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

LSAT 174 GPA 3.80 2022–23 cycle

Attending Columbia University

Do everything early. Start studying early, take your LSAT at an earlier administration than you need to, start writing early, submit your applications early. Don’t feel like you have to do law-related work to seem qualified. My work was only tangentially law-related, but was pretty unique and related clearly to a…

LSAT 167 GPA 3.43 2021–22 cycle

Attending University of Alabama

…I applied to, much less have to choose between them. Studying hard for the LSAT paid off in spades, and I couldn’t be more grateful for the opportunities and choices I ended up with. As is evident by the list below, decisions can in some ways feel so arbitrary and certainly cannot be predicted on ranking alone;…

LSAT 173 GPA 3.02 2021–22 cycle

Attending Georgetown University

…valuable work experience (doesn’t have to be in law). 3. Study hard for the LSAT, get above the 75th percentile for your target school. 4. Write an honest GPA addendum and one that shows how you have learned from your experience/how you are different now 5. In your essays show your resilience, hard work, and…

LSAT 170 GPA 3.72 2021–22 cycle

Attending Vanderbilt University

ME: small liberal arts college in southern US, philosophy major, social justice minor, ncaa athlete D3, student body president which placed me on a lot of academic/social/trustee committees, passionate about the outdoors/sports/my college/learning, felt like I did a good job of displaying myself as well rounded,…

LSAT 172 GPA 3.92 2024–25 cycle

Attending Duke University

what is meant for you won’t miss you xoxo best advice i can give is to not be like me and decide to take the lsat/apply to law school for that cycle in august. i think i lost *at least *5 years off of my life with the study-for-the-october-lsat-then-apply-by-mid-november turnaround.

LSAT 149 GPA 2.90 2024–25 cycle

Admitted to Elon University

…a Director Position for a non-profit. I was about a 3.0 Student in Undergrad and did the exact same in my Masters program (MPA for those who have read this far). As of writing this I have yet to take the LSAT but I am studying and do have a schedule that I (kinda) adhere too. I am scheduling myself out so that I can…

LSAT 159 GPA 3.55 2024–25 cycle

Attending Gonzaga University

Work as hard as you can in college, study hard for the LSAT, try to apply early if possible – and above all else, PLEASE take care of your mental health. If that means stepping away from this site for a while, then do it. Do NOT sacrifice your wellbeing during this process. Develop good habits now, and carry them…

GRE 282 GPA 2.34 2025–26 cycle

The only advice I have at this current time is your LSAT and LSAC GPA are everything…don’t let them lie to you about the “Softs” lol. I should have studied more and taken the LSAT in place of the GRE, because I noticed the process is longer with the GRE…even when you mark it in your application that you will be…