Personal Statements That Scored

Face it, a lot of students have great LSAT scores. The best way for you to stand out in a crowd of applicants to top law schools is to write an exceptional personal statement.

This book puts you in the admissions pro’s seat; we give you the intimate details–test scores, GPAs, demographic information, and of course, personal statements–of 34 law school hopefuls. Then we show you where they got in . . . and where they didn’t–invaluable information when you’re evaluating your own chances of admission to the most selective law schools in the land.

1. 34 real-life personal statements by students at Yale, Harvard, Columbia, NYU, Stanford, and more

2. Where they got in; where they didn’t

2. Bonus section: Patented strategies for acing the Games section of the LSAT

4. Interviews with admissions officers at Boalt Hall, Duke,
George Washington, Georgetown, and Northwestern

Inside you’ll find essays written for applications to the following law schools:
Columbia Law School
Cornell Law School
Duke Law School
Fordham Law School
The George Washington University Law School
Georgetown University
Law Center
Harvard Law School
New York University School
of Law

Northwestern University School of Law
Stanford Law School
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
University of California–Davis, School of Law
University of Chicago Law School
University of Colorado–Boulder, School of Law

University of Michigan Law School
University of Pennsylvania Law School
University of Texas School of Law
University of Virginia School
of Law
Vanderbilt University Law School
Yale Law School

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"Law schools are receiving more applications than ever with high LSAT scores and excellent grades. To get in, you also need a personal statement that shines. Law School Essays That Made a Difference, 5th Edition, gives you the tools to do just that. It includes: 70 real essays written by 62 unique future lawyers attending Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Yale, and other top law schools--along with each applicant's test scores, GPA, and admissions profile ; An overview of law school admissions and a "crash course" in prepping your application ; Insider advice: Interviews with admissions pros at Berkeley, Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, Northwestern, Texas Tech, UCLA, University of Kansas, University of Michigan, UPenn, University of Richmond, and William & Mary."--Publisher's website.… (more)