About this episode

The episode discusses various aspects of law school admissions, including waitlists, scholarship reconsideration, and predictions for the next cycle.

In this episode of Status Check with Spivey , we take questions from Reddit ! Mike Spivey , Mike Burns , and Anna Hicks-Jaco discuss just how slow this cycle is (10:19) and how that might impact late-cycle applicants (6:47), why law schools place applicants on “holds” (1:23), decision timelines and how/why they vary (4:23), advice for scholarship reconsideration (11:20), whether schools rescind admits or scholarships if you ask for more money (13:31), how the new student loan caps might impact your request for scholarship reconsideration (14:00), whether you should email a school if you haven’t heard from them since you applied early in the cycle (23:44) and whether they might have forgotten about your application (24:44), predictions for next cycle (19:31) and waitlist season this cycle (15:00), the cannonball strategy of law school waitlists (25:50), how important softs are and whether “soft tiers” are admissions pseudoscience (27:48), essays about institutional injustice and how to avoid coming off overly negative in a way that could harm your chances (34:36), advice for becoming an admissions officer (37:40), and more. Resources mentioned in this episode: Blog Post: What…

People in this episode

Guests: Mike Spivey, Mike Burns, Anna Hicks-Jaco

Topics covered

• law school admissions
• waitlists
• scholarship reconsideration
• student loan caps
• application timelines

Keywords

• Reddit AMA
• law school waitlists
• admissions advice
• scholarship advice

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