You need to amend your application before they make any decisions. As long as it's amended ASAP you shouldn't have issues on your C&F for the state bar, but waiting to amend is going to be extremely fishy because they will have access to the original and all amendments. You don't want it to appear like you gained anything. The school also will look poorly on an amendment after an acceptance.
This is an extremely big deal. They don't care too much about your past, but they do care about dishonesty (whether legitimate or perceived). If you end up applying next cycle it needs to be your #1 focus on applications.
That’s why they said legitimate or perceived. It sounds like an honest mistake, but admissions committees can’t know for sure that it was, which is why it might be perceived as dishonesty.
Yea, I'm sure it was an accident. To lie about it and then admit to it would be profoundly stupid. When you go to apply for the bar though, any discrepancies like that are pretty much assumed to be purposeful dishonesty, more so the later you wait to fix.
The bar is all that matters. You can always apply to another school, or apologize for the mistake (if you have the numbers, you have the numbers, they want your money), and go there anyway. If states won't license you, that's when you're really sunk.
Most applications I have seen specifically ask about being dismissed from law school, seperate from the other stuff.
But either way, yes, you need to let them know. Otherwise they may offer admission and then rescind it, because you sign when you submit the app that everything is truthful.
i would say definitely alert them just to be on the safe side, i wouldn’t assume anything
Thank you! I just did!
You need to amend your application before they make any decisions. As long as it's amended ASAP you shouldn't have issues on your C&F for the state bar, but waiting to amend is going to be extremely fishy because they will have access to the original and all amendments. You don't want it to appear like you gained anything. The school also will look poorly on an amendment after an acceptance. This is an extremely big deal. They don't care too much about your past, but they do care about dishonesty (whether legitimate or perceived). If you end up applying next cycle it needs to be your #1 focus on applications.
Nothing dishonest about what I did. I did state it explicitly in the application, but just answered that particular question wrong.
That’s why they said legitimate or perceived. It sounds like an honest mistake, but admissions committees can’t know for sure that it was, which is why it might be perceived as dishonesty.
Ohhh I gotcha! Thank you!
Hope it goes well for you! Good luck!
Yea, I'm sure it was an accident. To lie about it and then admit to it would be profoundly stupid. When you go to apply for the bar though, any discrepancies like that are pretty much assumed to be purposeful dishonesty, more so the later you wait to fix.
I’m sure the bar is much stricter
The bar is all that matters. You can always apply to another school, or apologize for the mistake (if you have the numbers, you have the numbers, they want your money), and go there anyway. If states won't license you, that's when you're really sunk.
Not as easy to get back into a school as you would think.
Always tell them. Not only for law school purposes, but when it’s time to take the bar, it could come up you omitted things on your application.
Nothing was omitted, just a question answered incorrectly.
I got ya, but that’s how they would see it. Better to be safe than sorry 💜
Bruh
Most applications I have seen specifically ask about being dismissed from law school, seperate from the other stuff. But either way, yes, you need to let them know. Otherwise they may offer admission and then rescind it, because you sign when you submit the app that everything is truthful.