Blind Prophecy

Today I took the afternoon off to attend the LSAC Law School Forum. First off, in the 20 months I’ve lived here, I’ve never bothered to check out Grace Cathedral. The forum was held at the Masonic Temple right across from Grace, so I got to spend a few minutes admiring the church before the programs began.

I got a chance to meet with almost every school on my current list of application-getters. The conversations were helpful and enlightening. In part because I’d already done enough basic research to spend my time asking practical questions rather than generic stuff. From my various readings, I know that sometimes admissions officers will remember a candidate from the forums and it can help (or hinder) in getting an “iffy” application approved. I don’t plan to have “iffy” application materials, but I’m not going to miss any opportunity to give myself an advantage. I treated every interaction as though it were a job interview.

You know, I already feel much better about Law School. 80% of the potential students I talked to were confused, sloppily dressed, asking rote questions without paying attention to what the people in front of them had asked, or generally looked overwhelmed and unprepared. In the workshop sessions I attended, people were asking questions that could be answered by any book on law school applications or numerous websites. Meanwhile, I wore my suit and tie, asked questions that showed I’d already done some research and given the subject some thought, and focused on making eye contact and appropriate body language. One admissions officer even went so far as to tell me that without seeing my LSAT, he’d peg me as a “strong” candidate for their school based on my resume alone (as long as my essay indicated the same level of writing competence a background in journalism and communications would suggest).

After the long afternoon was over, I called Mom to check in. She already knew some of my latest news because my nosey sisters keep reading my blog. (Kidding! But I am going to worry about sister-filtering content if I ever have sex again.) No new deaths or births to report this week, but both might be announced by the end of next month.

Filed under: law school, Mi Familia by Jere Keys