(written), What does integrity mean to you? How will you handle not being in the top of your class? The group interview actually went exactly how it was described on the 7sage 2019-2020 Interview Questions section! She mentioned in the beginning that although the admissions team had read my application in its entirety, she had only read my resume (so more context was needed for some questions)). Why were you rejected, and what did you do afterwards? Tell me about your job at [an organization where you worked]. If you are interested in interviewing applicants to Georgetown Law, please click here to sign up or email us at lawaluminterview@georgetown.edu. Tell me about a social issue or current event that youre following. [Interviewer also answered students questions]. I highly recommend international students that they request interviews because it gives us chance to meet an alum living in the country and to connect with lawyers with American J.D. If you worked at YLS admissions, what would you describe as your biggest weakness? What is motivating your decision to pursue a law degree? (And for those who dont have work experience, be prepared to sell why you should still be let in.). Tell me one time a failure led to future success, What book or film made you change your opinion on a particular social issue. Its super relaxed and conversational. If you think something is a big deal or not a big deal, make sure to mention it. When we all come together to discuss, he does call on you randomly, but dont stressyoull have had the opportunity to already talk about it in your group, and even if he asks you a more particular question, youll have thought about the scenario enough to easily give an answer. Think of a time when you had to do something you didnt want to do and what was in your head. Also I see a lot about group interviews, is there a difference between group vs alumni interview this cycle, like is it better to get one or the other? Do you want to share anything with the admissions committee about your GPA since you redacted it? What do you feel like you bring to the University of Chicago community? Toward the end, she explained a bit about the process. Is there anything youd like to add that isnt already in your PS? Sometimes its a great sign, and a prelude to an offer, but its just as often a chance for the interviewer to ask you genuine questions before they make a decision. We did them one by one. Have you made a sacrifice for someone else at the cost of your own well-being? What did you do to resolve it? You should send your interviewer a short, polite thank you note. Don't be shy!! Re: Georgetown Law School c/o 2020 WAITLIST. When asked why, he admitted that he had failed to include citations in his dissertation, and there was going to be a disciplinary hearing about the issue. Then, we were to pretend that we were members of the admissions committee and decide as a group if the issue raised had no impact, little impact, big impact, or game over impact on the prospective students application. Third Scenario: A student had stellar GPA and LSAT stats as well as letters of recommendation praising her writing skills. Talk about a time when you were in conflict with another person, but then had a major revelation in seeing where they were coming from. Does anyone have any stats, data, inside scoops or top secret info related to the waitlist situation this year? Tell me about why you were motivated to pursue your job. What follows are accounts of Dukes financial aid interviews, offered to applicants who have already been accepted. It's especially devastating since Georgetown has done this to me before. Tell me about a significant academic project you completed during undergrad and why you chose that project. Talk about a time you were very productive - what was the environment like? Any geographical preferences? I feel this entire cycle has been whack because my numbers should have been good enough, and I . What factors are the most important for you in choosing a law school? Note: Interviewer was very strict about keeping time. He said it was because of how light the student made the plagiarism seemed contrasted with the result of suspension for a semester. Why Northwestern? What am I looking forward to about law school? We did only 2 scenarios - the one about the applicant who withdrew from Oxford, and the one about the applicant with a sloppy PS. What are you afraid of, and what motivates you? Explain to us a little more about your multiple attempts on the LSAT. Name a time when you had to work with a difficult person, what made them difficult to work with, and what did you do about it? What opportunity at UT Knoxville are you most excited about? Dean Cornblatt said it was a 7-10 zone for sure because of the contrast between the recommendation letter and the PS. (He had us go around and say Student A or Student B without any discussion. I divide questions you can ask them into two categories: genuine questions and suck-up questions. Give context. What is something I have changed my opinion on? Why Michigan? He also said last year he interviewed about 2600 students, and this year 3000. What characteristics do you hope to develop and grow over the next five years? Which particular clinics are you interested in? I was also in the mens rowing team at my University so she asked me what that was like and how I balanced schools and a sport at the same time. You can bring a rsum and a question about Georgetown just in case, but you wont have much (or any) one-on-one time with the dean. Suppose someone gets injured playing Pokemon Go. What are you looking for in a law school? 