Many of the students I work with are shocked when I share this with them. I understand why.
After all, the law school personal statement is critically important to your future. Wouldn’t you want as many eyes as possible looking it over?
Not quite. Let’s find out why.
For starters, each of your readers will have their own opinions about how your PS should sound. Some may prefer certain writing styles, while others might think you should write differently.
It’s impossible to please everyone, and by the time you try, you’ll wind up overcomplicating your personal statement.
(Especially if you try to list every single activity you’ve ever done, instead of focusing on one.)
Ultimately, you’ll be writing your law school personal statement to please everyone else, when in reality, the only opinion that truly matters is that of the admission officer who reads it.
Here’s the thing: your friends may be well-meaning, but they aren’t admission officers. Neither are your family members, or even your teachers.
Why does that matter?
Because even if they know what great writing looks like, they still don’t know exactly what law schools are looking for. They haven’t consulted with law school admission officers. (However, I’ve chatted with, and gotten to know, dozens of them - and you can listen to - and watch - those conversations on the LSAT Unplugged podcast and YouTube channel.)
As a result, everyone who reads your personal statement drafts will recommend changes based on what they think admission officers want to hear.
The problem is, things change.
In fact, LSAT and law school admission policies have changed a lot in recent years.
So, in order to ace the law school personal statement, you really only need to have one other set of eyes read it – someone who’s up-to-date in the world of law school admissions.
I can help.
I have plenty of insights I’ll be sharing in upcoming articles, but I won’t know which ones are most helpful to you without seeing exactly where you are in your writing process.
If you let me help, I can show you some ways to write the law school personal statement your dream school's admission officers will want to read. And, instead of having teachers, friends, and family members read and critique your work, you’ll be saving time by only having to polish your personal statement for one set of eyes.
My approach has worked for hundreds of students. Michelle, for instance, worked with me to develop a flawless law school personal statement for the officers at her top-choice law school, NYU. Her statement on overcoming hardships was precisely what they wanted.
Unsurprisingly, she was accepted!
Where do you want to go to law school? Let’s find out how to get you there. Shoot me an message so we can talk about your most important audience: the admission officers at your top-choice law school.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Steve
P.S. Want to find out what Michelle wrote about? Keep an eye out for my next article, where we’ll talk about how you can use your hardships to your advantage for acing the law school personal statement .
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