Read the full article by Hillary Mantis, Esq on the preLaw website. Start reading a snippet below…
“I get a lot of emails like this one around this time of year, from stressed out potential law school applicants:
“Should I apply to law school in this application cycle? Or is it better to wait until next year and work first? What are the pros and cons of taking time off?”
Some of the stress stems from less than stellar results on fall LSATs, leading them to either apply with a lower score, or else take a later test, that will place them towards the potentially less advantageous end of the rolling admissions cycle. Others only recently decided that they want to go to law school and do not have recommendations, a personal statement or a strong resume. Some are actually unsure as to whether or not law school is right for them but are afraid they won’t have a job lined up after graduation, or have parents that are pressuring them to start grad school right away.
Of this group, which of them should wait to apply to law school until the following admissions cycle? In my opinion, all of them.
According to Harvard Law School’s website…”
