What Do You Need To Go Complete? (A General Forum for Specifics.)

[FossilJ]

The best thing to do is to send in during November and then just update your transcript at the end of December.

That's what I'm doing, so we'll sink or swim together if you follow my advice.   

[go.ph.]

As far as I can tell, Wisconsin DOES NOT ask for a statement of purpose.  It's a regular personal statement prompt (no 'why law' or 'why us').  Someone on this thread said that it did, so if I'm missing something...let me know...

[FossilJ]

What exactly is the prompt?

[go.ph.]

The Wisconsin prompt is:

'Please include a double-spaced, two-three page personal statement. A carefully prepared personal statement telling us about yourself and reflecting our admission criteria, which are described on our website and in our publication, Law at Wisconsin, are very helpful to the Admissions Committee.  Include any special factors, problems, plans, explanations, or additional information that you think might help the Law School in acting on your application.'

It doesn't sound quite as open as some of the other prompts, but I wouldn't call it a statement of purpose prompt either.  If I'm wrong on this assumption please let me know!  I suppose the 'reflecting our admission criteria' might imply something else? 

I'd still call it a regular personal statement prompt though.

[Emilia]

This is great information!  Thanks.

I believe Boalt has an optional diversity statement, but now that I'm looking for the exact wording I can't find it on the website.

[FossilJ]

BUMP (since it hasn't been stickied yet  ).

Also, I haven't updated the last few posts yet.  I'll do so this weekend.

[Groundhog]

I stickied it, but it became unstickied, so...

[FossilJ]

But WHY, damn you?  WHY?!!

[StudentUVA]

Good thread.

[FossilJ]

No *&^%!  Begs the question: why isn't this stickied?