Applying to law school is hard! you got this! I took the LSAT 3 times to get my score, don’t give up. Try not to obsessively check this site and Reddit, it’s not terribly helpful :)
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Admitted to Columbia UniversityApply earlier than I did lol - applying early doesn’t guarantee you will get a decision faster, but applying late nearly guarantees that you’ll be scrambling as deposit deadlines approach.
Ivy undergrad Legal job after gradation Strong personal statement / diversity statement (I think this was the most important part !!!) Recs from professors I was very close with
Do your applications in the fall, make sure your narrative is coherent, and study hard kids! (Also get off of Reddit and LSD until your decisions are in - you’re wasting precious time!)
Wrote all optional essays including Why X for Berkeley, Duke, and UVA. I did not include a Kira interview for Northwestern. Didn’t interview with & didn’t personalize PS for Columbia.
“Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp // Or what’s a heaven for?” Don’t kill the cringe parts of you, kill the part of you that cringes. The revolution will be litigated.
Be yourself in your fullness.
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.
Go read Vineland… then don’t be like him.
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!
Risk the impossible! I focused as much time on my PS/Resume/App Materials as I did the LSAT. A coherent narrative was key to the success of my application, you can do this!
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
Moral of the story is shoot your shot. I am super KJD (graduated at 19) and I’m not sure if that had any affect on my decisions. I don’t think it did so ¯(ツ)/¯
uchicago ur3 1/12, ur4 1/18 nyu hold 1/21 usc “may” sentence gone 1/28, “may” sentence came back 2/7 harvard ghost update 2/5 (probably meant nothing)
apply early, broadly, and write all the optional essays! T10 ug, international fellowship after graduating, interest in specific area of law that came up in my essays
T3.5 softs (2 yrs WE in marketing and education). Applied to UChicago and UVA with a 171 in November. Applied to the remaining T8 schools with a 174 in February.
Chose HBS over YLS. Additionally applied to MBA programs A: Harvard, Wharton, MIT, Columbia, YaleSOM WL/R: StanfordGSB, UChicago, Northwestern, NYU, Cornell
good luck to my stats twins out there!!
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