With April showers ending and May flowers commencing, law school admissions officers are still mostly in a holding pattern. The T14 schools will have their deposit deadline pass this week—once that happens, we may see a little more waitlist activity popping up like dandelions on our collective front lawns. And much like dandelions, any such activity would soon spread to other schools. Source ..read more

The LSAT writing section is weird. It's taken separately from the rest of the test. You can take it up to eight days before your test date, and you can even write it after your test if you prefer (though LSAC won’t release your LSAT score to you or to law schools until you’ve completed the writing section). It's always taken remotely. You’ll take the section on a personal computer… Source ..read more

With May on the horizon, many law school admissions officers continue to be in a holding pattern. As we discussed last week, most schools’ deposit deadlines have passed. While this may provide clarity to some AdComms regarding whether or not to begin pursuing waitlist admission, other schools will hold tight on any waitlist activity until the T14s’ deposit deadline (April 30 / May 1) passes. Source ..read more

Welcome to another installment of 7Sage's weekly advice column, "Dear AO,” a "Dear Abby"-style column where you can ask any question to former law school admissions officers. Each week, we'll publish our answers to a couple of our favorite questions. Submit questions here. Dear Pondering Law School, First, thank you for your question! In this case, higher is better. Source ..read more

Subscribe to the podcast: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Audible If you're frustrated after getting the same score on your last handful of PTs, you might be experiencing a score plateau. Hosts Alex, Bailey, and Henry will help identify whether you really are plateauing and provide actionable advice to break out of that annoying (but very normal) phase of studying for the LSAT! Source ..read more

Despite change in the physical world all around them—Rising temperatures! Blooming flowers! Exploding pollen counts!—the period between April 15 and May 1 is a bit of a quiet time for law school admissions officers. After the rush of the past few weeks—Send out admit letters! Now scholarship letters! Admitted students are visiting soon!—most admissions officers take a bit of a deep breath after… Source ..read more

Subscribe to the podcast: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Audible It's the time of year when two application cycles intersect — the students who applied this year and the ones who are ramping up to apply next year. We'll discuss this intersection, give a quick recap of the 2023-24 admissions cycle to this point, and then look ahead to what we can already tell about the 2024-25… Source ..read more

After taking a brief moment to look at the heavens, ponder the cosmic ballet that was the Great American Eclipse, and consider their place in the grander symphony of the universe, law school AdComms return to their offices and confront absolute chaos—it’s Deposit Deadline Season! Everyone has something going on that’s totally mission critical. The exact nature of that totally mission critical… Source ..read more

Welcome to another installment of 7Sage's weekly advice column, "Dear AO,” a "Dear Abby"-style column where you can ask any question to former law school admissions officers. Each week, we'll publish our answers to a couple of our favorite questions. Submit questions here. Dear Boston Bound, First, thank you for your questions! The general response that admissions officers give… Source ..read more

Not every law school is created equal—and we’re not talking about just the rankings. In fact, the rankings do a notably poor job of indicating whether or not a law school will be a great fit. Many students go into their 1L year with a specific goal: “I want to be an entertainment lawyer,” a particularly slick student might reveal during orientation. Their neighbor might have a very different take… Source ..read more