UM Admissions Very Responsive

I had received a followup letter from the Umich Law Admissions office, asking if I was planning on taking the LSAT in February and applying for admissions for the summer or fall 2006. Delphine Byrd, the Associate Director of Admissions was concerned that it may put me at a serious disadvantage in regards to admission for Fall 2006 because its so late in their admissions cycle.

I really had to think about the answer to this question, and so necessarily had to take my time in responding. It could all be done in time, it might take a little extra effort and coaxing of the time management gods to get it all done, but it could be feasible. But is that what I wanted right at this moment, could my lifestyle sustain changing so drastically in the quickly fleeting months of the year?

The holidays are never a good time to make life changing decisions, there is always so much more going on this time of year than you are already reasonably expecting. Here's one big piece of advice for future LSAT takers...Do NOT try to take the December administration of the test! Its harder than you think to juggle demands of the holiday season, work or school winding down for the year, AND still effectively prepare yourself to do well on the test.

University of Michigan Law School Invitation to Apply

I received a nice email from Sarah Zearfoss and the Law School Admissions office encouraging me to apply. Now I know that this was a small form letter, but the very fact that I received it shortly before I was to decide on taking the December LSAT or not was such a pick me up!

Work travel and projects meant that I couldn't in fact take the December administration of the test afterall (thank God we're near Go-Live!) however just having this little affirmation in my back pocket was really nice. I did indeed reschedule the test for 2006--and yes I wrote back to Sarah Zearfoss and the Law School Admissions office to let them know that they haven't seen the last from me yet!