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

Applied to WashU w/ redacted GPA
Submitted LSAT (for double-digit point increase) and GPA addenda to all schools
Submitted diversity statements to all schools
No legal experience, member of AmeriCorps after college

Unsolicited fee waivers:
UChicago (Didn’t apply)- Penn (Didn’t apply)

• Cornell (Didn’t apply)
• Duke
• Michigan
• Northwestern
• BU
• Emory
• Several more, but I forget them now

Biggest tips:
Take time with the written portion of your applications. I wrote maybe 10 drafts of my personal statement over the course of four months and I am proud of my outcome. - Attend as many information sessions/open houses as you can. This will help you learn about a school’s idiosyncrasies and schools often drop tips for filling out their application

• If a school has a ‘Why us’ essay prompt, answer it genuinely. Do not give up the opportunity to reinforce your writing skills and show the school that you have put thought into attending their school.

If I could go back and change anything, I wouldn’t. I am happy with how my applications turned out. Maybe I would’ve applied to more t14s, but there were some I did not feel any sort of draw to and would have only been applying because it was ‘t14’