Law School Essays that Made a Difference

Personal Statements That Scored

Face it, a lot of students have great LSAT scores. The best way for you to stand out in a crowd of applicants to top law schools is to write an exceptional personal statement.

This book puts you in the admissions pro’s seat; we give you the intimate details–test scores, GPAs, demographic information, and of course, personal statements–of 34 law school hopefuls. Then we show you where they got in . . . and where they didn’t–invaluable information when you’re evaluating your own chances of admission to the most selective law schools in the land.

1. 34 real-life personal statements by students at Yale, Harvard, Columbia, NYU, Stanford, and more

2. Where they got in; where they didn’t

2. Bonus section: Patented strategies for acing the Games section of the LSAT

4. Interviews with admissions officers at Boalt Hall, Duke,

George Washington, Georgetown, and Northwestern

Inside you’ll find essays written for applications to the following law schools:

Columbia Law School

Cornell Law School

Duke Law School

Fordham Law School

The George Washington University Law School

Georgetown University

Law Center

Harvard Law School

New York University School

of Law

Northwestern University School of Law

Stanford Law School

University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law

University of California–Davis, School of Law

University of Chicago Law School

University of Colorado–Boulder, School of Law

University of Michigan Law School

University of Pennsylvania Law School

University of Texas School of Law

University of Virginia School

of Law

Vanderbilt University Law School

Yale Law School