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Advice applicants left on their LSD.Law profiles, searchable by topic, school, and stats.

LSAT 171 GPA 3.95 2020–21 cycle

Attending Cornell University

3.9low before fall semester GPA increase Why essays for UVA, Duke, and Cornell Core strengths essay for Penn Supplemental essay for Michigan Video for Georgetown

LSAT 174 GPA 3.95 2022–23 cycle

Attending Columbia University

Went to a large state school for undergrad. Worked for one year after graduation in government relations. Low-income background and from a very underrepresented area of the US.

LSAT 172 GPA 4.10 2021–22 cycle

Attending Yeshiva University (Cardozo)

Try to visit schools and picture if you could see yourself living there. It’s 3 years of your life, so the choice of school can go beyond just the school itself, it’s life too.

LSAT 170 GPA 4.00 2020–21 cycle

Attending Harvard University

Wrote all optional essays. Was a STEM major, and would definitely recommend making sure it’s clear in your app why you are transitioning to law school if you are also STEM!

LSAT 173 GPA 3.92 2022–23 cycle

Attending University of Chicago

why not apply and see what happens I wrote georgetown top 10, penn on collaboration, stanford music and who you would talk to through history, UVA on resiliency, why duke

LSAT 172 GPA 4.03 2023–24 cycle

Attending New York University

SEVERELY better cycle compared to 2022-2023 for me (◕_◕). I did not retake the LSAT, just strengthened my application parts and applied in November instead of February.

LSAT 159 GPA 3.95 2020–21 cycle

Admitted to University of Virginia

Went UR3 at University of Pennsylvania on 1/27: for those looking for UR3 data results. NYU HTE in January UVA Interview Invite: did not go UR2 before interview

LSAT 180 GPA 3.58 2022–23 cycle

Admitted to Stanford University

Chose HBS over YLS. Additionally applied to MBA programs A: Harvard, Wharton, MIT, Columbia, YaleSOM WL/R: StanfordGSB, UChicago, Northwestern, NYU, Cornell

LSAT 169 GPA 3.96 2021–22 cycle

Attending Yale University

Took the LSAT twice. First take got 168; Second take got 169. I was accepted to ASU, OU, and WashU with a 168. I was accepted to all others with a 169.

LSAT 175 GPA 3.98 2021–22 cycle

Attending Harvard University

You will go where you are meant to go. Just try your best, and even if it doesn’t work out the way you wanted it to, you will have no regrets.