About this episode

This episode provides in-depth advice on reapplying to law school from former admissions officers.

In this episode of Status Check with Spivey , Anna Hicks-Jaco discusses the strategy of reapplying to law school, joined by former law school admissions officers and Spivey consultants Sir Williams and Julia Truemper . They give a great deal of insider insights and strategic advice, including common reapplication mistakes (8:11, 17:57, 34:26), how to explain why you’re reapplying (32:15), whether admissions officers review reapplicants’ previous applications (2:31), whether they hold a previous denial against reapplicants (5:25), how discrepancies between the previous application and the current application can be problematic for reapplicants (3:52, 30:06), whether and how you need to revise and create new materials for a reapplication to the same school (6:32, 16:06), how to critically assess your previous application (10:43, 17:57), how you should change your school list (23:07), advice for the sometimes difficult process of rewriting your personal statement (25:42), how law schools look at reapplicants who were previously admitted (and how to mitigate potential negative impacts of that) (30:41), advice for reapplicants who weren’t admitted anywhere the previous cycle (40:01)…

People in this episode

Host: Anna Hicks-Jaco

Guests: Sir Williams, Julia Truemper

Topics covered

• law school reapplication
• admissions advice
• personal statement
• application strategy
• reapplication mistakes
• law school admissions

Keywords

• law school
• reapplication
• admissions officers
• personal statement
• application materials
• reapplication strategy
• common mistakes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spivey Consulting Group

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