10 years from now? How did you motivate them? Schools are swamped. For Fall 2020, we received nearly 10,000 applications. What is the best example of your leadership? What would you have done differently if you were that person? How will you use your skills gained after law school? Describe a situation in which other would say you exhibited a level of maturity beyond your years. (not sure??) What are you looking forward to in law school? And we were usually wrong! She chalked it up to a careless mistake because parts of it had to be in a foreign language, and because she had meningitis or something, so she was uncharacteristically tired/ill. The first is from Anon, who is currently waitlisted at Georgetown. I prepared for this question by doing research into the classes and clinics WashU offers and how I could adapt that after I graduate. What do you want to do after law school? Below are the questions he asked. Explain a time when you have to change yourself to accommodate someone else. What would you contribute to the UVA community? Resume-specific questions about my work experience, Something I would like the admissions committee to know, Questions for the interviewer (had time for two questions), The Dean began by having us all-state where we are from, what we are doing, where we are now, and a fun fact about ourselves.. Can you tell me about a time that you showed leadership? You can get a free account here. The second most important question I thought was asked is what I hope to get out of law school. He asked us to rank how bad this was on a scale of 1-10. Movie/book that changed your mind on social issue. They don't want to field unnecessary and uninvited check-in phone calls. Think of a situation where someone else just did not get how you were feeling. She also asked if I had even been to St.Louis which I responded that yes I have and that Ive actually self-toured the school to which she was surprised/happy about. There was time for around 2 questions. She asked me to tell her a little bit about myself and why I want to study law. Dean Cornblatt is very personable. Are you set on moving back to the northeast post graduation? After a week or two in orientation, meeting professors and your peers and faculty, how do you believe they would describe you? One word to describe the ideal candidate. I see that you took the LSAT many times. What's one thing you want admissions to know about you? I hadnt thought about that before. What kind of law do you want to practice? What interests you about the city of Chicago? Upon being asked about it, he volunteers that he has been accused of plagiarism in his dissertation and that he decided to drop out rather than facing the academic tribunal. What has your transition to the South been like (applicant recently relocated to the Deep South for work)? Describe a situation where you were in an adversarial position and how you dealt with it/describe your general philosophy for dealing with adversarial situations. program in the U.S. in that country! Last year, it consisted of four verbal-response questions (with thirty seconds of prep time followed by one minute of response time) and two written-response questions (with fifteen minutes of response time). I dont want to read in to it much, but I hope that was a good thing. Overall the interview wasn't very conversational; my interviewer prefaced by saying that she wouldn't respond to my answers to give me more time to speak. Student As Zoom Interview (December 2020). A time when you worked on a team and your team mate was disengaged. How would you cheer up a classmate who was visibly upset in class one day. What is more important: the result or the process? Aside from being a guardian ad litem, what else am I currently doing? What did you do to motivate a disengaged team member? fladadK4Q April 7, 2021, 8:01pm #1. [Specific questions about resume/experiences]. Yours was an exceptional group. What do they like about working with you? Hypothetically, what do you think youll be doing after law school? Why did you choose your undergraduate institution? What do you like to do in your free time? It was different from other interviews I've had so it certainly threw me off at the start! We discussed my current job and my recent move. He said we should expect an answer in 2-4 weeks, and provided his email for any questions. What is something you want the admissions committee to know about you? What do you think you want to do after law school? (Interview was scheduled to be 15 minutes, and although most people seem to say they are very strict on not running over, mine was 19 minutes, mostly because she spent a good amount of time answering my two questions. One thing you would like admissions to know about you, What is motivating you to pursue law? ), (The interview lasted 16 minutes total, and had time to ask 2 questions. The experience that has most prepared me for law school, One word that family and friends would use to describe me (I picked curious), What have I changed my mind on in the past. I had my interview with WUSTL last Friday and I wanted to tell you about my experience! They prefer Skype to Google Hangouts. Why is Georgetown Law offering an alumni interview? What do you foresee yourself doing with your law degree? Why law school now and how will that tie in with your aims regarding law school? Hope you had fun. I was not expecting the majority of my interview to be a discussion on tuition, but in the end we ran out of time and I was not able to ask questions. 