A2Z S3 E10: App Reading, Keeley

[@caradiamond7740]

New Dean Z just dropped!

[@bonquiqui874]

Please do a reverse splitter application!

[@sunburn5461]

i’ve just started watching the app reading series over the past few weeks-i’m so excited !!

[@lotsofnella]

Hi Dean Z! I’d love to hear more about “non-traditional” career-pivot submissions. I’m pivoting from Social Work into law and currently applying to law schools. Your insight is appreciated! Thanks entirely! Jannelle

[@shellymelly1828]

Same! From public policy to law.

[@morganlakin8055]

So encouraging! Thank you Dean Z💛💙

[@reginaldcharles1133]

Great video Dean Z I love your advice pertaining to this amazing applicant.

[@whitneychanell]

Thank you for this, I’m a low GPA higher LSAT but still below median applicant. Can you please do a video on application submission timing and how it affects decisions and scholarships?

[@umichlaw]

Yes! Check this earlier episode out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/omaphoiQZ8qJkJI

[@whitneychanell]

@@umichlaw thank you!!

[@camilleyoung962]

Thank you for these videos! When doing the “why X law school?” essay, is it okay to name drop specific faculty or should we refrain from naming them?

[@bonquiqui874]

Can you do a video on the 4.3 LSAC gpa max when sooo many schools don’t give A+’s thus disadvantaging a lot of students ?

[@umichlaw]

Unfortunately, I don’t have enough information to say anything too meaningful here. For one thing, I am unaware of any source of data about how many schools don’t give A+ grades. (Please tell me if you have some good source! I’d love to see it.) Likewise, I don’t have any data about how many law school applicants get A+ grades, so I don’t know that the differing school policies are disadvantaging a lot of students. And along those lines, even if we knew both of those bits of information, it doesn’t follow that a given applicant who is at a school where no A+ grades are given would have actually gotten A+ grades if the policy were different. Bottom-line, I truly wouldn’t get hung up on the possibility that, say, with a different system, you could have had six credits out of 120 that were worth .3 more. For those readers who are interested in a deep dive on how LSAC standardizes the nation’s myriad grading systems in an effort to make admissions officers better at their jobs, here’s where to start: www.lsac.org/applying-law-school/jd-application-process/cas/requesting/transcript-summarization

[@maggiehewitt1896]

Hi Dean Z! (Or Michigan Law team members) I was wondering if you could talk about using the GRE to apply to law school? I know that Michigan does not accept the GRE but getting any info from Dean Z on the subject would be so helpful!

[@markmaddock1133]

Hi Maggie! Dean Z addressed the GRE in last week's video! Season 3 episode 9, timestamp 3:30. ✨