningful break-point for some schools. Ask for fee waivers. I would not bother with non-T14s unless you want to ride the WashU money train or have a specific region in mind (e.g. USC/UCLA for Southern Californ...

LSAC finally released score data for 2020 (link opens PDF; see page 4):

https://report.lsac.org/VolumeSummaryOr ... Format=PDF

Re: going from [major market] > [secondary hometown market] > [back to major market], the person I mentioned upthread did the same thing. It's certainly not unheard-of. But you will need to somehow convince people that you intend to stay in NYC for the foreseeable future or bringing you on is more t...

Your softs are decent. The only thing holding you back from $$$ at a top school is that LSAT score, which is really on the cusp.

TL;DR the LSAT-Flex has a wider bell curve which is throwing off the score percentiles in the 165+ and especially 170+ range

I have no idea how, or why, they did this, but I've just this year seen someone leave and then come back ~4-6 months later. Certainly not impossible, and the person in question seems to be doing just fine now.

I am generally anti-thank you note. You have little to gain, and much to lose. What's to lose? A reasonably polite, succinct thank-you note is rarely a negative . Some people don't like them, but such people mostly just ignore them. And it's certainly not the kind of faux pas that would sink an oth...

Starting to feel like the Flex is the new normal.

Congrats!!! That's a big step up from last year, especially in terms of geographic flexibility. Hope the rest of the cycle brings even more good news.

Undecided on whether to post mine, but just to add to the data points: I included a graphic, and the essay was a description based off of that graphic. The essay was about bias in data analysis. I was waitlisted (and withdrew), so I'm not sure what you can get out of that. It wasn't a hard "no," I ...

pancakes3 wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 26, 2020 10:37 am

damn. pandemic bump huh.

Plausibly some political bump too

https://report.lsac.org/VolumeSummary.aspx

Early in the cycle, of course, but this should be mildly scary to anyone applying right now. This cycle is highly unlikely to be easier than the last few.

You seem like a strong candidate for all of those, although any given school could balk at your GPA. You'll have great outcomes somewhere.

OP, I know you probably have legit reasons for wanting to serve, but the idea of targeting the "chillest" corner of the Reserves you can find reminded me of this:

It's not going to either hurt you or help you in a major way. Just put it on your résumé in the most favorable light you honestly can and move on.

ballinoutacontro wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 17, 2020 10:31 am

Also is this website honestly still active or na really?

It's got plenty of users, but much lower volume of insane shitposting than TLS or Reddit. Positive or negative depending on what you're into.

Nobody has any idea. LSAT registrations seem to be up somewhat, but that might just be a consequence of the LSAT Flex and additional testing dates.

If it's a small amount of money, <$100, I wouldn't worry about it. Prof might not even find out depending on their level of involvement, and even if they did it wouldn't present them with some major ethical challenge. Check to see if your law school's parent university has rules about gifts among te...