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Hennessy

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"Why X" Essay topic: risky?

Post by Hennessy » Tue Oct 17, 2017 9:00 pm

Is mentioning that you turned down all your acceptances last cycle because of your commitment to attending a school a bad idea for a Why X essay?

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Re: "Why X" Essay topic: risky?

Post by icechicken » Wed Oct 18, 2017 11:28 am

HennessyVSOP wrote:Is mentioning that you turned down all your acceptances last cycle because of your commitment to attending a school a bad idea for a Why X essay?
Yeah, that sounds like a bad idea. They have no reason to care that you didn't like other law schools. There are better ways to say "I'm [school] or bust".

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