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Beefy5layer's wisdom
- Your entire application timeline should be built around applying early in the cycle if you can. The longer you wait, the lower your chances are at most schools. This is simply a fact, and in a process as competitive as law school admissions, you should be taking every advantage that you can get.
- For splitters especially, your written materials need to be exceptional. Your LSAT may open the door, but it’s up to your written materials to convince admissions why they should take you over applicants that either boost both medians or other candidates with similar stats. I finished my first draft of my PS in March before fall admissions and continued to refine it weekly until I applied.
- You should write all optionals. Take every opportunity you can to tell a bit more of your story. The only caveat is that your optionals need to be high quality if you decide to write them.
- If you are a KJD, I know the pressure to enter the legal field early is real and the whole “why would I waste my time in another career” mentality may exist, but please consider taking a gap year or two to work. It can be the difference between As vs Rs at top law schools and thousands in scholarships. Life is not a race, and some of the most successful lawyers out there had years of work experience before clerking for the supreme court and working at the most prestigious firms.
Applications
2024–2025 cycle
Oct 01
May 01
193d
tracked on LSD.Law
|
School
|
Result
|
Scholarship
|
Sent
|
Received
|
Complete
|
UR
|
Interview
|
Decision
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2024–2025 cycle
Oct 01
193d
tracked on LSD.Law
|
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University of Pennsylvania
|
Waitlisted | - | Sep 29, 2024 | - | - |
-
|
- | Jan 22, 2025 | |
Columbia University
|
Rejected | - | Sep 29, 2024 | - | - |
-
|
- | Jan 31, 2025 | |
University of Virginia
|
Accepted, Withdrawn |
-
|
Sep 29, 2024 | - | - |
-
|
Oct 18, 2024 | Mar 06, 2025 | |
New York University
|
Waitlisted | - | Sep 29, 2024 | - | - |
-
|
- | Feb 14, 2025 | |
University of Michigan
|
Accepted, Attending |
$105,000
|
Sep 29, 2024 | - | - |
Oct 28, 2024
|
- | Jan 08, 2025 | |
University of California—Berkeley
|
Waitlisted | - | Sep 29, 2024 | - | - |
-
|
- | Mar 31, 2025 | |
Duke University
|
Waitlisted | - | Sep 29, 2024 | - | - |
-
|
- | Dec 17, 2024 | |
Northwestern University
|
Waitlisted | - | Sep 29, 2024 | - | - |
-
|
- | Jan 09, 2025 | |
University of California—Los Angeles
|
Accepted, Withdrawn |
$45,000
|
Sep 19, 2024 | - | - |
-
|
- | Sep 27, 2024 | |
Georgetown University
|
Waitlisted | - | Sep 29, 2024 | - | - |
-
|
Oct 07, 2024 | Dec 06, 2024 | |
Boston University
|
Accepted, Withdrawn |
$165,000
|
Sep 29, 2024 | - | - |
-
|
- | Nov 19, 2024 | |
| Total Applications: 11 | |||||||||
WL
Result
Waitlisted
Sent
Sep 29, 2024
Decision
Jan 22, 2025
R
Result
Rejected
Sent
Sep 29, 2024
Decision
Jan 31, 2025
A/WD
Result
Accepted, Withdrawn
Sent
Sep 29, 2024
Interview
Oct 18, 2024
Decision
Mar 06, 2025
Scholarship
-
WL
Result
Waitlisted
Sent
Sep 29, 2024
Decision
Feb 14, 2025
$105,000
A/AT
Result
Accepted, Attending
Sent
Sep 29, 2024
UR
Oct 28, 2024
Decision
Jan 08, 2025
Scholarship
$105,000
WL
Result
Waitlisted
Sent
Sep 29, 2024
Decision
Mar 31, 2025
WL
Result
Waitlisted
Sent
Sep 29, 2024
Decision
Dec 17, 2024
WL
Result
Waitlisted
Sent
Sep 29, 2024
Decision
Jan 09, 2025
$45,000
A/WD
Result
Accepted, Withdrawn
Sent
Sep 19, 2024
Decision
Sep 27, 2024
Scholarship
$45,000
WL
Result
Waitlisted
Sent
Sep 29, 2024
Interview
Oct 07, 2024
Decision
Dec 06, 2024
$165,000
A/WD
Result
Accepted, Withdrawn
Sent
Sep 29, 2024
Decision
Nov 19, 2024
Scholarship
$165,000
A Accepted
AT Attending
R Rejected
WL Waitlisted
H Hold
D Deferred
P Pending
WD Withdrawn
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