A2Z S3 E09: Q&A
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2024
- Dean Z answers questions from the TH-cam comments and a couple other places that Dustin found things. Learn about JD-Next, averaging LSAT scores, advice for older students applying, and more!
You can leave questions in the comments below or email at Dean Z at law.jd.admissions@umich.edu and put A2Z Vlog in the subject.
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Hi Dean Z! Mom of three here pivoting from my judicial state job to attend law school with the support and assistance of my wonderful husband and extended family. I appreciate your thoughts and feedback. I’m trying my best not to fall into a hole of self doubt seeing all of these 4.0, 175 LSAT “chance me” posts on Reddit. You’ve helped re-center my focus. I appreciate it! I wish I lived anywhere near Michigan, I would’ve loved to have applied.
Reddit is sooo defeating! No one is going to share their average or below-average stats on there but, it's more common than you think. The comment section of Dean Z's videos is a much more welcoming place to be :) Also, you sound awesome. Good luck!!
This is incredibly nice feedback-thank you. May I say that my mom was a mom of 3 who went to law school (my dad was probably at best moderately supportive? Different times!), which made me incredibly proud of her. I’m sure you will also be an inspiration to your children, assuming they are old enough to appreciate you! I wish you lived near Michigan too.
I love these videos Dean Z, I am applying to law school this cycle and today's LSAT score release confirmed I am indeed a splitter- high GPA, low LSAT, devastating considering the amount of work I've put into the exam. Your videos are very encouraging and I am strongly taking your advice for controlling the parts of my applications that I can.
feel your pain today. having a high GPA, it feels like the LSAT shouldn’t be this difficult to improve on, but alas..
I went from a 154 diagnostic to a 160-164-167 on my 3 takes. I studied for a total of 8 months, and saw my most improvement in the last two. It is definitely a test you can improve on, just keep pushing if you’re planning to retake! :)
Thank you for touching upon “non-traditional” candidates! I’m a 40-year-old mom of two applying to law school in pursuit of a second career and there’s not a lot of advice and insight out there for us older candidates. Would love to see you do an app reading of someone going to law school after many years of working!
Hearing about Dean Z.'s mom was inspirational. I will be 42 when I start law school and I am also a mom of 3. The best of luck to you in your journey fellow momma. You are not alone.
Thank you so much! These videos are awesome
I’m splitter and a bit anxious. Especially being a re-applicant! Hoping to be at UMich Law next fall! Thank you for the helpful videos as always Dean Z!
Can you please do a reverse splitter 4-1 application review??
If the grammar segment comes back, I would love to hear dean z’s thoughts on “predominately vs predominantly” some people say these words are synonyms but others say that predominate should be reserved as a verb and predominant as an adjective. I Dont want the reader of my PS to get hung up on this!
It’s “predominantly,” period. “Predominate” is a verb, and can’t carry the -ly ending to make it an adverb. Adjectives, OTHO, can become adverbs that way. the sources that say you can use “predominately” are just…wrong.
@@umichlaw Thank you!! That mistake would have been a horrible way to start off my essay
Hi Dean Z, thank you for your insight! My question is: is it okay if our additional essays (Optional Essay #3 in particular) are not necessarily narrative in style? My personal statement focuses on a specific event, but my Optional Essay is more of a bird's eye view of my background and how it shaped my perspective.
Essentially, does each statement have to follow a narrative structure and/or focus on one specific event?
There are many different ways to successfully craft an essay! The advantage of a narrative form is that it can easily engage the reader, and the advantage of focusing on one event or a small number of events is that the reader can often more quickly take your point. I’d encourage you to read and edit your essay with a view toward those goals, but take whatever approach seems right!
I have just taken my exam and it was very low I need a 172 to nor to pay for law school any I took 4btimes already and not getting a high score is that a problem
Pretty sure Dean told her LSAT on the splitter video. Wasn’t it a 174? Or a 171?
Hello Dean Z, Please wanted to know your email so I could message you personally if that’s okay