Law School Admissions Tips with Stratus Admissions Counseling – Part 3: Hitting Submit and What Comes Next
Trying to get into law school this year? Most schools’ applications are open by now, which means it’s time to get your materials together! Our newest partner, premiere admissions counseling firm Stratus Admissions Counseling, wants to help make this confusing process crystal clear for you. To that end, they’ve authored this Law School Admissions Tips series.
In the first posts in this series, we discussed how to approach law school admissions tips as a whole, and went into detail on the personal and diversity statements, the two major written components of the application. In this final installment, we’ll address what to do after you hit the submit button.
Let’s dig in…
Interviews
Interviewing is a relatively small component of the law school application process. Not many schools offer interviews, and those that do primarily offer them on an invitation-only basis.
If you have the opportunity to interview at a school, though, be sure to take it. Be prepared to discuss in detail any aspect of your application (including resume, academic record, work experience, and the contents of your essays), and to answer the common question, “Why do you want to go to our school specifically?”
Profile Updates
After you submit your application but before you receive a decision, you may want to update schools on any significant changes in your profile. Such changes include:
- Fall semester grades
- An additional letter of recommendation
- Job change or promotion
- Completion of a significant academic or professional project
- Any awards or honors
Be sure to check each school’s admissions website so that you know whom you should send any updates.
Wait List Strategy
If you are placed on the wait list at any school, you should strongly consider submitting a letter of continued interest to each school for which you would like to stay on the wait list. In a letter of continued interest, you should express your strong interest in attending the school, and offer any substantive updates to your profile.
Staying engaged in the process by providing letters of continued interest and appropriate updates to your profile makes it clear to schools that you remain strongly interested in attending their school.
In a Nutshell…
The application process doesn’t end when you hit the submit button! Take advantage of the opportunities you have after submission to update schools on what you have done since submitting your application and to convey your strong interest in attending their school.
If you have any questions about what was covered in post, the law school application process in general, or how we at Stratus Admissions Counseling can help you craft the strongest possible application, reach out to us at consult@stratusprep.com to talk to one of our candidate strategists. We look forward to hearing from you! ?
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