October 2007

From http://www.law.georgetown.edu/Admissions/EarlyDecision.htm:

With Georgetown's rolling admissions process, Early Decision applicants receive the best consideration. Early Decision is binding. Georgetown encourages all applicants to apply as early as possible. For further details go to Juris Doctor Admissions.

Timeline         

November 1    Application Form and Fee must be sent to the Admissions Office or submitted online

                       (Check the Early Decision box)

November 30   File must be completed with test scores and required documentsDecember 14   All decisions are mailed out no later than close of business

Note:  The Office of Admissions has extended its initial Early Decison deadline and will continue to accept Early Decision applications past November 1 until further notice.

I had the honor of guest-blogging for one of my favorite blogs, Blueprint for Financial Prosperity. Check out my 8 job tips for new graduates here.

As application season starts to peak and applicants everywhere get a bit crazed with anxiety, it's good this time of year to try to keep things in perspective. (Same goes for me, too.) I was moved by this account of Mark Daily, a recent UCLA honors graduate who lost his life in Iraq. It's a great blessing to sit in our cozy and safe environments while we work on applications and fret about the "walk in someone's shoes" essay for Chicago GSB or the grading curve on the September LSAT. It's good once in a while to take a step back, breathe, and realize that the sky won't fall if you don't get into School X.

Harvard Business School professor Rakesh Khurana is coming out with a new book called From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management Education. His publisher is kind enough to be sending me a review copy, and I'll be excited to read it and interview Prof. Khurana in the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, if you're in the Cambridge/Boston area, you can come hear him speak this afternoon at 3 pm at Harvard Book Store. More details here.