The Law School Waitlist: Deep Dive with Former Admissions Officers
In this episode of Status Check with Spivey, Anna Hicks-Jaco has a discussion with two Spivey consultants—Joe Pollak, former Associate Director of Admissions at the University of Michigan Law School, and Nathan Neely, former Director and Associate Director of Admissions at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Law and The University of Houston Law Center—all about the waitlist process. They talk about which applicants law schools waitlist and why, how law schools use their waitlists, how many people they typically put on the waitlist, the timeline of the waitlist process, what factors law schools consider when they evaluate their waitlists, strategy for getting admitted from the waitlist, common mistakes, best practice, factors that go into your chances of admission, tips for visiting a law school while you're on their waitlist, ways that the law school waitlist process has changed over the last few years, and much more. -- We mentioned a few blog posts in this episode: "How to Write a Law School Letter of Continued Interest" (outline included) "What's the difference between a law school 'waitlist' vs. 'hold' vs. 'hold tight email'?" "Justin Ishbia — Last WL Admit to Successful Major Donor" (podcast) -- You can find the previous episodes in our deep dive series here— Law School Personal Statement Deep Dive: https://www.spiveyconsulting.com/blog... Law School Experience/Perspective Essay Deep Dive: https://www.spiveyconsulting.com/blog... Law School Application Resume Deep Dive: https://www.spiveyconsulting.com/blog... Law School Application Addendum Deep Dive: https://www.spiveyconsulting.com/blog... Law School Why X Essay Deep Dive: https://www.spiveyconsulting.com/blog... -- Joe and Nathan's full bios are here: https://www.spiveyconsulting.com/abou... -- You can listen and subscribe to Status Check with Spivey on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube: https://lnkfi.re/D5f5vv You can read a full transcript of this episode here: https://www.spiveyconsulting.com/blog...

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