Wrote Why Northwestern, Why WashU, Yale Optional 2, Columbia LSAT Addendum (lol), Georgetown Top 10, Penn Core Values, Stanford Songs/Class, Stanford Optional, and submitted a diversity statement or equivalent to everywhere but Yale and Stanford. 4 LORs (2 academic, 1 research position, 1 WE). LPT: Help pay for…
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Admitted to Georgetown UniversityIf you have a low GPA and want to get into a reach school, give the LSAT everything you have, even if you have to take it 3+ times. I think I left a few points on the table because I didn’t study as long as I should have, so don’t do that. Put a lot of effort into addendums (if you have a valid reason). Schools are…
Enjoy your life while you wait to hear back. I didn’t get into Georgetown until 7 days before classes started. If you have similar numbers to me, enjoy your life while you wait because it might not come until August. Do what makes you happy. Ask all the girls out, lift all the weights, and sit in the sun.
Shoot your shot and APPLY EARLY because timing matters (especially for $$)!!! My friends with similar backgrounds, gpa, and higher lsat scores get rejected or waitlisted after applying in January rather than October/November. As long as your score isn’t horrendous, apply with the score you have instead of waiting…
LSAT 171 Int'l GPA Above Average 2024–25 cycle
Admitted to Georgetown University
US Citizen UK undergrad at one of the London unis, upper second classification. For all the fellow data-starved internationals out there
I thought I would get a few more T14 acceptances before I applied, but I think I ended up performing averagely for this difficult/weird cycle. I don’t have any major regrets, but I think I would’ve tried to apply earlier, October-ish as opposed to December, just to get a few decisions in early. Also wish I would’ve…
T2 softs and Ivy undergrad. Didn’t write Why X essays, but wrote other optional essays. Included a non-traditional diversity statement (meaning I didn’t talk about race) and a pretty wild academic addendum. I know for a fact that my essays and interviews were what got me very far in the admissions process- spend a…
I spent the summer before application season working on my PS and other essays, and I recommend doing so rather than trying to hurry to finish when application season starts. I sat the last in-person LSAT administration before COVID. My PS was about being molested and how the legal process shaped me and drives me…
But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.
Wrote Why Washu, GULC Top 10, Northwestern Goals, Why Cornell, Why Duke, Michigan Optional (NOT Why Mich), UPenn Core Values, Why UChicago, two Stanford Optionals, Yale 250 Did not write: Why Mich, Why UVA, Why CLS, Why NYU, or Penn Collaboration essays Full cycle recap here:…
Get table stakes (a near median GPA or LSAT) then focus on your story and shoot your shot. Everything takes longer than it should. So start early and don’t sweat taking a few years off one bit. Talk to students. Find them on webinars, on LinkedIn, through affinity clubs. Reach out and talk. You’ll learn so much. And…
Don’t be in a hurry to take on six-figure debt and give up 3 years of income and career advancement. Make sure you know what you want. Law school should be a means, not an end. Try working in the fields you’re interested in until you hit a ceiling/become sure you want to go to law school. You may decide you don’t…
Look at the employment outcomes, beyond self-selection, for the job that you want. For DC big law, the best appear to clearly be HYS, UVA, and GULC. For my personal situation, GULC made the most sense by far. I would have been upset if I were waitlisted there and had to attend another T14. There was a perfect storm…
T3.75 imo, I don’t think being LGBTQIA+ is that much of a boost (though I did write about it). Biracial nURM, T20 undergrad. Wrote DS for some schools and integrated it into PS for others. Wrote Why X for Berk, Duke, GULC, UVA, Option 8 for UMich, Core Strengths for UPenn, and Top 10 for GULC. Foolishly waited until…
LSAT 164 GPA 3.93 2024–25 cycle
Attending University of California—Berkeley
LSAT is not everything. Strong softs, great essays, strong letters—those count a LOT ! Breathe and do not check reddit too often.
Try not to go insane. Study early and study hard for the LSAT. Have a rock-solid study routine. Don’t study full-time, though; losing all external structure in your life can be very destabilizing. Don’t be afraid to say no to higher-ranked schools in order to stay close to loved ones. Apply broadly. Take at least…
(∩｀- ´ )⊃━━☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ background: master’s student, minor c&f issue (grades only), no special softs supplementals for: yale, stanford, chicago, penn, michigan, berkeley, cornell, georgetown bonus tea leaves: chicago: went UR2 through UR5 after interviewing, decision two days after UR5 michigan: date changed two thursdays…
Apply earlier in the cycle than I did! Retake the LSAT! I had a 162 after my first take (technical problems during the test) and retook for my 175. If you think you can do better, it is worth a shot. Apply widely! Schools are looking for all kinds of different things and it only takes one. I should have applied to…
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