<p>Do undergrad schools limit the amount of law schools one can apply too?</p>
<p>What does it have to do with the undergrad school? You buy as many transcripts as you want, and the number of recommendation letters you get it up to your professors. So there's no limit to the number of law schools one can apply to. Some people apply to 20 or more!</p>
<p>Oh, I thought it was something like the college admissions process where you go through a guidance counselor. Some H.S. limit the amnt of schools you can apply to, while other schools like mine dont limit you. Thanks for responding btw. </p>
<p>also, what is like applying to law school like, you do the app, letters of reccomendaiton, buy transcripts. do you do this through somebody or what? </p>
<p>thanks again</p>
<p>The LSAT scores, transcripts, and letters of recommendation are sent to the Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS), which is the national organization that handles law school apps. So all you have to do is send in the application and essay to each school, and they'll request a copy of your file from LSDAS.</p>
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The LSAT scores, transcripts, and **letters of recommendation **are sent to the Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS)
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<p>Not necessarily...</p>
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LSACs Letter of Recommendation Service is offered as a convenience to LSDAS registrants, recommendation-letter writers, and LSDAS-participating law schools. Use of LSAC's LOR service is optional unless a law school to which you are applying states that it is required.
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<p>All 14 law schools that I applied to, and all 20 applications that I filled out, wanted LSDAS recommendation service.</p>
<p>While there is no limit on the number of schools you can apply to, and your profs only write and send one LOR, some schools will ask for a complete list of schools that you are applying to. Also, once you narrow down by geographic location, job placement, specialities, etc., you would be hard-pressed to find more than about a dozen compatible schools.</p>
<p>Interesting, are you guys in law school right now or just applying? if your either of the two i have a few questions</p>
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<li><p>What should i do in college to make myself most competitive for law school?</p></li>
<li><p>Which schools are you guys applying to?</p></li>
<li><p>is there any 'hook' that you guys have to make yourselfs standout in law school admissions?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks everyone</p>
<p>(0) I'm in law school.</p>
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<li><p>Get a really high GPA. That's about half of what you'll be evaluated on. Get to know professors, who can write good LORs - good grades won't matter as much if you don't participate in class. Law school is largely about class discussion, lead in part by the students.</p></li>
<li><p>There was a long, long list of schools I applied to. See above. ;)</p></li>
<li><p>No "hook" - please stop thinking about law school admissions in the same way that you think about undergrad admissions. "Hooks" are less important - GPA and LSAT will, alone, be the basis for the bulk of admissions decisions. Other factors (as I understand it) are:
undergrad school, major, LORs, work experience, personal statement, geography (in no particular order).</p></li>
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<p>thanks for responding, what law school do you go to ariesathena? </p>
<p>and how much does the 'name' of the undergrad school play in law school admissions. thanks</p>
<p>"what law school do you go to ariesathena?" </p>
<p>LMAO...it will never stop...</p>
<p>I'm gonna start making something up.</p>
<p>come on, just say it...Duke isn't such a bad school. ;)</p>
<p>Sigh - I'm a baseball, not a basketball, fan!</p>
<p>I'm applying now. </p>
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<li><p>a) Get really really really good grades. Opinions vary on how much law schools consider the difficulty of your major, grade inflation at your college, etc., but everyone agrees it's better to have a 4.0 than a 3.0
b) study hard for the LSATs--take them once and do well (if you mess it up and retake, most schools will average all your scores)
c) consider taking time off--i might not take this advice myself--but at least think about it. and if you do decide to go right away, make sure that you've interned with a lawyer, or spoken with a bunch of them, to get a real idea of what they do each day. </p></li>
<li><p>Yale, Harvard, Berkeley, Penn, Michigan, Minnesota, Georgetown, NYU. Waiting to hear from the first three, in at the last 4, and deferred at Penn. </p></li>
<li><p>Not really--good grades, slightly less good LSAT score, good letters of recommendation, and internships that all fit together to show an extensive interest in one area of law--it's what I think I want to go into, and while I might end up doing something else, I think they are helping show that law school isn't just a passing interest or something i'm doing straight out of undergrad because I don't know what else to do with my life (not that there's anything wrong with that...a lot of people do it)</p></li>
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