2) what's my chance of getting in? What lesson did you learn? Tell me about your journey from choosing your undergrad degree to your decision to apply to law school. Describe a time when you had a difficult conversation and what did you do about it. Your general experience at your UG school/why you chose it, A time your opinion/viewpoint did a 180 on a topic, What you're looking for in a law school experience (implied why Washu, but also a chance for my interviewer to sell the school's relevant resources), Your thoughts and approaches to leadership and teamwork. Thanks so much for coming and I look forward to reading your application even more now that I have met you. It was then followed by a time I had to overcome a struggle, but my answer for the leadership question actually encompassed this question as well so the interviewer did not ask for another answer to it. Name a time when you were incorrectly blamed for something, and what did you do about it? What is the accomplishment you're the most proud of? Georgetown University Law Center Preferred Waitlist A few days ago, I got an email from Georgetown saying that the "Committee on Admissions has reviewed your application and has placed your name in a special group within our Preferred Waiting List". You can attend those as well. Tell me about a time youve received feedback you didnt agree with. If you were an admissions officer, what two qualities would you look for in a potential candidate? What kind of role do you see yourself occupying at Harvard Law? I just received an invite for a Georgetown alumni interview (applied about a week or two ago? Do you consider yourself an optimist, pessimist, or realist? It's like a small college with lots of different buildings. Tell us about how the skills you learned at [a job] would translate to law school. How will you deal with not being in top ten percent of class? When has a failure turned into a success? If you could have a conversation with anyone (dead or alive), who would it be and what would you talk to them about? Where do you see your career going after law school? how does your master's work inform your decision to study law? Second scenario was about a student who had already been accepted, and was currently in a graduate program at Oxford. We returned the packet after we were done and the Dean all walked us to the elevator, shaking each one of our hands and thanking us. Student A Columbia basically asked me about things specific to my application. Talk about a time when you analyzed data and came up with a recommendation? And that was it, he told us we would know sometime between December 20th and January 15th, however, it could always take longer. What do you dislike? She had a high GPA/LSAT, and shed won awards for her writing before. It's designed to assess reading comprehension, logical, and verbal reasoning proficiencies. What are pros and cons of HLS? I think its also good to demonstrate that you are seriously considering the prospect of moving to their school and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on your tuition. I am uncertain whether there are still other applicants encountering the same situation? At the end of this form, you'll pay the $75 application fee by inputting your credit or debit card information. But what are the chances of my being selected. Which brings me to my next point: dont worry about giving the right or wrong answer. Dean Cornblatt typically breaks the interviewees into groups and asks them questions about hypothetical law school applications. For the questions that were asked by Washington University that weren't resume-specific during my interview: 20mins, including time built in for your questions. I submitted my application on 4 February 2025 and the application was marked complete on 8 February 2022 and had an interview with them in March 2022. Start by making the case for one side, that is, and then say something like, Nevertheless and make the case for the other side. What is the one thing you most want the admissions committee to know about you? (The Dean asked students questions like, Can you sum up what your group thought? Describe a time where you had to deliver difficult news to someone. The most applications from students studying law at Georgetown are those studying law at the school. A student with a stellar GPA and LSAT, with glowing references that describe her excellent writing abilities, applies but her personal statement has typos and refers to the wrong school in the text. When were you wrongly blamed for a mistake and how did you handle it, When did you do something complex with little guidance, When did you speak to someone with a radically difference point of view, One more thing you want admissions to know about you. How does Chicago faculty try to differentiate their law school from other law schools? I think this question was more geared to seeing how I handle multiple responsibilities at once. Some will require a video response; some will require a written response. What do you want to get out of law school? Describe a time where you had to tell someone difficult news. I love these group interviews as it allows me to get to know applicants a little more and makes you more than just a file. What are three values you would instill in your business? What do you think you will bring to our law school? What is a time when someone said I displayed good judgement, what was it and what was my thought process to reach that decision? The interview was pretty much how the other student from the 2020-1 cycle described it! Do you have any idea what you want to do after law school? Washington University in St.Louis (WUSTL), St. John's University Interview Questions, University of Tennessee Interview Questions, University of Minnesota Interview Questions. Can you tell me about a success youve had? Is there anything that you want to add to your CSS profile for us to consider? Started about 5 minutes late, but made it up with extra time. For the latter, while the decision was still to deny, Dean Cornblatt now placed the severity of a bad PS at a 10/10. If you could eradicate one social problem what would it be? Tell about a stressing moment in your life and how you overcame it. The interview lasted 25 minutes and 40 seconds. What are the pros and cons of Harvard Law? How do you think it will prepare you for law school? What do you do to find balance or relieve stress? [Questions about professional experience.]