In the span of 2 years (2021-2023), Maggie MacNeil won essentially every major title in swimming that she could: Olympic Champion, World Champion (LCM and SCM), NCAA Champion, Commonwealth Games Champion, Pan American Champion, and world record holder. Last week, following the 2024 Paris Olympics, MacNeil announced she was retiring from competitive swimming.
Speaking on the SwimSwam Podcast, MacNeil said she was ready to pursue other things in life and knew even before the 2024 Paris Olympics that retirement was on the horizon for her. MacNeil will look to pursue law school starting in the fall of 2025, with potential internships abroad occupying her first 6 months of next year. Currently, she is working on a 6-week intensive LSAT course.
Listen as the Canadian swim star reflects fondly on her time in the pool and dives into some of her favorite moments throughout the last 5 years.
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Lovely interview Coleman!
Thank you
Glad you enjoyed!
cutting it close with the LSAT if she’s applying this cycle
Not for most Canadian law schools. Wonder if she plans to go to law school in Canada (Western is in her home city with a good reputation or in the US.
Western’s application deadline is November 1 so she can’t really push off her LSAT if she isn’t scoring as well as she’d like on practice tests (and 6 weeks is a pretty short amount of time for LSAT prep)
From Western’s law school website
“If I take the LSAT after the November 1st application deadline, will my test score be processed and considered with my application?
Yes. Please ensure you include your LSAC number on your OLSAS application
iWhat is the last LSAT score accepted for Fall admission?
The January test date.
Great interview with CBC too:
https://www-cbc-ca.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7340954?amp_js_v=0.1&_gsa=1#webview=1&cap=swipe
Both interviews with Maggie were great! I really enjoyed hearing her thoughts on her competitive swimming career and what she is planning to do as she moves on to a different chapter in her life.