<p>You don’t know me, and you certainly don’t have to listen to my advice.</p>
<p>However, when you do a significant amount of recruiting from top law schools over a period of many years, as I have done, law schools do a whole heck of a lot to sell their students to you. That includes meetings with admissions staff who walk you through their processes. Law schools often reveal statistics and qualitative data about their students that are not available to the general public. </p>
<p>I guarantee that law schools rarely tout high LSAT scores as a selling point. Instead, the admissions professionals talk about the writers, doctors, investment bankers, accountants, teachers and former military officers among their students. They talk about the moving personal statements they have read, and the persuasive letters of recommendation presented to them. They assure us that they created a diverse class to foster classroom discussion and debate. The proof is in the many interesting and well-rounded students I have met over the years. </p>
<p>So, no, I have not actually sat in on admissions decisions, but I doubt that EMM has either.</p>