tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post116394207700269122..comments2023-10-24T05:49:04.269-04:00Comments on The Chaliceblog: Notes on my application process.Chalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1164168895275490122006-11-21T23:14:00.000-05:002006-11-21T23:14:00.000-05:00Hmm. I have to say that I'm not nearly as glum as ...Hmm. I have to say that I'm not nearly as glum as some in assuming that law schools are interested only in whether you're a racial minority. I basically wrote all of my essays about different aspects of being geographically diverse (growing up in a small town in East Texas). One of my essays was serious and began with talking about the death of James Byrd; my short essay for Yale was about the word "y'all." I think a strong religious identity, particularly in a religion of which they probably get few applicants (good law schools seem to get a LOT of Mormons), is a characteristic worth writing about it, especially because you are comfortable writing about your religion already. I think open-mindedness about politics also would be great. I'd strongly recommend that you write an essay about working for Republicans even though you disagree with them, and being annoyed with the liberalism of UUs even though you agree with them. Joel et al.'s stereotypes about higher education notwithstanding, I've found people at my law school to be happily surprised by someone who does Election Protection, the journal of gender & law and the Federalist Society all at once :-) I think internal intellectual diversity -- your own array of non-uniform ideas and tolerances -- is the most interesting kind to read about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1164057417754544752006-11-20T16:16:00.000-05:002006-11-20T16:16:00.000-05:00Intellectual diversity is probably not going to fl...Intellectual diversity is probably not going to fly in law school. Don't know where you are planning to apply, but I went to a top 20 law school and just having some work experience and a few years of life experience out of the undergrad experience put me in a distinct minority. That was 10 years ago. Also your interest in family law and public interent law works as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1163992659276344542006-11-19T22:17:00.000-05:002006-11-19T22:17:00.000-05:00Does growing up with your brothers constitute dive...Does growing up with your brothers constitute diversity?<BR/>did they give you some unique perspectives?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1163983971912595662006-11-19T19:52:00.000-05:002006-11-19T19:52:00.000-05:00Unless the area around St. A's college has changed...Unless the area around St. A's college has changed, you went to school in the rural south - that's diverse for folks in the big cities (uh, that is where you went to school isnt it?). <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Steven R (still in the rural south)Steven Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14302958901026684328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1163976155888343952006-11-19T17:42:00.000-05:002006-11-19T17:42:00.000-05:00Not too many other WASPs who apply to law school m...Not too many other WASPs who apply to law school maintain a religion blog and share your commitment to social justice.faustohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08858053354116695746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1163972972566933752006-11-19T16:49:00.000-05:002006-11-19T16:49:00.000-05:00Perhaps inelletual divesity *should* b eleant. (I ...Perhaps inelletual divesity *should* b eleant. (I think it is.) But it is NOT <BR/>con sidered to be relevant by academic institutions.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, CC. My pragmatic advice is to either play their game with th divesity essay of don't bother submitting one. (It IS optional isn' it. IIRC, legally, things like that have to be.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1163972295078483942006-11-19T16:38:00.000-05:002006-11-19T16:38:00.000-05:00I do believe diversity of experiences is important...I do believe diversity of experiences is important. A person who grew up in a wheelchair, for example, is going to have some different perspectives than a person who did not, even if they have many other things in common. A person who grew up in a household of lawyers is going to bring something different to law school than a person who grew up in a household of criminals.<BR/><BR/>I don't know that intellectual diversity alone suffices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1163962034401034912006-11-19T13:47:00.000-05:002006-11-19T13:47:00.000-05:00Wow, what great scores, CC! Congratulations------...Wow, what great scores, CC! Congratulations-------you are obviously one smart cookie!Lilylouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328027965155428624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1163952443308947742006-11-19T11:07:00.000-05:002006-11-19T11:07:00.000-05:00The goal with these essays is not to show you're d...The goal with these essays is not to show you're different, but to show how your unique and how you'll share that <EM>uniqueness</EM> with the school. How you'll contribute a new viewpoint and experience which helps everyone's time at school.<BR/><BR/>Just getting quotes filled of this category of student who sits in their own worlds isn't really the goal.Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1163946499928345422006-11-19T09:28:00.000-05:002006-11-19T09:28:00.000-05:00I've always believed that intellectual diversity i...I've always believed that intellectual diversity is the only form that should be considered. Judging by color, we'd have people insisting that Rice and Albright have nothing in common because of their differing skin colors, or that an inner city teenage single mother and a downstate corporate farmer have the same background because they have the same skin color. Unfortunately, this is exactly the sort of irrational belief some "diversity" programs call for; you're right to wait and ask first- it's no longer safe to assume rational thinking in higher education.Joel Monkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631333436948102576noreply@blogger.com