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Get Help With Your Law School Personal Statement.

By Melissa Markham on December 3, 2007 8:51 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

I remember my senior year in highschool. I had two colleges in mind to apply for and the applications were a little bit intimidating (but only a little...as I love to write, in case you haven't noticed). However, I knew kids who were literally sweating bullets as they tried to come up with the right words for their personal essays (not to mention the right words spelled correctly and used correctly as well). I remember reading over some of my friend's personal essays and helping them with some of those issues and pointing out to them strong points or experiences that they had left out.

It is a scary thing to a studen to know so much can be riding on one essay. I know that the Dean of Admission will tell you that it is just a part, but it is a very important part. They look at your grades, they look at your test scores, they look at your transcripts and then they read those essays and you can lose them there if you aren't careful! If a very real sense, applying to college is as tough, if not tougher, than applying for a job. You are essentially selling yourself to a stranger and you better do a good and convincing job. You only get one shot at this and with college and graduate school essays and personal statements, you have a disadvantage...you aren't being personally interviewed. There is no chance for your body language or appearance to help or hinder your cause.

You would think that after you had mastered 4 years of college, that applying for law school wouldn't be so difficult. I mean, you have been through the application process before, you have written a personal essay before, this should be a piece of cake, right?

Maybe...it depends on your writing skills and your selling skills. Did you know that each year law schools accept less than 11% of their highly qualified applicants? That means if 1000 people apply, only 110 or less get accepted. That's tough!

You have already spent four years preparing for the next step of your career which is law school. You have worked hard, gotten good grades, and maybe graduated top of your class...but how are you going to compare with the best of the other colleges around the nation? You need to use your application to convince the Law School Admissions office that you will succeed in their law school. That you will increase their standing and be an asset to them. The final decision can come down to the difference between law school personal statements.

If the Admissions Staff has two very similar sets of scores and classes, they are going to be left with comparing those essays. And it will be your words versus their words. To make sure that your essay is as powerful as you can make it, isn't it worth a small investment in a service that can help review what you have written? They can give you tips and pointers that may help propel your essay to the top of the stack.