How to Get into USC Gould School of Law

https://blog.accepted.com/how-to-get-... USC Gould’s Associate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, David Kirschner, shares how students can get accepted to this top-ranked law school. In this episode: Can you give us an overview of the more distinctive elements of the USC Gould JD program? How has COVID affected the curriculum and experience at USC Law, and what do you think is going to stick? Last year saw a surge in applications to all law schools. USC's median LSAT rose to 168 from 166 for the 2019 entering class, and its average GPA is now 3.82 from a 3.8 in 2019. What do you see in your crystal ball for this cycle? What are you experiencing at this point? Let's turn to the application. USC Gould accepts both the LSAT and the GRE. Do you have any preference for one over the other? Are you finding that both tools are equally predictive of future success in law school? Do you have enough data to even make that statement? Roughly, what percentage of your students got admitted with the GRE? Is full-time work experience a nice-to-have or closer to an unofficial requirement? Where are on the continuum does USC Gould fall? Do law firms like to see full-time work experience in the people they hire on the other end? Do you like to see applicants with law-related work experience like working in a legal office, or legal clinic? What factors, other than the LSAT and GPA, are you weighing and considering as you admit students? Can you give some tips on how to include experiences in the personal statement without merely repeating the resume? What makes for effective and ineffective addenda for addressing, let's say an academic weakness or diversity elements? How about applications from students who have an academic infraction or perhaps a criminal record, a misdemeanor of some kind, is it basically the same formula? Does Gould School of Law consider update letters from applicants who have something significant to tell you after they submit their applications and before hearing back from you? What is a common mistake that you see applicants make during the application process? Do you have any advice for wait-listed applicants? Do you give feedback to rejected applicants who want to reapply? What advice do you have for applicants planning to apply this cycle, presumably by the April 1st deadline, and then for those planning ahead to apply next year or later? Does it make sense to apply after the priority deadline? Do you still accept applicants?