<p>I saw most people in the class profile of Harvard law school and Yale Law school had taken a year or two off. Clearly, they must have been doing the something to get them a "hook" after their already amazing gpa and LSAT scores.</p>
<p>So what did you do? And Why?</p>
<p>Fulbright, Teach for America, Peace Corps, M.Phil. at Oxbridge, two-year associate position at MBB, two-year analyst position at BB… Eurotrip, bumming around…</p>
<p>Use your imagination.</p>
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<p>Using Yale as an example, every year 60-80 people are accepted and then defer for 1-2 years and occasionally for 3. A significant # of those who defer do so to do a Rhodes, Marshall, Gates, Fullbright, Keasbey (sp?) Watson, Rotary, etc. fellowship. It’s not the fellowship that gets them in; they were already in without it.</p>
<p>Yes, sometimes people do amazing things that get them in in the year or two after college. However, the number of students who get in due to doing something amazing post graduation is probably smaller than the # who got in and deferred.</p>
<p>According to the CC Law School community, the best thing to do in that gap year would be to change your mind about law school completely :)</p>
<p>Thanks for your insight! No, I really feel passionately about law(as of now)! But yes, I would agree with you FutureVpFinance!</p>