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Reddit mentions of 55 Successful Harvard Law School Application Essays: What Worked for Them Can Help You Get Into the Law School of Your Choice

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55 Successful Harvard Law School Application Essays: What Worked for Them Can Help You Get Into the Law School of Your Choice
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Found 4 comments on 55 Successful Harvard Law School Application Essays: What Worked for Them Can Help You Get Into the Law School of Your Choice:

u/nullomore · 4 pointsr/GradSchool

They are not supposed to read like memoirs in that it shouldn't be a complete history of your life, but it's okay to use anecdotes to tell your story. In fact, I'd recommend it.

There's a great book called 55 Successful Harvard Law School Application Essays (http://www.amazon.com/Successful-Harvard-School-Application-Essays/dp/0312366116). I highly recommend that you read a good bunch of them to get a feel for what a good personal statement sounds like. When you read them, try to criticize the essay before reading the criticisms presented on the next page. In my opinion, the given criticisms are often spot-on. Test yourself to pick out what's good and bad about the essays until your intuition is good.

When you write your own, here's what I recommend

  • Decide what is the one more important thing that you want to express. Make sure it's not something already included in your resume. Some acceptable choices are "I am a person who will work damn hard to achieve my goals" or "I am a creative problem solver" or "My special skills in this area will help me be a great student/researcher."

  • Write down a few anecdotes that demonstrate this one idea. Make sure the anecdotes are fairly specific. For example, if you want to talk about how working in a lab during college taught you important things, make sure you state exactly what you did and exactly what that experience taught you. This is the part where you're allowed to embellish a little. If your story isn't quite 100% perfectly suited to your purpose, it's okay to fudge it a little.

  • Weave these anecdotes together in an essay so that it has emotional impact and clearly presents the one idea that you wanted to express.

    source: Editing personal statements is a big part of my job.
u/BrownComic · 2 pointsr/lawschooladmissions

https://www.amazon.com/Successful-Harvard-School-Application-Essays/dp/0312366116

u/challenge_accepted12 · 1 pointr/lawschooladmissions

https://www.amazon.com/Successful-Harvard-School-Application-Essays/dp/0312366116

u/treetops_rising · 1 pointr/lawschooladmissions

I checked this one out from the library, it was a pretty good starting point.

https://www.amazon.com/Successful-Harvard-School-Application-Essays/dp/0312366116