ereditaculturale '21–'22 app cycle Class of 2025 class year

LGBTQ+ (nonbinary and queer/bisexual), first gen, low income background (wrote abt gender/sexuality stuff in a conservative workplace for my diversity statement).

English, Italian, & German speaker. Latin/ancient Greek knower (can’t really “speak” these lol)

I stuck with NYC area schools only because my partner’s job is here and we want to stay long term - no point in moving just to come back in 3 years.

My biggest Achilles’ heel was that I left an MA program after a semester. Granted, I left for a job in the legal field so I don’t know how much it really hurt me.

I wrote my personal statement about the exact experience that made me want to go into a certain type of law (i’m doxxing myself plenty already but i’ll give more details once i have more decisions lol)

Some advice for future applicants (if you’re reading this a year from now):
Try not to obsess over this process. I know it’s hard. - Mental health matters! if you have the means to see a therapist, do it. This process is really draining and the impostor syndrome is nuts. You should try your best to take care of yourself during this time.

• Same goes for physical health - even if it’s just taking walks, doing yoga, whatever - it helps you stay sane and takes your mind off of things, at least for a bit.
• There are some really awesome people on this site and on r/lawschooladmissions who will make the process a LOT easier and you can form a little community with them and it’s wonderful. On the other hand, a lot of people on here and on r/lsa are unkind, competitive, and just overall have some bad vibes.
• Take everything with a grain of salt, especially when it’s advice coming from other applicants in the same cycle as you. You never know if someone got into a school because of something in their app or in spite of something in their app.
• Choose the school that feels right for YOU, not what is most prestigious (esp if you’re looking at going into six figures of debt at a t14 vs much less debt at a t50). Employment data and bar passage rates are what truly matter, not rankings. USNWR factors in a bunch of random stuff that nobody in the real world actually cares about, like number of chairs in the library.
• Spivey’s word is not gospel. He is helpful, but don’t idolize his advice! He doesn’t have a crystal ball, just more years in the industry than you do.
• The LSAT Demon folks give horrible, horrible advice about personal statements. Take their advice about the LSAT, and nothing else.

good luck :)