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If I drop out after 1L would I be able to reapply later?
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Date: January 28th, 2012 5:14 PM Author: Smoky Hospital T14. Bottom of the class. I have serious problems with depression and I'm thinking of dropping out after this semester and reapplying to schools ranked a little lower in another 3 or 4 years. Could that work? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1860091&forum_id=2#19853930) |
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Date: January 28th, 2012 5:25 PM Author: bateful legend yes, it would work fine. schools don't actually care about what you've done other than your lsat. That being said, think long and hard if your ultimate goal is just to go back to law school. How bad, may I ask, are your grades? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1860091&forum_id=2#19854000) |
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Date: January 28th, 2012 5:31 PM Author: Smoky Hospital B- average. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1860091&forum_id=2#19854037) |
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Date: January 28th, 2012 5:32 PM Author: bateful legend whats the curve? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1860091&forum_id=2#19854041) |
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Date: January 28th, 2012 5:33 PM Author: Smoky Hospital About a B+ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1860091&forum_id=2#19854050) |
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Date: January 28th, 2012 5:36 PM Author: bateful legend what's the doom and gloom if you are seriously considering going back to law school? why not just stick it out? I think if you're dropping out to avoid law entirely then it makes sense. but i don't think it makes sense to leave and come back in hopes that it'll work out later. Depression is a bitch that affects a lot of people, but make sure you have something concrete lined up before you make any sudden decisions, because you just might find that as miserable as law school makes you, the structure could actually be a big plus. pwning next semester would probably help too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1860091&forum_id=2#19854057) |
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Date: January 28th, 2012 5:51 PM Author: Smoky Hospital I'm worried that if I stick it out then the debt will push me into suicide. I'm afraid I don't have a hope in the world at OCI, even if I rock this semester. I wish I had gotten some of my issues sorted out before law school, and even begged the admin for a deferral before school started, but like the idiot I am I decided to go forward when they didn't grant me one.
By the end of the semester I was starting to like studying law, but my study skills were piss poor and I spent way too much time hating and feeling sorry for myself. In a way, I'm not entirely uspet over the bad grades because they've forced me to take a hard look at my life. I can't afford to throw it away like this, and if that means getting professional help then that's something I want to try out.
My fear is that I could turn my grades around over the next 2.5 years and get some therapy only to wind up deeply in debt and stuck in shitlaw. I want the chance to start law school excited and focused and not depressed and miserable. I am definitely not the smartest person here, but I came in feeling like shit and I think I could've done a lot better without shooting myself in the foot like I did.
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Date: January 28th, 2012 6:01 PM Author: Smoky Hospital (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1860091&forum_id=2#19854187) |
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Date: January 28th, 2012 5:29 PM Author: Cowardly Doctorate Do law schools know if you've gone to another law school if you hide the fact?
I dropped out of a law school about 6 six years and I want to go back but I don't want to mention that I was already in law school if I reapply. |
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Date: January 28th, 2012 5:33 PM Author: Smoky Hospital From what I can remember of my applications, yes, they do want you to disclose that you've gone to LS before and that you have to provide a transcript and possibly a letter declaring you to have been in good standing (ie that you didn't flunk/fail out). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1860091&forum_id=2#19854048) |
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Date: January 28th, 2012 5:33 PM Author: obsidian brethren milk they ask but im not sure if they check
you will get C&F pwned for lying to them though |
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Date: January 28th, 2012 5:40 PM Author: vermilion slippery sound barrier why dont you talk to your school, and see if you can just continue at the same school when youre better? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1860091&forum_id=2#19854078) |
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Date: January 28th, 2012 5:52 PM Author: Smoky Hospital I'm going to do that too, but I'm afraid my grades will forever keep me out of a decent job. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1860091&forum_id=2#19854144) |
Date: January 28th, 2012 6:57 PM Author: milky hissy fit resort PSA: It's not "depression" that's the cause of your shit grades. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1860091&forum_id=2#19854515) |
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Date: January 28th, 2012 6:58 PM Author: galvanic cream garrison codepig cr. You're an idiot. Just do adderall > LEEWS > top 10% bro. Then make up ties for DAT MIDLAW in low CoL city > $$$ > PROFIT! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1860091&forum_id=2#19854523) |
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Date: January 28th, 2012 7:16 PM Author: Smoky Hospital Oh no, I don't doubt that I am pretty dumb relative to my classmates. Daily thoughts about sucide are sort of a distraction though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1860091&forum_id=2#19854624) |
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Date: January 28th, 2012 7:18 PM Author: milky hissy fit resort so what makes you think you'll do better once you reapply
as far as i see it you suck at law school and will always suck at law school
time to cut your losses and move on
edit: law students/lawyers are one of the most heavily depressed demographics so don't think having 'daily thoughts of suicide' is some special circumstance |
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Date: July 22nd, 2013 7:45 PM Author: fear-inspiring orange affirmative action halford (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1860091&forum_id=2#23699621) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2013 8:23 PM Author: bateful legend hmmmm. You sure you're not depressed BECAUSE you're in law school? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1860091&forum_id=2#23699820) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2013 8:46 PM Author: Racy infuriating circlehead persian you went to law school without a backup plan if your grades sucked? you should be depressed |