orochimaru '22–'23 app cycle Class of 2026 class year

advice i wish i would have known: make sure your personality comes through on your PS. you don’t want to seem passive in your own story.
side note: have a clear, DEFINITIVE reason why you want to go to law school and make sure it comes through strongly.
application stuff: public interest/systemic reform focused. 4 months full time non-legal WE at time of applications. prestigious internship but softs are pretty typical for most applicants (maybe slightly stronger.)
should have written a Why Columbia, Why Penn, and Why UMich

Essays I wrote other than PS and DS:
Yale (super late app)
250Stanford
2 supplemental UChicago
nothingColumbia
nothingHarvard
nothingPenn
nothingLOCI in early Feb -> waitlistedNYU
nothingUVA
resilience essayLOCI in early Feb -> march ii -> accepted- !!
Berkeley
4 page PS- passionate, personal Why Berkeley
UMich
nothing, just made my diversity statement longerLOCI in early Feb -> waitlisted - 2 days later
UCLA
short Why UCLAWashU (super late app)
nothingUSC
short Why USCUC Davis
long, passionate personal Why UC Davis