很严肃地咨询一个LSAT/JD application的问题

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RickM 发表于 2015-4-8 16:47
I adore the law and I am proud of myself.

或许我只是想逃离而已。

如果真的proud of yourself怎么会想拿这个作为申请的筹码呢? 不觉得有点low吗?

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Outlaw是基本上所有学校都有的。至于sexual orientation, 在招生过程中，如果你只是单纯identify as LGBT, 对你的申请没有任何影响，完全就是做一个调查。前面也有人说了，录取之后outlaw的学生会跟你联系。 但是，如果你的diversity statement能够通过这个好好写上一番，也是有优势的。

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Carpe_diem0 发表于 2015-4-11 18:20
如果真的proud of yourself怎么会想拿这个作为申请的筹码呢? 不觉得有点low吗?

你体育好/社交强/出身贫寒，不可以作为申请文书的内容？tell a story about who I really am而已。又不是撒泼说我是死基佬你非录取我不可。我不理解，何low之有？

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RickM 发表于 2015-4-16 18:06
你体育好/社交强/出身贫寒，不可以作为申请文书的内容？tell a story about who I really am而已。又不是 ...

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RickM 发表于 2015-4-16 18:06
你体育好/社交强/出身贫寒，不可以作为申请文书的内容？tell a story about who I really am而已。又不是 ...

体育好社交强是merit, 出身贫寒说明你成就目前一切要克服比别人更多的困难, 也是merit. 是个gay只不过是个人取向问题, 和merit有关么? 何况你一方面想靠这个占便宜, 一方面还不愿意被人知道自己的身份, 这还不low?

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RickM 发表于 2015-4-16 18:06
你体育好/社交强/出身贫寒，不可以作为申请文书的内容？tell a story about who I really am而已。又不是 ...

Don't be ridiculous. That's not telling a story about who you are. That is leveraging a story of who you happen to be. The fact that you claim that it's an innocent attempt "而已" while knowing it is not proves that you do not deserve nice words.
Judging from the capacity of reasoning you displayed in this response, I also recommend you not to take the LSAT. Seriously the logic flaws in this sentence can be made into at least three different LR questions.
And absolutely nobody cares about who you intend to do it with.

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RickM 发表于 2015-4-16 18:06
你体育好/社交强/出身贫寒，不可以作为申请文书的内容？tell a story about who I really am而已。又不是 ...

Don't be ridiculous. That's not telling a story about who you are. That is leveraging a story of who you happen to be. The fact that you claim that it's an innocent attempt "而已" while knowing it is not proves that you do not deserve nice words.
Judging from the capacity of reasoning you displayed in this response, I also recommend you not to take the LSAT. Seriously the logic flaws in this sentence can be made into at least three different LR questions.
And absolutely nobody cares about who you intend to do it with.

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Carpe_diem0 发表于 2015-4-16 21:07
体育好社交强是merit, 出身贫寒说明你成就目前一切要克服比别人更多的困难, 也是merit. 是个gay只不过是个 ...

照这么说的话，那些黑人少数族裔什么的也不是merit啊，他们也只是happen to be black啊。招生官们不过是因为他们是少数族裔就assume他们要比别人克服更多的困难而已。我见到周围生活富足的黑人多了去了。至于being gay，虽然大家都口口声声说只是个人取向问题，不带有任何优势劣势，但是实际情况大家都清楚，我们的社会还远远没有达到那个大同的境界。gay people要面对的社会压力和心理压力是实实在在的，不是一句 we are the same就能抹杀的。楼主可能现在真的是proud of himself for what he trully is，但我相信没有gay是从一开始就能够坦然接受自己，从对自己的质疑甚至是厌弃到接受自己，中间也是要花费一番efforts的，而这种efforts是直人们不必承受的额外负担。也许正因为处理这些压力花费的精力和时间使得楼主的GPA不够高，LSAT不够高；或者在这个assumption底下，取得同样高的GPA和LSAT实际上的确花费了比直人（或者比假设自己是直人的情况）更多的努力；又或者楼主的确经历过欺凌。如果楼主能够在文书里面将这些表现出来，I don't see why this can not be a merit for him. 至于那点投机取巧的小心思，也大可不必这么口诛笔伐吧，试问这个论坛上哪个人在申请的时候不会揣测对方学校的心意，给自己润色包装希望能加点筹码呢。

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reborneyny 发表于 2015-4-16 14:04
照这么说的话，那些黑人少数族裔什么的也不是merit啊，他们也只是happen to be black啊。招生官们不过是因 ...

What you are saying have merits, but the reality is blacks/latinos are underrepresented minorities in law schools and most other academic settings for that matter, but LGBT are not. Actually, according to the survey, LGBT (2% of the population) has more than its share of members in law school. It's like Asians. We are minorities (5% of the population) in the US, but we are not underrepresented in higher education. A lot of Asian kids are also subject to stereotypes and ridicules from their peers when they grow up. It is a topic that the US supreme court just visited but sidestepped last year, and I am pretty sure it will go back there again in the very near future. Just in case you are wondering what they said, they ruled that race can be considered in the admission only if that is the only way universities can assure its student body diversity, and sent the case back to the lower court. That being said, if you have a strong case in which you fully describe and elaborate on how you overcame the obstacles to be where you are and who you are, I am sure the admission committee would take that into consideration.

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reborneyny 发表于 2015-4-17 04:04
照这么说的话，那些黑人少数族裔什么的也不是merit啊，他们也只是happen to be black啊。招生官们不过是因 ...

层主把我想说的，说了很多。谢谢，谢谢，谢谢。