Georgetown Reading '07 Application Files

Georgetown University has already received around 3,500 applications for fall 2007 admissions, Dean of Admissions Andy Cornblatt reports on his "Georgetown Law Admissions Talk" blog (gulcadmis.typepad.com).

Dean Cornblatt and his colleagues are reading files and "making decisions every day." He notes that this stage of the admissions process always reminds him of how important the personal statement is in bringing an applicant's profile to life. "Never forget that what I have in my office are files - lots and lots of files," he writes. "Through your letters of recommendation, your resume, and most importantly your personal statement, you suddenly become three dimensional to us."

Indeed, a well-crafted personal statement can make all the difference between an application that gets a second look and one that is immediately consigned to the reject pile. To read more about personal statements and law school admissions, click here.