What Does a UVA Law School Application Reader Look For?

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Our guest today, Brigitte Suhr, earned her BA from UT Austin and her JD from UVA. She then went on to travel the world as an international lawyer, working for Human Rights Watch, the International Criminal Court, and other foundations and NGOs. For approximately two years prior to joining Accepted, Brigitte worked as an application reader for her alma mater, UVA School of Law, and in that capacity reviewed over 2,500 applications. She was the one recommending admit or deny. Let’s find out how she made those recommendations.

Questions covered in this show with timestamps:

You’ve had a fascinating career working in international and human rights law around the world, why did you decide to become an admissions reader at UVA? 2:04

When you were reviewing applications for UVA Law, did you have a particular bucket of applicants that you reviewed? 2:53

When the numbers were low, what made you decide to say yes? 3:12

How did you go through the application? Those that came to you were already behind the eight ball, right? 3:57

What made a personal statement tell you that its author deserved your vote and recommendation? 6:01

What about addenda addressing a weak GPA? What made for a good one? A bad one? 8:02

Did an addendum attempting to provide context for a below-median LSAT ever work? 12:48

If applicants had academic infractions or a criminal record, were they toast? 13:48

How should people from well-represented groups approach writing a diversity statement? 15:43

How do all the components of the application fit together? 17:14

Did you like to see a sense of direction in the law in the applications that you reviewed? Or a Why UVA section? 19:32

What do applicants frequently just not understand about the law school admissions process that they should really grasp before they start applying? 21:57

What are the most common mistakes to avoid in law school applications? 23:51

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