A2Z: Complete Law School App Reading

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Questions, comments, or requests for an episode? Comment below or email Dean Z at law.jd.admissions@umich.edu.
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🕔 Time Chapters 🕔
00:23 Intro to the candidate
00:55 Start with the resume
16:49 Law School Report
18:15 Transcript
20:00 Do post grad grades cover bad undergrad grades?
21:20 Application
21:40 Personal statement
25:22 Optional essays
28:35 Letters of recommendation
31:05 Final decision

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@zs6019 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dean Z for your video and for rejecting me last year

@alishatuff3316 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Dean Z for the series. Your advice helps a lot of people who don’t have the resources to know how to apply for law school! It means a lot that someone cares about applicants and is willing to help them to achieve!

@robstigile9749 3 жыл бұрын

I'd really like to see you review an application submitted by a nontraditional student who has been in the workforce for a number of years.

@Optimizefp 3 жыл бұрын

Seconded!

@asquaredgaming7380 3 жыл бұрын

Just going off of their 2023 class profile, only 17% of admits are KJDs. They don’t seem to break it down further like Harvard does in their profile, but if you assume comparable rates (their % of 1 year post-grad are nearly identical), then it’s likely that over half of admits are at least 2 years post-grad

@jasmineramig6689 3 жыл бұрын

Ditto!

@DarleneDrozdowski 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Dean Z! The application reviews are so helpful! Also, I love the Schitt’s Creek names 😂

@brandonmerrill5491 3 жыл бұрын

Dean Z, thank you for these App Reading videos. I have been able to find more value in learning from these readings than from any sort of general application tips/tricks videos. I'm looking forward to submitting my Michigan Law app in the coming weeks.

@ramiroofaragon9323 3 жыл бұрын

I'm up past my bedtime, but Dean Z may well be the one dean in all T14 admissions who'd make an excellent SNL writer. Her asides are priceless! Yes yes yes! Go blue!

@David-ep3ne Жыл бұрын

This one led me to completely rework my application and change a copy separate from the ones I send to work and to schools! Thank you!

@xandigee 3 жыл бұрын

I love that you're using Schitt's Creek character names for these!

@laurenarquette427 3 жыл бұрын

Working on my resumé/application as you go. Thank you for going above and beyond by doing these.

@mikeygames99 3 жыл бұрын

These videos have been tremendously helpful, thank you Dean Z! It makes the whole process seem a little less nerve-racking.

@joeturk 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for these videos, Dean Z, I’m always left looking forward to the next one! Having participated in D1 football myself, I found your general thoughts about student-athlete applicants to be very intriguing. This A2Z series-along w/ the fancy bundle of info and hand-signed letter (!)-is making me that much more excited to apply soon!

@rachelhsu730 3 жыл бұрын

If you're still doing these next year, I'd die to have you read through my app (even if it's a reject). Admissions is such a black box that it's insane/amazing that you do such thorough, specific reviews. GO BLUE and big shoutout to Dustin!

@sainantero9049 Жыл бұрын

Rachel did u end up getting in?

@rachelhsu730 Жыл бұрын

I did!!

@sainantero9049 Жыл бұрын

@@rachelhsu730 congratulations!

@ruchpat1 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you University of Michigan Ann Arbor Lawschool, for putting together the video that you have with this erudite one. Thank You.💛💙

@Mariam-yk6tv 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Dean Z! Phenomenal video as usual

@chitchattime 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to make these, they are tremendously helpful.

@SanaPaul67 3 жыл бұрын

You're hilarious! These are extremely helpful!

@jacobg9262 3 жыл бұрын

What was the LSAT score? I heard that she had taken it once, but I missed what the score was.

@umichlaw 3 жыл бұрын

Great catch! The LSAT was 164, and I think I simply forgot to say it because it’s a good score, within our 25-75 percentiles, and so not a particular factor in the decisionmaking; I mentally registered it as solid, and moved on.

@markhobabasoro5822 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the post Dean Z

@jamesticknor1134 3 жыл бұрын

Of what use to an admission committee is the LSAT distribution at a given school? I've been trying to figure that one out for a while.

@petronellamosholombe1713 3 жыл бұрын

Can you please do one with an international student with a low GPA but an lsat of 170+.

@agusfim 3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see a video reading an application to the LLM program

@phillipbaumgart4678 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos Dean Z! Does one’s (recent) graduate school GPA count more if you’ve been out of undergrad for a long time, like 9 years?

@umichlaw 3 жыл бұрын

A grad school GPA can never really supplant an undergrad GPA entirely, b/c the latter is the one schools use for their medians and b/c we have comparative info about the latter that we lack for the former (e.g., what the mean GPA is for your undergraduate school). But the more distance one gets from a disappointing undergrad GPA, the less concern it poses for a reviewer, and the more information you can present to an admissions committee to consider. A grad school transcript would certainly be helpful for these purposes.

@phillipbaumgart4678 3 жыл бұрын

@@umichlaw Thanks for the info!

@bonquiqui874 Жыл бұрын

What was the LSAT?? I know you aren’t trying to doxx her but it’s crucial to know. Did I miss it?

@ilovedogsilovethem 10 ай бұрын

164

@NightCrafted 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Dean z can you talk about scholarships?

@septemberhardy8290 6 ай бұрын

Hey Dean Z, could you do a application that has someone applying with a criminal background?

@Le_Samourai 6 ай бұрын

Does Dean Z share LSAT scores or keep them private? Not sure if I missed it

@HakanOcaktan 3 жыл бұрын

Do you think it makes a difference to have taken the LSAT in LLM admissions? I was planning to apply to jd programs but decided to dump that plan in favor of LLMs (am a foreign lawyer), basically did not study at all and got a 168. I'm undecided whether or not I should include it somewhere in my app cuz it's obviously below Michigan's median but for LLMs I guess it does not count.

@umichlaw 3 жыл бұрын

A 168 is an excellent score under these circumstances, and while it doesn’t play a formal role in the LLM admission process, I encourage you to make sure you include that information in your materials.

@sarahs8383 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this fantastic, helpful series. I have a question about applicants with postgraduate degrees trying to convert a c.v. into a resume: should the resume list publications and/or presentations (perhaps a selected list)? Or is it best to leave those out?

@umichlaw 3 жыл бұрын

A selected, pared-down illustrative list would be welcome, but the whole shebang would probably be too much.

@sarahs8383 3 жыл бұрын

@@umichlaw ok, helpful! thanks so much!