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Dear Asha, I am a senior in college and am planning to work or teach for a year or two after graduation.  If I know I will be taking time off, is it better for me to apply now and defer, or wait until I'm ready to go to law school?  If the former, how easy is it to get a deferral from YLS? Thanks, A.S.   Dear A.S., Your ...

Summer's over, school has started, and we've got the ball rolling for another admissions season! This year, we've got a few new things up our sleeve.  First, we're on Twitter, at www.twitter.com/ylsadmissions.  Sign up to receive our tweets or toots or whatever you kids call it these days. Second, this fall ...

Well, summer is finally here so it's time for us to bid all of our 203 readers adieu until the fall.  We will be back in action around the first week of September, so stay tuned!  In the meantime, you can continue to send any questions you have to 203blog@yale.edu.  Stay cool and don't forget to use sunblock!

Dear Asha, I am interested in transferring from my current law school to Yale. Do you have any comments for those of us who are willing to make the jump and apply to transfer to YLS? In particular, what are you looking for in a transfer applicant that you would not look for in a regular applicant (I know law school GPA/class rank is a big part of ...

Some of you may remember the new B.I.J. feature I introduced a couple of months ago.  We'll, it's time for a new lesson, as I know many of you are on the wait list (either at Yale or elsewhere, some of this info may still be useful to you).  Before we begin, I'd like you to take a brief quiz.  Please watch the following ...

 Dear Asha, I have been admitted to Yale and am a little torn about where to go.  Yale has a ton of great opportunities, but I keep hearing that you should only go to Yale if you want to become a professor.  I don't think this is the path I want to pursue.  Would I really be out of place at Yale? C.K. Dear C.K., You ask ...

Dear Asha, I am in the process of deciding between schools and am comparing the different loan repayment programs that some of them offer, including Yale.  I'm having trouble really distinguishing the major differences between them.  Can you help? Thanks, B.W. Dear B.W., It's really important when looking at the loan ...

 Dear Asha, I have been admitted to Yale, as well as to a few other schools.  I'm very excited about my Yale acceptance, but one of the things I keep hearing is that Yale is very "theoretical" and that I won't be able to get a lot of practical experience there.  Is there any truth to this statement? P.M. Dear ...

So it's that time of year when I casually troll through some of the discussion boards out there, just to see what you guys are chatting about.  I'm usually amused by some of the "facts" circulating out there -- "Yale has already admitted 80% of its class!!!"  "There hasn't been anyone admitted ...

Dear Asha, I took the LSAT in December, but had to cancel my score.  Can I take the LSAT again and still apply this year, or will I need to wait till next year? Thanks, L.M. Dear L.M., You're in luck -- this year, we are accepting February LSAT, so if you can take the test again next month, you can still apply this year. Please note ...