PoliteUgliestPotato '24–'25 app cycle Class of 2028 class year
The dream: Public Interest
About & Wisdom
Background
- Major
- Intelligence Analysis
PoliteUgliestPotato's wisdom
This was a really drawn out cycle that ended in an incredibly difficult decision in the eleventh hour. My LSAT advice is to spend as much time as you possibly can preparing; for me that was a year. A high LSAT can definitely balance out a mediocre GPA.
I applied to all of my targets in early fall, aim to have them in by Thanksgiving. An early A from a target, like I had from UVA in October, can save you the trouble of applying to safety schools. The rest of the cycle was extremely quiet apart from an A from GULC and an unexpected II from YLS. I definitely attribute the YLS II to my military service and I’m not sure there’s anything I could’ve said differently to receive an A given my stats.
Overall, it was a close cycle but UVA and GULC came through for me. It was disapointing receiving WLs at so many schools, but I didn’t feel the need to pursue any. I withdrew as soon as I received all my WLs apart from HLS.
I stayed on the HLS WL until June and ended up receiving an interview and a feeler offer. However, by this point, I’d already comitted to UVA both literally and in my head. I still wanted the HLS clout, but I couldn’t see myself anywhere but UVA. I have to live with knowing that I turned down HLS, but I think that will be easy to do when I am happier as a ‘hoo.
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2024–2025 cycle
Oct 01
184d
tracked on LSD.Law
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Rejected | - | Dec 07, 2024 | Dec 09, 2024 | Dec 09, 2024 |
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Dec 13, 2024 | Feb 28, 2025 | |
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Waitlisted, Withdrawn | - | Oct 06, 2024 | Oct 07, 2024 | Oct 08, 2024 |
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Jun 02, 2025 | Feb 11, 2025 | |
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Rejected | - | Dec 31, 2024 | Jan 03, 2025 | Jan 08, 2025 |
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- | Mar 25, 2025 | |
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Waitlisted, Withdrawn | - | Oct 06, 2024 | Oct 06, 2024 | Oct 07, 2024 |
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- | Jan 24, 2025 | |
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Waitlisted, Withdrawn | - | Oct 06, 2024 | Oct 06, 2024 | Oct 08, 2024 |
Dec 02, 2024
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- | Jan 22, 2025 | |
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Accepted, Attending |
$45,000
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Sep 22, 2024 | Sep 22, 2024 | Sep 23, 2024 |
Sep 23, 2024
UR2
Sep 24, 2024
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Oct 18, 2024 | Oct 25, 2024 | |
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Waitlisted, Withdrawn | - | Oct 13, 2024 | Oct 13, 2024 | Oct 15, 2024 |
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- | Feb 12, 2025 | |
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Waitlisted, Withdrawn | - | Oct 20, 2024 | Oct 21, 2024 | Oct 21, 2024 |
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- | Jan 22, 2025 | |
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Waitlisted, Withdrawn | - | Oct 13, 2024 | Oct 14, 2024 | Oct 28, 2024 |
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Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 08, 2025 | |
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Accepted, Withdrawn |
$90,000
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Oct 06, 2024 | Oct 06, 2024 | Oct 10, 2024 |
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Oct 21, 2024 | Dec 12, 2024 | |
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