

Status Check with Spivey
Spivey Consulting Group
Hosted by Mike Spivey, founder and CEO of the Spivey Consulting Group, and Anna Hicks-Jaco, President of Spivey Consulting's law school admissions division. Status Check covers life and well-being plus all things law school and admissions. Our admissions advice comes from our Spivey Consulting team—who collectively have over 250 years of experience working in law school admissions offices, including at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Chicago, and Penn—and covers how to get into the best possible law school you can, plus news and predictions about the current state of law school admissions.
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Dec 30, 2019 • 9min
How To Prepare For Law School In The Summer Before 1L
In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group Pre-L Instructor Rob Cacace discusses how best to prepare for law school during the summer before you begin your first year, in three ways—academic, professional, and just... life (underrated but important!).
Our website is here: https://www.spiveyconsulting.com/
Also check us out on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spivey-consulting-law-school-admissions-podcast/id1477090223 and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA_Rbmm6gSV09dUwrnlBjyQ
As always, please reach out to us at info@spiveyconsulting.com for more information about working with us.
Also check out our custom law school rankings/comparison data website, https://myrankbyspivey.com, which is a useful tool especially if you are looking at multiple offers and trying to decide which law school to attend.

Dec 18, 2019 • 6min
Mike Spivey on LSAT Prep: Discomfort Zone
In this podcast, Mike Spivey discusses the most effective macro-level strategy for preventing the common problem of practice testing at a high level—then underperforming on test day.
The other podcast he mentions, about mental preparation on test day, is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbv4D...
Our website is here: https://www.spiveyconsulting.com/
Also check us out on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spivey-consulting-law-school-admissions-podcast/id1477090223 and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA_Rbmm6gSV09dUwrnlBjyQ
As always, please reach out to us at info@spiveyconsulting.com for more information about working with us.
Also check out our custom law school rankings/comparison data website, https://myrankbyspivey.com

Nov 23, 2019 • 8min
Deep Inside Law School Admissions: What I Wish Applicants Knew
In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group Founder and Partner Mike Spivey goes in-depth on the real reasons some applicants are admitted to law schools even if they're below both medians.
Spivey Consulting blog post mentioned in this podcast: https://blog.spiveyconsulting.com/getting-admitted-below-both-medians-heres-how-we-did-it/
Other blog mentioned in this podcast: https://www.spiveyblog.com/
As always, please reach out to us at info@spiveyconsulting.com for more information about working with us.
Also check out our custom law school rankings/comparison data website, https://myrankbyspivey.com, and our YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/SpiveyConsultingLawSchoolAdmissionsAdvice

Oct 14, 2019 • 10min
Calming Your LSAT Anxiety
In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group Founder and Partner Mike Spivey discusses how the LSAT might not be as important as you think it is—and how we hope that fact can calm your nerves as you walk into the test.
Blog post mentioned in this episode: https://blog.spiveyconsulting.com/staying-mentally-cool-and-crushing-the-december-lsat/
Also check us out on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/c/SpiveyConsultingLawSchoolAdmissionsAdvice and Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spivey-consulting-law-school-admissions-podcast/id1477090223
As always, please reach out to us at info@spiveyconsulting.com for more information about working with us.
Also check out our custom law school rankings/comparison data website, https://myrankbyspivey.com

Oct 9, 2019 • 13min
Traits of Law School Applicants Who Outperform Their Numbers
In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group Founder and Partner Mike Spivey discusses commonalities between applicants who punch above their numbers. This podcast is also available on YouTube https://youtu.be/BLRo4A3Xd_0 and Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spivey-consulting-law-school-admissions-podcast/id1477090223
If you would like more personalized advice, please reach out to us at info@spiveyconsulting.com or check out our website at spiveyconsulting.com.
Also be sure to check out My Rank, our new tool for comparing and ranking law schools with according to your own priorities. https://myrankbyspivey.com/

Sep 8, 2019 • 7min
Do you have to explain WHY you are going to law school in your law school application?
In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group Founder and Partner Mike Spivey discusses whether you have to explain why you are going to law school in your law school application.
Other podcasts/blogs mentioned in this podcast:
- Spivey Consulting Sample Law School Personal Statements: https://blog.spiveyconsulting.com/all-sample-personal-statements/ (the specific bike PS mentioned is #5!)
- Spivey Blog podcast episode about trail running and overcoming adversity: https://www.spiveyblog.com/posts/overcoming-adversity
As always, for more individualized, in-depth advice, you can contact us at info@spiveyconsulting.com to schedule a free initial consultation with one of our consultants, who are former admissions professionals from law schools like Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Chicago, Penn, and Michigan. Thank you for listening!

Sep 3, 2019 • 11min
How to Overcome the Adversity in Your Life
In this episode, Mike Spivey tells the story of the greatest adversity he has encountered in his life, how he overcame it, and how anyone can overcome the adversity in their life in that same way.

Aug 19, 2019 • 7min
Do "Softs" Matter In Law School Admissions?
In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group founder and partner Mike Spivey discusses whether "soft factors" — those parts of your application apart from your LSAT or GRE score and your undergraduate GPA — matter in law school admissions. You can find far more free advice on our blog https://blog.spiveyconsulting.com/ and on our YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/c/SpiveyConsultingLawSchoolAdmissionsAdvice. Or if you need more personalized advice, you can always reach out to us to set up a free initial phone consultation at info@spiveyconsulting.com

Aug 19, 2019 • 9min
Mike Spivey On What Matters Most In Law School Admissions
In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Group founder and partner Mike Spivey discusses the key factors that make for successful law school applications. You can find far more free advice on our blog https://blog.spiveyconsulting.com/ and on our YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/c/SpiveyConsultingLawSchoolAdmissionsAdvice. Or if you need more personalized advice, you can always reach out to us to set up a free initial phone consultation at info@spiveyconsulting.com


