University of Pennsylvania Law School (cont'd)
What was the LSAT score
range for admitted applicants this past year?
The 50 percentile LSAT range
for applicants admitted to the Penn Law class of 2007 is 166-171.
Does your staff offer
evaluative interviews?
We do not offer evaluative interviews.
Let's talk about
waitlists. How many applicants do you anticipate will end up on the waitlist for
at least some part of the year? How many of them will be eventually accepted off
of the waitlist and what advice would you like to share with any waitlisted
applicant who happens to come across this interview transcript?
The number of applicants
initially waitlisted, and the number of waitlisted applicants who are offered
admission (if any) varies greatly from year to year at Penn Law. Waitlisted
applicants are encouraged to provide one or two additional supporting documents
to their file, such as an additional letter of recommendation or an additional
essay or personal statement. While we encourage applicants on the waitlist to
express their continuing interest in Penn, constant communication with the
office, either via email or phone, will not improve their chances for
admission. We also do not offer any interviews or appointments to waitlisted
candidates.
How are re-applicants
viewed by Penn Law and what do they need to do to be successful the second time
around?
Re-applicants are not viewed
any differently than other applicants during the committee process. However, it
should be noted that candidates are unlikely to be admitted unless there is some
significant change since their previous application.
Does your staff
re-examine their previous application(s)?
Included in any
re-applicant's file will be their previous application.
Each year Penn Law
receives a certain number of transfer applicants. What advice would you like to
give to these applicants?
Each year, Penn Law enrolls
a limited number of students with advanced standing who have achieved superior
records at other law schools. The transfer application process at Penn Law is
highly competitive. The most important factor in the review process for
transfer applicants is their first year performance in law school. It is also
important that transfer applicants submit letters of recommendation from law
professors at their current school who can speak to their academic performance
and potential.
Describe how the
financial aid process works and what admitted students can expect in terms of
scholarships, assistantships, and loan guarantees.
While Penn Law has a very generous financial aid program (more than eighty
percent of our student body receives some form of financial assistance), we want
applicants to understand this commitment and to make wise choices about how they
will fund their legal education. To fund their Law School Education, students
might receive:
- Penn Law financial aid in the form of grants. Need-based
grants range from $1,000 to $22,000 per year.
- Loan funds from Penn Law,
the University, or one of the federal government programs such as Stafford and Perkins.
- Private loan funds from
commercial lenders.
- Scholarships from a wide array of organizations that support law students nationally.
-
A Penn Law merit scholarship. Merit
Scholarships include our prestigious Wilson Fellowship Program, Levy Scholars,
Silverman-Rodin Scholars, Torys Scholars, and Dean's Scholars. These
scholarships range from $5,000 to $70,000 and are awarded by the Admissions
Committee based on academic achievement, leadership, and service. All
students admitted to Penn Law are considered for merit scholarships; a
separate application is not required. A complete description of each of our
scholarships may be found at
http://www.law.upenn.edu/prospective/jd/scholarsprogram.html.
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