Law School Letters of Recommendation Rules to Live By
While your LSAT score, GPA and personal statement will make up the majority of your application packet, your law school letters of recommendation are an integral part of it as well. It’s easy to treat...
View ArticleThanksgiving Break: The Peak of Law School Applications
Thanksgiving really needs a schtick. Christmas has presents. And Jesus. Easter has an egg hunt. And Jesus. Halloween has trick or treating. Not so much Jesus with that one. What does Thanksgiving...
View ArticleGambling With a December LSAT Score in Law School Admissions
If you’re looking to start law school in 2012, I hope you took the December LSAT this past weekend. Well, I really hope you took it a while ago, applied before Thanksgiving, and have already heard...
View ArticleMust be the Season of the Waitlist
Must be the season of the waitlist… It’s still winter, and that means plenty of people have already been admitted to law school. (Jerks). For those of us not touched by angels, this also means that...
View ArticleLaw School Application Work You Can Do During LSAT Prep
If you’re studying for the October LSAT and applying to law school this cycle, you’d be well advised to keep your applications in mind starting now. Ideally, you’ll have everything ready to go so that...
View ArticleThe Advantage of Military Service in Law School Admissions
“Keep your GPA up, and raise your LSAT score.” That’s the advice most people ‘in the know’ will give you when asked how to improve your chances at getting into the law school of your dreams. And, for...
View ArticleUh, Where’s My Law School Letter of Recommendation?
“It’s in the mail.” As undergrads, you know what that means: You blew your cash on alcohol and need an extra week or so to scrape funds together to cover your rent. It’s the same when a professor...
View ArticleLaw School Letter of Recommendation Writers are Wingmen
You’re at a bar and you have three options: 1) Go up to that cute guy/girl and tell them exactly how awesome you are. 2) Cry into your appletini because you’re too shy to approach a stranger (and if...
View ArticleCaption Contest: Free Law School Admission Workshop Entry
Blueprint LSAT Prep’s law school admission workshops are coming to a city near you! (You know, depending on where you live.) Last month, Anna Ivey — former Dean of Admissions at the University of...
View ArticleWhat to Do Now That the October LSAT is Out of the Way
It’s time for everyone to take a collective sigh of relieve: The October LSAT is over. By most reports, it wasn’t particularly easy (though it was also pretty standard), so congrats on not passing out...
View ArticleWho Sees Your LSAT Score at Law Schools, Anyway?
Number of previous sexual partners. Weight. Salary. Length of…well, you get the idea. There are several very private numbers in one’s life, but none so private as – you guessed it – your LSAT score....
View ArticleInside a Mock Law School Admissions Committee Meeting
Last week, Hank attended a handful of events at the 2014 Pacific Coast Association of Pre-Law Advisors (PCAPLA) Conference and blogged about them. This is part 1 of 3. There was one resounding theme...
View ArticleLaw School Application Season Opens Soon: Are You Ready?
As July comes to a close, we are still a couple months away from law schools opening up the application season. Despite this, potential applicants should start working on their materials now in order...
View ArticleUh, Where’s My Law School Letter of Recommendation?
“It’s in the mail.” As undergrads, you know what that means: You blew your cash on alcohol and need an extra week or so to scrape funds together to cover your rent. It’s the same when a professor...
View ArticleLaw School Letter of Recommendation Writers are Wingmen
You’re at a bar and you have three options: 1) Go up to that cute guy/girl and tell them exactly how awesome you are. 2) Cry into your appletini because you’re too shy to approach a stranger (and if...
View ArticleCaption Contest: Free Law School Admission Workshop Entry
Blueprint LSAT Prep’s law school admission workshops are coming to a city near you! (You know, depending on where you live.) Last month, Anna Ivey — former Dean of Admissions at the University of...
View ArticleWhat to Do Now That the October LSAT is Out of the Way
It’s time for everyone to take a collective sigh of relieve: The October LSAT is over. By most reports, it wasn’t particularly easy (though it was also pretty standard), so congrats on not passing out...
View ArticleWho Sees Your LSAT Score at Law Schools, Anyway?
Number of previous sexual partners. Weight. Salary. Length of…well, you get the idea. There are several very private numbers in one’s life, but none so private as – you guessed it – your LSAT score....
View ArticleInside a Mock Law School Admissions Committee Meeting
Last week, Hank attended a handful of events at the 2014 Pacific Coast Association of Pre-Law Advisors (PCAPLA) Conference and blogged about them. This is part 1 of 3. There was one resounding theme...
View ArticleLaw School Application Season Opens Soon: Are You Ready?
As July comes to a close, we are still a couple months away from law schools opening up the application season. Despite this, potential applicants should start working on their materials now in order...
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