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Michigan Law |
학비/총 경비 |
$60,508 |
$80,018 |
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D/L |
2/15 |
등록생/허가자/지원자 |
305 / 1,205 / 5,076 |
LSAT (23/50/75%) |
164 / 169 / 170 |
GPA (25/50/75%) |
3.57 / 3.8 / 3.89 |
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LOR: (One required, three recommended) – LOR Information and Waiver Form 작성해야 함 We require only one letter of recommendation for your application to be considered complete, but we suggest that you submit up to three. (In general, we find that submitting more than three tends to result in unhelpful repetition of information—but that said, of course, additional letters may make sense in an individual case.) For most applicants, an academic recommendation is the most useful. It can be from an undergraduate or a graduate institution, and it need not be from a professor. The best advice is to select recommenders who know you the best and can speak in the most detail about your potential contribution, and for many candidates, that recommender will be a teaching assistant or graduate student instructor. We also find it very useful to hear from employers or others who have supervised your work (whether in a volunteer or for-pay capacity). For some candidates, a helpful recommender might be more idiosyncratic, such as a coach. The only recommendations we usually find unhelpful are those from people who have themselves attained impressive accomplishments but who have little detailed knowledge of the candidate, and those from relatives, who may know the candidate quite intimately but to whom we naturally attribute a certain bias. |
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Personal Statement: I. EssaysThe University of Michigan Law School has long understood that enrolling students with a broad range of perspectives and experiences generates a vibrant culture of comprehensive debate and discussion, and we view our student body as one of our richest resources. The wide- ranging and challenging conversations of our diverse student body, inside and outside the classroom, enrich the quality of our community’s intellectual life and enhance the quality of the legal education here.
Essay submissions are an extremely helpful tool for evaluating your potential contributions to our community. As you prepare to write your personal statement and any optional essays, please keep the following in mind. First, we do not have a fixed checklist of particular attributes we seek in our students, and you will have the best insights into what is most important for us to know about you. Second, there is no set convention for communicating the information you choose to share. A successful essay might involve writing directly about expansive themes such as your goals or philosophy or background or identity, or very differently, might be a vignette that reveals something significant about you. In other words, think broadly about what you might wish to convey and how you might best convey it.
While the form and content of your essays are up to you, for ease of reading, please use double-spacing and at least an 11-point font.
A. Personal Statement (required)There is no formula for a successful personal statement, and different individuals will find different topics to be well-suited to them. Applicants have, for example, elaborated on their significant life experiences; meaningful intellectual interests and extracurricular activities; factors inspiring them to obtain a legal education or to pursue particular career goals; significant obstacles met and overcome; special talents or skills; issues of sexual or gender identity; particular political, philosophical, or religious beliefs; socioeconomic challenges; atypical backgrounds, educational paths, employment histories, or prior careers; or experiences and perspectives relating to disadvantage, disability, or discrimination. Any of these subjects, and many more, could be an appropriate basis for communicating important information about yourself that will aid us in reaching a thoughtful decision. The length of your personal statement is up to you.
B. Supplemental Essays (optional)Supplemental essays allow you an opportunity to provide us with relevant information that you were not able to include elsewhere in your application materials. If you wish, write one or two essays (but no more) on the following topics. Each essay should be about one page (and no more than two). Essay OneSay more about your interest in the U Michigan Law School. What do you believe Michigan has to offer to you and you to Michigan? Essay TwoDescribe your current hopes for your career after completing law school. How will your education, experience, and development so far support those plans? Essay ThreeIf you do not think that your academic record or standardized test scores accurately reflect your ability to succeed in law school, please tell us why. Essay FourDescribe a failure or setback in your life. How did you overcome it? What, if anything, would you do differently if confronted with this situation again? Essay FiveDescribe an experience that speaks to the problems and possibilities of diversity in an educational or work setting. Essay SixWhat do you think are the skills and values of a good lawyer? Which do you already possess? Which do you hope to develop? Essay SevenHow might your perspectives and experiences enrich the quality and breadth of the intellectual life of our community or enhance the legal profession? Essay EightDescribe your educational experiences so far. What kinds of learning environments, teaching methods, student cultures, and/or evaluation processes lead you to thrive, or contrariwise, thwart your success? |
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Remarks: - Message from the Dean è 여기 - Admission FAQ è 여기 - MLaw Viewbook è 여기 If you sent
me an invitation to apply, am I more likely to be accepted? Bear in mind that it's very difficult, for you or for us, to estimate your chances of admission (and that, as they say in the stock market, past performance is not a guarantee of future results). Typically, more than half of our applicant pool has numbers that are at or above our median scores for the previous year's incoming class, which is almost three times the number of people we can actually admit. Consider, too, that "the numbers" are merely a starting point for our evaluation of which candidates will make up the best possible entering class. If you want to increase your chances of admission, please take care with your application, and be sure to provide us with all the relevant information you can about your experiences, activities, and background and how you might be a good fit for our community. Are
interviews part of the admissions process? If not, why not? It is worth noting that schools that do employ interviews typically do so not because it enhances their selection of candidates, but because it enhances their ability to select people who are committed to attending the institution. In other words, they believe that if you are willing to attend an interview, you are much more likely to attend the school if you are admitted. What can I
do on a visit to the Law School? |
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