rayatheking

Have you sought any help for your problems? Your school should have a counsellor or psychiatrist, or some mental health services. Schedule an appointment with a therapist and start from there. Not only will it be helpful for your depression, you should be able to get some letter from them asking for some leeway for some time at least.

I’m applying to UC Irvine’s PhD program as well. The focus is on criminology, but it’s quite similar to the JSP program otherwise. I have a background in criminal law, but the JSP is still my first choice. I couldn’t find anything else though. It seems that to do interdisciplinary research in this field the only other option is to do a combined JD-PhD. I’m considering taking the LSAT and applying next year if it doesn’t work out this time. You didn’t apply to Stanford’s program?

Which other programs are you applying to?

Have hardly seen anything on the JSP program here! I also applied this year, it’s my top choice and I’m planning to re apply next year if I don’t make it this time.

Overall your grammar is good and you have expressed yourself clearly, using good vocabulary. However, I think you have misunderstood the prompt. It does not say that there needs to be a single international law which will control what nations do with their wilderness. It says that nations should pass laws to preserve their wilderness - which means that Congo will have its own law, tailored for their country, while Germany can have their own laws. In light of this, I think you won’t get a very good score. You should be able to understand the prompt. However the essay itself is well written and your arguments are well crafted.

“Thus, inhibiting innovative solutions aside.” - sentence seems incomplete Overall though your grammar seems good and your vocabulary is rich. However, the essay sounds a little repetitive, you’re just expressing the same idea using different words. Also, you should include some examples in the essay.

Your grammar is a little poor, for example “evident that technology have developed the world to a great extent”, should be has, not have. There are other similar mistakes. In the first line, it should be humans, not human’s. Try to use commas and other punctuation where needed, I think you’re missing out on that. You have expressed your ideas well and given plenty of examples, which is good. Because of that I think you should be able to get a 4 perhaps, but you need to improve your grammar. (Disclaimer - I’m not an English student, I don’t really know how they would actually score you and I’m also technically a non native English speaker. However, I got a 5.5 in AWA)