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November 28, 2022

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ABA Drops LSAT Requirement Beginning in 2025 

ABA Drops LSAT Requirement Beginning in 2025

Beginning in the fall of 2025, law school applicants may be able to skip the formidable task of studying for and taking the LSAT. That is when the American Bar Association will no longer obligate applicants to their accredited law schools to take this or any other standardized admissions test. By an overwhelming margin of… 

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Article by Accepted / Law School Admissions / LSAT, optimize your law admissions profile, researching law schools, when to apply to law school

September 22, 2022

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5 Qualities that Law Schools Want to See

5 Qualities that Law Schools Want to See

As you write your personal statement, keep in mind some of the qualities that impress law school admission committees. Be sure to emphasize these in your personal statement through specific actions and examples. Evidence! Qualities of a good law student (and lawyer!) Interest in lawBelieve it or not, law schools want applicants who are interested… 

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Article by Christine Carr / Law School Admissions / law school personal statement, optimize your law admissions profile

May 27, 2022

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5 Summer Experiences That Could Enhance Your Law School Profile

5 Summer Experiences Law Profile

Are you trying to decide what to do this summer that will make your law school application stand out? Consider these ideas: Study for the LSAT or GRE. Create a schedule that includes study time. What is great is that you can study in the sunshine! While we all wish that entrance exams were not… 

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Article by Christine Carr / Law School Admissions / optimize your law admissions profile

May 3, 2022

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How to Get Into UVA Law [Episode 468]

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So you want to attend UVA Law? Here’s what you need to know [Show Summary] Are you interested in a top law school located in a beautiful city at a historic university? UVA Law, founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, may be just the one for you, but it has only a 9.7% acceptance rate…. 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Law School Admissions / Law Adcom Podcast, law school interview, optimize your law admissions profile, podcast, UVA Law

June 28, 2021

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New Lawyers at Top Firms Can Expect to Earn $200,000 a Year

New Lawyers at Top Firms Can Expect 200000 a Year

Thanks to record-breaking profits in top law firms and competition to retain employees who put in long hours at home during the COVID pandemic, junior lawyers can expect to earn more than $200,000 a year at many top law firms, according to a Wall Street Journal article.  Unlike other industries, corporate law firms usually increase… 

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Article by Accepted / Law School Admissions / optimize your law admissions profile

March 21, 2021

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Entering Law School Gets More Challenging as Number of Top Applicants Skyrockets

Entering law school gets more challenging as number of top applicants skyrockets

Getting into law school is never easy, but for applicants for the 2021–2022 academic year, it’s really tough. The Law School Admission Council president Kellye Testy announced that by early March 2021, US law schools had received 55,166 applications, a rise of more than 20% from the previous year.  Both quantity and quality are on… 

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Article by Accepted / Law School Admissions / COVID-19 law, optimize your law admissions profile

November 23, 2020

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5 Tips for Disclosing a Criminal Record to Law Schools

5 Tips for Disclosing a Criminal Record to Law Schools

So, you’ve made a mistake. It happens. Law schools all require that applicants address any criminal record, including any arrests or incidents resulting in probation. Below are 5 tips for handling this delicate situation. Mea Culpa. If you’ve made a mistake, admit it up front. You should show remorse and explain why you will not… 

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Article by Accepted / Law School Admissions / optimize your law admissions profile

January 31, 2020

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How Much Does Your Social Media Presence Factor Into the Application Process?

How much does your social media presence factor into the application process1

On January 13th, Kaplan Test Prep released the results of their annual survey of business schools, speaking to admissions officers from 288 top schools around the country. The results clearly indicate that an applicant’s social media profile could well be a factor in the application process. Here are some particularly important stats: 36% of admissions… 

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Article by Jen Weld / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / optimize your college admissions profile, optimize your law admissions profile, optimize your mba admissions profile, optimize your med admissions profile, social media

September 17, 2019

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What Does a UVA Law School Application Reader Look For? [Episode 330]

Podcast interview with Brigitte Suhr

Interview with Brigitte Suhr, international lawyer, former admissions reader and current Accepted law school admissions consultant [Show summary] Accepted consultant Brigitte Suhr brings a wealth of law school admissions knowledge to today’s podcast. As an application reader at UVA School of Law, Brigitte read more than 2,500 applications, so she knows what works and what… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Law School Admissions / Accepted Admissions Consultant Interview, optimize your law admissions profile, podcast, UVA Law

May 6, 2019

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Law School Admissions: What You Need to Know [Episode 294]

Podcast interview with Christine Carr

Interview with Christine Carr, Accepted Law School Admissions Consultant [Show Summary] How can you optimize your application and get into the law school of your dreams? Our guest today, Christine Carr, will give you the scoop. Christine Carr graduated from Harvard University in 1993 and from there pursued a career in higher education. Before joining… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Law School Admissions / Accepted Admissions Consultant Interview, optimize your law admissions profile, podcast

May 1, 2019

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Assessing the Quantitative and Qualitative Aspects of Your Law School Application

Assessing the quantitative and qualitative aspects fo your law school application

The law school application process can be daunting – choosing which schools to apply to, figuring out what to write about in your personal statement, and taking the dreaded LSAT – where do you begin? First, think of the application in two parts – the quantitative and the qualitative. Quantitative stats and law school admissions… 

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Article by Christine Carr / Law School Admissions / optimize your law admissions profile, The Law School Application Series

January 17, 2019

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Connections Count. And You Can Create Them.

Connections count and you can create them

I worked with a client, who due to medical reasons, only earned a 2.2 GPA in a social science degree program. After graduating, he decided that the right career path for him was computer science so that he could realize his dream of becoming a tech entrepreneur. He had an ideal school in mind and… 

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Article by Karin Ash / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / fit, optimize your law admissions profile, optimize your mba admissions profile, optimize your med admissions profile

April 12, 2018

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4 Must-Haves in Your Law School Application

The 4 Must Haves of Your Law School Application

Your law school application needs to contain a number of key features. Watch this video to learn what four of the most important ones are. Full video transcript I was recently interviewed by U.S. News for an article on the opportunity inherent in the sharp decline in law school app volume since the Great Recession…. 

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Article by Accepted / Law School Admissions / Law Video Tips, optimize your law admissions profile

February 20, 2018

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Optimize Your Graduate School Application: Grades, Scores, Essays, Resume, Activity History, and More [Episode 247]

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / community service, Grad School Letters of Recommendation, grad school resume, Law School Letters of Recommendation, law school resume, MBA Letters of Recommendation, MBA resume, Med School Letters of Recommendation, med school resume, optimize your law admissions profile, optimize your med admissions profile, podcast

July 20, 2017

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Can You Get Into a Top Grad School if You Didn’t Attend a Top University?

Can You Get into Top Grad School Without Attending Top Univ

Abhishek from India recently asked on our blog what Indian applicants who graduated from undergraduate programs not among the elite Indian IIT’s can do to gain acceptance to the top global MBA programs. While Abhishek was particularly focused on Indian MBA aspirants, this question applies to all applicants who did not graduate from an elite… 

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Article by Jennifer Bloom / Admissions Consulting, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / diversity, optimize your law admissions profile

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