Status Check with Spivey
Spivey Consulting Group
Hosted by Mike Spivey, founder and CEO of the Spivey Consulting Group, and Anna Hicks-Jaco, President of Spivey Consulting's law school admissions division. Status Check covers life and well-being plus all things law school and admissions. Our admissions advice comes from our Spivey Consulting team—who collectively have over 250 years of experience working in law school admissions offices, including at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Chicago, and Penn—and covers how to get into the best possible law school you can, plus news and predictions about the current state of law school admissions.
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Oct 9, 2019 • 13min
Traits of Law School Applicants Who Outperform Their Numbers
In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group Founder and Partner Mike Spivey discusses commonalities between applicants who punch above their numbers. This podcast is also available on YouTube https://youtu.be/BLRo4A3Xd_0 and Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spivey-consulting-law-school-admissions-podcast/id1477090223
If you would like more personalized advice, please reach out to us at info@spiveyconsulting.com or check out our website at spiveyconsulting.com.
Also be sure to check out My Rank, our new tool for comparing and ranking law schools with according to your own priorities. https://myrankbyspivey.com/
Sep 8, 2019 • 7min
Do you have to explain WHY you are going to law school in your law school application?
In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group Founder and Partner Mike Spivey discusses whether you have to explain why you are going to law school in your law school application.
Other podcasts/blogs mentioned in this podcast:
- Spivey Consulting Sample Law School Personal Statements: https://blog.spiveyconsulting.com/all-sample-personal-statements/ (the specific bike PS mentioned is #5!)
- Spivey Blog podcast episode about trail running and overcoming adversity: https://www.spiveyblog.com/posts/overcoming-adversity
As always, for more individualized, in-depth advice, you can contact us at info@spiveyconsulting.com to schedule a free initial consultation with one of our consultants, who are former admissions professionals from law schools like Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Chicago, Penn, and Michigan. Thank you for listening!
Sep 3, 2019 • 11min
How to Overcome the Adversity in Your Life
In this episode, Mike Spivey tells the story of the greatest adversity he has encountered in his life, how he overcame it, and how anyone can overcome the adversity in their life in that same way.
Aug 19, 2019 • 7min
Do "Softs" Matter In Law School Admissions?
In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group founder and partner Mike Spivey discusses whether "soft factors" — those parts of your application apart from your LSAT or GRE score and your undergraduate GPA — matter in law school admissions. You can find far more free advice on our blog https://blog.spiveyconsulting.com/ and on our YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/c/SpiveyConsultingLawSchoolAdmissionsAdvice. Or if you need more personalized advice, you can always reach out to us to set up a free initial phone consultation at info@spiveyconsulting.com
Aug 19, 2019 • 9min
Mike Spivey On What Matters Most In Law School Admissions
In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group founder and partner Mike Spivey discusses the key factors that make for successful law school applications. You can find far more free advice on our blog https://blog.spiveyconsulting.com/ and on our YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/c/SpiveyConsultingLawSchoolAdmissionsAdvice. Or if you need more personalized advice, you can always reach out to us to set up a free initial phone consultation at info@spiveyconsulting.com
