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Re: What matters more, having a great GPA or a high LSAT score?
A great LSAT can outweigh a mediocre GPA. However, no personal statement or letter or recommendation will make up for a poor score at top T14 law schools.
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Hi guys! I'm Anjana and I plan on taking the MCAT in January. My boring fact is that I love Italian food and can eat pasta for any and every meal.
Summer Legal Networking: Grow Your Connections Beyond the Office
Summer provides a unique window for legal professionals to expand their networks beyond the confines of the office, leveraging a generally more relaxed pace to cultivate valuable connections. A key strategy involves immersing oneself in local events and community engagements, such as farmers' markets, charity events, or outdoor concerts, where incidental encounters with clients, colleagues, and potential referrers occur in a low-pressure setting. Participating in community service or local non-profit initiatives not only contributes to a good cause but also introduces you to like-minded individuals within and outside the legal sphere. Concurrently, deepening engagement with professional organizations is crucial; many specialized legal sections or niche groups host summer mixers, workshops, or CLEs that are often less formal than during peak seasons. Proactively volunteering for committees or assisting with event organization within these groups offers a natural avenue to collaborate and connect with peers. Lastly, hosting casual firm or group gatherings can transform traditional networking. Instead of formal receptions, consider a backyard BBQ, a team outing to a minor league game, a casual "brown bag" lunch on a relevant topic with external contacts, or simple one-on-one coffee meetings. These informal settings foster more personal interactions, allowing for deeper, more candid conversations than larger, more structured events. Regardless of the strategy, remember to be authentic and approachable, have a conversational "elevator pitch" ready, and always follow up thoughtfully by offering value, whether through shared resources or future connections, to ensure these summer connections blossom into lasting professional relationships.
What’s your favorite networking strategy?
Medical School Interview Prep - Your Guide To Success!
Medical schools will invite you for an interview if after reviewing your application, they find you to be a promising candidate for their class. Interviews enable schools to:
● get to know you better
● assess how you think, express yourself, and relate to others
● probe the depth of your interest in medicine and their school.
What interview formats do medical schools use?
The most common are traditional and multiple-mini interviews (MMI).
In traditional interviews, you’ll meet individually with a professor, student, and/or member of the admissions committee who’ll typically ask you questions about:
● your motivation for becoming a doctor
● your academic background and activities
● your strengths and weaknesses
● how you would handle various social or ethical scenarios
● why you’d like to attend their school.
In MMIs, you’ll proceed through several “stations” where you’ll be given a few minutes to read a scenario then several more minutes to respond to it. Some traditional interview questions might be peppered in as well.
How best to prepare?
Know as much as you can about yourself, the school, and medicine as a whole:
● Review your primary and secondary application and be ready to discuss your experiences.
● Study the school's mission and vision, curriculum, and special programs and be able to share what resonates with you.
● Prepare questions to ask your interviewer about the school.
● Brush up on core principles of medical ethics and current healthcare issues.
● For online interviews, select your outfit and test your background, lighting, and audio in advance to make sure you project a professional image and voice on screen.
● Participate in mock interviews, answering common interview questions and receiving feedback on your responses.
✨Preparing for interviews will enable you to present yourself most effectively on interview day!
Let me know in the comments how YOU have been prepping for interviews.
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What a 1L Wishes She Knew Before Starting Law School
Do you have any burning questions about what the 1L experience is like? Leave them below!