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Advice applicants left on their LSD.Law profiles, searchable by topic, school, and stats.
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Admitted to Vanderbilt UniversityDo what’s best for you. Write Why X for schools that you are actually interested in. Write a diversity statement if you have something to say!
Reapplicant: https://www.lsd.law/users/creep/PierPissolini I didn’t really boost my chances between cycles. Applied mid-Feb to late-March.
For those I heard back from before withdrawing, I just wrote DS for UPenn and NYU and then DS+Top 10 for GULC and DS+WhyX for Vandy
Shoot your shot! You don’t have anything to lose (except for the application fee money, but you’ll earn that back eventually lol)!
apply, apply, apply! apply to as many as possible and crank up those statements :)))))
KJD (putting in full-time employment during college removes KJD from LSD’s algorithm) Shoot above what you think you can make!
submitted all my apps mid-dec!
12/06/2022: accepted by my #1 choice school 08/15/2024: V50 SA offer (market) always bet on yourself & apply early
don’t worry! it’s horrible right now but soon you’ll look up and be freaking out in law school instead of on the internet!
Use 7sage, don’t do more than 1-2 tests a week, take a 4-5 day break every couple practice tests (so you actually learn).
Wrote optional essays for Duke, UMich, Notre Dame, UC Berkeley, and Cornell, including Why X and diversity statement.
Deferred from WashU to get some additional work experience and hopefully raise my scholarship through an LSAT retake.
LGBTQ, first-gen college student, TFA+1 extra year at placement school -> connected to legal interests (focus of PS)
You can do it!! Think about what your story is, and then don’t be afraid to revise and delete and start all over :)
It’s always easier said than done, but take deep breaths and relax! Things are never has bad as you think they are.
had to change username and remove detail/attendance info because my abuser found me on here. wishing you A waves.
Wrote Why X for Berkeley, Michigan, and Duke. Wrote supplemental essay for Stanford. Wing and a prayer people!
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