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Dewey Decimal Number: 340.071173 EAN: 9780671890339 Edition: 2 Sub ISBN: 0671890336 Label: Prentice Hall Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 146 Publication Date: 1994-08 Publisher: Prentice Hall Studio: Prentice Hall Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Nothing Particularly New or Exciting . . .The reviewer from NY summed up this book pretty well. Overall, the book does not offer significant tips to the average law school applicant. The strongest aspect of this book is the section on the personal statement. Instead of just publishing too many sample essays, this book effectively concentrates on how an applicant ought to attack the essay. Using only a few sample essays that represent the different types of applicants, this section does a great job teaching applicants how to ... Read More Rating: - I was going at this ALL ALONE...until I bought this book.I began on my endeavor of applying to law school after having spent 2 years working in human services and social work. No one I had ever known before had ever gone to law school, my parents knew no one, and I had lost all of my acquaintances and advisors at my University after the time I had graduated. This gave me an inside look towards strategies in applying to schools. This also gave equal attention to recommendations, essays and personal statements as well as GPAs and LSAT scores (for those ... Read More Rating:  - If you want to understand...If you want to understand exactly how the admissions decisions are made (in terms of committee, admissions deans, etc.) than this book is for you. I agree with the previous reviewer that for filling out specific parts of the application other books are better, but the author really shines when it comes to how admissions works and what qualities will be sought out (intellectual muscle, moral character, diversity - whatever that means). Good book for insight, poor on specifics. Rating: - Adequate, but not excellentMost of the 'advice' given is pretty common sense to a competitive college student. They pretty much skim over different parts of the application process, like writing essays and taking the LSAT's. It's probably better if you buy a specialized LSAT book or specialized essays book. But if you want an overall, general idea of how to get into law school, I suppose it's a good buy--just not great. 
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