In this episode, Mike has a conversation with Dean Sarah Zearfoss (also known as "Dean Z") about a number of admissions topics, including the prevalence of bad admissions advice and how to identify and avoid it.
Read full postMike Spivey was recently interviewed by Dean Patty Roberts for the EdUp Experience podcast — you can find that episode here.
Read full postWe were recently asked about the most common mistakes that we see applicants making, and below are our top eight.
Read full postIn this podcast episode, Mike interviews the long-time Associate Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid at University of Chicago Law School, Ann Perry.
Read full postIn this podcast, Spivey Consulting COO Anna Hicks goes over the basics of law school admissions for those who are at the beginning of their application process and don't know much about how it works yet.
Read full postIn this podcast, Spivey Consulting COO Anna Hicks asks Mike some admissions questions from Reddit.
Read full postIn this podcast, Mike and Spivey Consulting COO Anna Hicks have a discussion with a current law student who ended her 1L year at Cornell Law in the top 10% of her class and transferred to Harvard Law.
Read full postIn this episode of the Status Check podcast, Mike interviews Reddit user lightningmcboops (who for the purposes of this podcast we're calling "Megan") from the law school admissions subreddit.
Read full postIn this podcast, Mike Spivey explains how the scholarship negotiation process works from the law school's perspective and gives some advice and tips for how to strategically approach increasing your merit aid offers.
Read full postRequesting a scholarship increase can be a tricky process. As with many things in the world of law school admissions, it varies by school. There are wrong ways, and right ways, to do it, however.
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