. (written) if you had a response prepared that we havent asked, please answer that question. What's the best piece of advice you've received? (specific to my resume), What do you want to do after you graduate from law school? Ultimately he explained that he saw it as a major issue, and denied her admission because there was a clear disconnect between how she framed the issue and the severity of the punishment. Also, having a solid answer on why you want to go to law school is definitely a must. Name a time you failed and how you handled it (something like this), What is something you hope to improve on in the next 5 years, What is a skill you have that will be helpful in law school (something along these lines), What do you want admissions to know about you, Experience working with teammate with different style as you, When you failed an important goal, what did you learn. What is a time you changed your behavior to make someone else more comfortable? Dont be fazed by it. What are you planning to do in your upcoming semester of undergrad? Give us an example of your leadership experience. Why did you enter a field other than law out of college? How long does it take to receive a decision? We answered between 6-8. (went to UMich for undergrad). What would you have done differently if you were that person? We were asked to give a weight by percentage of stats vs. rest of the application. Why did you choose Berkeley? legal experience? Student C (an hour long, group of 6, with dean of admissions): Everything currently on 7sage is spot on, pretending to be admissions committee with the same scenarios, I think for question 6, one shouldnt say intelligent or smart.. We did 3 scenarios. Your co-worker, whose work is integral to the team, is having a bad day, how will you help them to feel better. So, they just asked general questions (see below) and gave career advice. The leading theme was clearly "integrity" and how to deal with questions about candidates' integrity. What challenges do the communities you work with experience? Later he told us that he was doing 450 of these group interviews, and that we should expect to hear from him about our decisions between 12/15-1/5, probably towards the beginning. Then he went on to give us application scenarios where we had to act an admissions committee. Telling about current job/why I left to do research, Plans 5+ years out of law school or in general after law school. Lastly, the dean presented two candidates, A and B. A is a better candidate in terms of LSAT and GPA, but not too much better than candidate B. I think the "preferred" preferred list mentions that your name has been placed within a special group on the preferred waiting list. Georgetown waitlist Class of 2025. What is a characteristic/personal trait that will serve you well in law school? The first was an Ivy-graduated applicant who plagiarized freshman year. Why did you decide to go to [grad school]? What would you want to do with you law degree? (Supposed to be 20 minutes, but was more like 28 minutes in reality. What's the best compliment you've ever received? Tell us about a time when you failed. What is most important to you? Northwestern also performs a waitlist interview via Kira. When did you decide you wanted to become a lawyer? 3.77/172 Went complete mid October. You must be prepared to talk about the following: You should probably be prepared to talk about these: A Word about Preparing and Being Unprepared. Student As online interview (2018/2019 cycle), (very casual conversation with alumni, was an hour long), Vanderbilt Alumni Interview- over an hour long, very conversational, Overall very laid back and conversational - left a lot of time for me to ask questions, entire interview lasted ~20 min, Student A (Interviewed by an alumna in person, about 45 min long), Note: Student reported that the Vanderbilt interview was pretty relaxed compared to other interviews; interviewer only asked 2 questions and then the rest was a discussion about interviewers personal experience, Student A interview with an alum in Tokyo, Interviewer said he is required to ask these two questions* "in this case, if the applicant had instead written/done X or Y, would you feel differently?"). What Harvard programs are you interested in? A couple notes on this: I think he was listening to how people were collaborating in the groups, so just make sure that you state your opinion, but that youre a good listener and mesh well with others. What would Jewel contribute to a law school community? Learn about our admissions consulting and editing services. Have you ever been/ Lets say you are in an argument or conflict with someone representing a view completely opposite yours. Interviewer asked about my interest and what I would like to do in the future with my law degree. Dont try to memorize linesyoull only sound stilted. Dean Cornblatt asked what wouldve happened if he wrote an apologetic email that admitted fault but that still didnt go into the story. Absolutely Crushed : ( I got the email tonight at 5 PM and as soon as I saw "Admissions Decision Received" in my inbox instead of "Congratulations on Your Admission", I just knew. Related to the northeast post graduation am I looking forward to about law school advice... 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