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11 September 1997

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Law School Admission
   Application Processing Fee
   Application Deadlines
   Application Procedure
      Law School Admission Test
      Tuition Deposit

Law School Admission

To be considered for admission to the School of Law an applicant must have (1) earned a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution or have no more than six semester hours remaining for completion of the degree, (2) earned a grade point average of at least 2.20 on all undergraduate coursework, and (3) attained an acceptable score on the Law School Admission Test.

An applicant who meets the minimum requirements is not assured of admission because the number of qualified applicants each year normally exceeds the number of new students the school can accommodate.

Application processing fee. A nonrefundable application processing fee of $65 is required of each applicant and must be submitted with the requisite credentials. Applicants presenting academic credentials from any country other than the United States must pay a nonrefundable fee of $75.

Application deadlines. New students are accepted only for full-time study in the fall semester; admission for the spring semester or the summer session is not available to new students.

Early decision admission. Complete credentials must be postmarked by November 1 to be considered for early decision admission. Applicants who satisfy the requirements for early decision will be notified of their admission status by mid-January.

Regular admission. Complete credentials must be postmarked by February 1 to be considered for regular admission for the fall semester.

Application procedure. Applicants must take, at their own expense, the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) administered by Law Services. The test is given four times a year, usually in June, September or October, December, and February at designated colleges and universities throughout the United States and at several international test centers. Applicants who apply for early decision admission by the November 1 deadline must take the LSAT no later than September or October. Applicants who apply by February 1 must take the LSAT no later than December. Registration materials may be obtained from Law Services.

Law School Admission Test
Test Dates	Registration Postmark Deadline [15]	Late Registration Postmark Deadline [16]
October 4,1997	September 5,1997	September 12,1997
December 6,1997	November 7,1997	November 14,1997
February 7,1998	January 9,1998	January 16,1998

June 1998 date not available at the time of publication.

In addition to submitting an application for admission to the Law School Admissions Office, an applicant is required to register with the Law School Data Assembly Service. The data assembly service receives applicants' transcripts, computes their grade point averages, and transmits the information to the School of Law. To register, write to

Law Services Box 2000 661 Penn Street Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940-0998

or call (215) 968-1001.

Tuition Deposit

Applicants admitted to the School of Law are required to submit a cashier's check or money order for $200 to indicate acceptance of the offer of admission. The deposit will be applied to the student's tuition and fees for the fall semester or refunded, subject to a $20 processing charge, if admission acceptance is canceled.

For additional information about admission as a new student, a transfer student, or a visiting student refer to The Law School Catalog.

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