Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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GlitterLabradorRetriever

GPA: 3.66 • LSAT: 162 • (Part-time) New York Law School

Applications are holistic; they are admitting a person not a GPA/LSAT score. Make sure that your personal statement is honest to you and what you want to accomplish by going to law school. It...

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a-wild-countryball

If you’re cooked, you’re cooked.

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TheActionIsTheJuice

GPA: 4.03 • LSAT: 167 • Wake Forest University

Just chill out

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StatuesqueLearnedTadpole

GPA: 3.95 • LSAT: 169 • Duke University

Start drafting your application materials EARLY!!! There will always be unexpected bumps in the road during the application process which will slow you down, and you want to start the process...

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stonerenard

GPA: 2.6 • LSAT: 149

Do not give up! Rejected from 20+ schools, so I’m going back to school and proving that my poor GPA is not who I am. Retaking the LSAT in a year or two. It just happens to be a different path...

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NotAJ2

GPA: 3.79 • LSAT: 172 • Boston University

In the end, everything will work out for you.

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ycb

GPA: 3.44 • LSAT: 161 • Northeastern University

OVERALL ADVICE: APPLY EARLY EARLY. I felt my applications were submitted almost a little bit late. I wasn’t able to catch the “early” wave. I had a handful of people look over my PS. I would...

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sayuh

GPA: 4.0 • LSAT: 168 • University of Chicago

Winnie the Pooh says, “Sometimes the best somethings come from doing nothing- or something along those lines.”

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FriendlyJustifiableTiger122

GPA: 3.14 • LSAT: 169 • Boston College

I am making my profile public to give people a look at what a low GPA application cycle might look like. I could have played out the WL game, but I retook and got a higher score. So now I’m...