Leverett House
Prelaw Questionnaire
The Leverett Prelaw Committee wants to learn more about you. Please do not view this
Questionnaire as an “application” which your prelaw advisor will grade. Instead, use it to help
your prelaw advisor develop a better picture of who you are and what motivates you. Completing
this Questionnaire will help you reflect upon and articulate why you want to attend law school.
Many students find that their Questionnaire serves as a helpful launching pad as they draft the
law school personal statement. Certain questions are specifically for Leverett alumni applicants.
These questions are prefaced by the words, “For alumni applicants.”
We request that all Leverett students and alumni applying to law school this year complete this
Questionnaire and submit it by October 11th. Email the Questionnaire to the Prelaw
Committee at leverettprelaw@gmail.com.
I. Basic Information
1. Last Name:
2. First Name:
3. Date Questionnaire Submitted:
4. Name of Prelaw Advisor (if already assigned):
5. Preferred Email Address:
6. Preferred Telephone Number:
a. Alternative Telephone Number:
7. Hometown:
8. Year Graduated from the College or Expected Year of Graduation:
II. Family Background
1. Are your parents law school alumni? If yes, which law schools and graduation years?
III. Law School Information
1. As of now, which letters of recommendation do you plan to submit to law schools? This is
merely a preliminary list which can be changed later. (Once you finalize your list of letter-
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writers and law schools to which you plan to apply, complete the “Law School Mailing
Form” on the Leverett website.)
Name of Letter-Writer
Position
2. As of now, which schools are you applying to and what is the school’s application deadline?
This is merely a preliminary list which can be changed later. (As noted above, once you
finalize your list of letter-writers and law schools to which you plan to apply, you should
complete the “Law School Mailing Form” on the Leverett website.)
3. Please indicate next to the school deadline if this is an Early Action/Decision deadline.
School
Deadline
IV. Academic Background
1. Harvard College Concentration:
2. What have been your academic strengths at Harvard?
3. What have been your academic weaknesses at Harvard?
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4. Please calculate your GPA (on a 4-point scale).
Use this chart to convert Harvard’s 15-point rank list grades into a 4.00 scale.
Harvard 15
Point Scale
15
14
12
11
10
8
7
6
4
3
2
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Letter Grade
Grade Point
Rank
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
D-
4.00
3.67
3.33
3.00
2.67
2.33
2.00
1.67
1.33
1.00
.67
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I
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III
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V
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VI
Overall GPA:
Concentration GPA:
Freshman Year GPA:
Sophomore Year GPA:
Junior Year GPA:
Senior Year GPA:
5. Have you taken the LSAT?
Yes
No
a. If you have taken the LSAT, list your score and test date.
Score
Test Date
b. If you have NOT taken the LSAT, when do you plan to take it?
6. Have you won any academic prizes or honors? If so, please list them below.
7. Have you won any other prizes or honors? If so, please list them below.
8. Do you plan to pursue a joint degree?
Yes
No
a. If yes, which one (program, school, degree)?
9. For alumni/ae applicants: Have you done any graduate work?
a. If yes, what kind (program, school, degree)?
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Yes
No
b. Did you receive any prizes or honors? If so, please list them below.
V. Extracurricular Activities
1. List any jobs that you have held during term-time, the dates you worked, and number of
hours per week.
Job
Dates Worked
# Hours/Week
2. List each of your summer jobs, internships, and experiences during college. For alumni/ae
applicants: Please also list each of your post-graduate jobs, internships and experiences.
Work
Dates
# Hours/Week
3. List and describe each of your athletic, community service, and extracurricular activities
during college. What did you do in each of the activities? What, if any, positions did you
hold? What responsibilities did you have? How much time (approximately) did you spend
in each? During what years? Feel free to list everything you have done, no matter how
minor you think it is.
4. For alumni/ae applicants: Please tell us what else you have been doing since graduation.
Describe your community involvement, activities, and interests as above. What, since
college, has made you interested in a career in law? Feel free to provide any additional
information relevant to your application here.
VI. Long Term Goals, Concerns, and Hopes
1. With respect to law school, what are your goals, both short-term and long-term? Do you
have a clear idea of why you might go to law school?
2. Do you have any particular concerns about law school or a career in law?
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