LSAT 146 GPA 2.10 2020–21 cycle
Personal Statement LSAT Addenda
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…sections for NYU, Columbia, Penn, Berkeley, and UMN personal statements.
Wrote personal statement on being first in my family to go to law school, wrote GPA addendum for first semester GPA weighing down average
…Why X for Michigan, UVA and Georgetown. Otherwise tailored personal statements for specific programs. On Emory’s ✨priority WL✨ Otherwise just on the plain ones
…7sage’s chances calculator (which is very flawed). Your personal statement is almost as important as nabbing a high LSAT score - those 2 pages have to be gripping, persuasive, and immaculate. Similarly, your addenda (at the very least, you’ll be writing one for your GPA) must persuade the reader that you will NOT be…
Wrote why X paragraphs in my personal statement. Dual enrollment lowered my LSAC GPA by 0.26. Softs are 1) extremely competitive extracurricular team, 2) very low-income upbringing affected by things relate to a very clear rationale for why law, and 3) prestigious undergrad fellowship. White and Hispanic, so kinda…
…Programmatic Contribution, and GULC Unpopular Opinion. Personal Statement - Well written but that’s pretty much where the good things end. It had a bad spelling error and it was basically just about me being bad at something to then improving. Law was only mentioned in the last sentence but it did not really tie…
…your undergrad, apply to your dream schools. Oh, get your personal statement checked 3+ times! You know the saying, shoot your shot ~~
Figure out what values the law school is looking for (e.g. diligence, honesty, ambition, etc.) and tailor your personal statement and essays to that. I got into William and Mary and NDLS by doing so, despite my GPA and lack of softs
Grad degree from FSU in Information Science, 2 years professional experience as Reference Librarian. Personal statement on importance of research and goal of becoming a law librarian. Feb LSAT was my first, looking for a longshot big scholarship to somewhere this cycle. If not, next cycle is where I’m headed!
…either by my non-prestigious background or by my risky personal statement topic choice! Finally, I took the LSAT 3 times. 168 and 169 in back to back tests, then I took a 10 month break (6 month break and 4 months of studying) and then got my 174. **I just wanted to start off by highlighting that and saying PLEASE…
Ph. D. in a humanities field related to the law I wish to practice, connection drawn (I hope convincingly) in the personal statement. Have four peer-reviewed articles in print (sole author) and a dissertation. I’m sort of known in my field, not a celebrity by any means but definitely a member of the profession.…
APPLY EARLY! I submitted all applications except for Penn and NYU in early September. While I had strong personal statements and wrote optional ‘Why X’ essays for Berk, Duke, Mich, UVA, Georgetown, GW, and Vanderbilt, I think being in the first wave of applicants in the early fall helped me stand out. I also highly…
I didn’t write any additional essays. I also focused my personal statement specifically to Arkansas and Mississippi. I worked since I graduated high school and obtained a director role while raising 3 children. So though my lsat score wasn’t great and my gpa looks terrible, the last two years I got all As but during…
…softs that helped me write what I believe was a compelling personal statement. With a glut of 170+ scores this cycle and my below-median GPA, I think those factors got me over the line. My only other result before withdrawing was a priority waitlist at GULC, so there is not much more to share.
Though my “softs” are individually T4, I have an outrageous amount of them; thus, on an overall basis, they may be considered T3. STEM Major. Wrote Diversity Statement for all schools. Wrote a tailored Why X for about 1/3 of applied schools (e.g., Berk, Penn, Duke, etc.) My advice is to focus on overshadowing your…
…improvement. Cited both Perry Mason and Godzilla in my Personal Statement. Seattle U. became a non-option due to living costs in the Seattle area. I negotiated Scholarship money with MSU from 30k/yr up to 32k. It sounds like that is about the typical bump that MSU offers. Wayne State asked for an additional addendum…
Use your softs wisely. I am 100% convinced my scholarship money came from my softs, I used my personal statement to explain my low GPA (mom had leukemia throughout my undergrad) but I explained how this made me stronger, more focused, and taught me how to overcome adversity. For schools where my GPA was below the…
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