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BC Law Alum Criticizes Admissions Policies Toward Veterans
JamesIn a recent edition of the Massachusetts Lawyer Weekly, Brian Cook (BC Law ‘85) criticizes the lack of preference given to military veterans in the admissions process at BC.
This year, I was asked by a student whom I did not know well to write a letter of recommendation to BC. I met him and heard his story and could not wait to help him. He was not the son of an alumnus or a politician or a wealthy business leader. He was a veteran who had served his country and luckily returned, albeit disabled, with a renewed sense of place and interest in studying law after being in a world where there was no rule of law.
This experience changed him. He improved his grades, took the LSATs and applied to law schools. He was accepted at nearly every school he applied to except BC. In fact, BC Law, the school that spoke comfortably from Chestnut Hill about public service and lawyers who made a difference, did not even wait-list him.
When I inquired about his application, I was told that BC does not “track” veterans or even know how many of its class are veterans. The school certainly doesn’t know how many of its applicants or admits are disabled veterans.
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