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The "Perfect" Personal Statement | Thinking LSAT, Ep. 463

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Your LSAT and GPA are the most important parts of your law school application, but a strong personal statement can set you apart from other applicants with similar numbers. What makes for a well-crafted personal statement? This week, Nathan and Ben pull no punches as they critique a listener’s essay through the eyes of harried admissions officers. The guys also delve into Logical Reasoning prediction methods, urge a listener to fire their awful tutor, and unpack a new report that casts doubt on the golden-ticket reputation of a law degree.

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0:00 - Introduction
2:15 - Prediction and Review
13:09 - Awful Tutor
23:26 - Comparative Passages
28:34 - Tuition vs. Cost of Living
35:26 - Earnings Outcomes
45:14 - Personal Statement Review
1:07:25 - Word of the Week

10 Comments

@APsychiatristReads 2 years ago

Oh poor girl! She’s using purple prose and probably gets praise for her presentation from her parents. But seriously, I can see family just cheering her on when she ‘performs’ this piece for them.

This is the power schools have when asking for a PS. There are no limits and no directions, other than the often busted page limits. I think the recent statements by admins boils down to “Why does the intersection between you and law school make sense?”

With maybe a side of what makes a school want to include us in their mix.

Brilliant as usual and Ben, I laughed the hell out loud today!! ‘It’s short. I’ll give her that.’ That already wins the day.

@jersey282 2 years ago

So good! I love when you guys read Personal Statements lmao. Nathan kills me with his reactions. :)

@GinIchimaru31 2 years ago

More personal statements plz😂

@rodrigo3valen 2 years ago

Please more personal statement reviews!

@Charlesthetraveler 2 years ago

The phrase “lawyer shit” is really sticking with me. Thank you for that lol

@KevinZhou-x1n 2 years ago

more PS review plz

@Sportsball.talkinghead 2 years ago

I wrote about the last conversation with my dad. I was about to receive my Aggie ring and ask him if he’d do the honors of giving it to me (at A&M your ring is way more important than your official graduation). He said he’d be honored and died in a car wreck two days later. My advisors have been blown away by it, but I’m worried it makes me look like a trauma riddled kid.

@kintheclouds1 2 years ago

Do you guys address all
emails you get on some platform? Or do you pick and choose?

@strategic1710 2 years ago

I’m 36, and you can always tell the difference between a statement written by a 23 yr old vs a 30+ yr old. Young people have it ass backwards on what is/is not important. When your audience is someone in a leadership role who reads tons of these you prioritize main concept and figure out how to communicate that idea in the simplest and shortest way possible. The person reading that lost interest before finishing first paragraph.