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Admitted to George Washington UniversityDo NOT apply as late as I did. My results are due to extreme luck.
Message me on Reddit u/LawAndOreo if you have any questions! Looking to help as many people as I can!
Work on your application over the Summer and submit it as soon as you can.
UVA was my top choice pretty much from the beginning. It was hell watching it go UR so many times (SIX) before I got the interview invite, but the interview itself was great and they called me back an hour after we finished with the admit offer. UVA has been an absolutely amazing fit for me and I love it here. Law…
Be humble. Be consistent. Keep advocating for yourself while remaining grateful for every opportunity. The waitlist process tested my patience, but persistence ultimately paid off. To all my fellow Waitlist Warriors: don’t give up—you can do it!
Strong essays are worth spending the extra hours/days on- even if you need to delay submitting your apps a week or two. Your LORs are much stronger coming from people who know you, not someone with high-status (think a partner at a law firm) who you barely work with. Apply early if you can, but just make sure you’re…
ESL, Asian, Non US Citizen/Permanent Resident, STEM Undergrad Major… what else could be worse?
Leave this process regretting nothing! Do the campus visit, take that extra hour on your personal statement, get another set of eyes on your resume, TAKE THE LSAT AGAIN (none of the other stuff matters if your foot isn’t in the door with yiour LSAT score unfortunately) Trust me, you only want to apply to law school…
START EARLY!!! i started way too late. APPLY FOR FEE WAIVERS A MONTH BEFORE YOU PLAN ON SUBMITTING - I didn’t realize that I qualified for most fee waivers, and ended up not having them because I didn’t have time to wait for them to come in. Wrote supplementals for most schools, usually “Why X.” Applied to…
Worry about the things you can control and do your best to let everything else go. Be a real person. There are hundreds of other people out there with your stats. You are more than just a dot on a 2x2. And that matters. Even if sometimes it doesn’t matter to a school it should matter to you. Unless it’s a decision,…
UMN UR3: 01/12 UR4: 01/25 UVA UR3: 01/17, Interview on 01/23; UR4 01/23 UR5 01/24 Georgetown Interview: 01/22 Committed to Berkeley originally but got a feeler call from Michigan which was my first choice going into the cycle. I decided to visit the school and set up a campus visit. 3 days later, I got the call!…
Be practical about where you’re applying. Interest rates are high, the job market is tightening, and even those who get jobs in big law regularly refer to their situation as “golden handcuffs.” Where you go to law school does not define the ceiling of your success as an attorney, but having well over six figures of…
I went to an utterly irrelevant state undergraduate institution and did virtually nothing of note after graduating, but I had an (apparently) interesting story of self growth to tell of my 5 years post college. Study hard for the LSAT and write your ass off on the essays and you’ll surprise yourself.
**Reapplicant ** Increased my LSAT 2 points between the 2020 cycle and 2021 cycle, graduated college, and got a full-time job at a BigLaw firm. 2020-2021 Cycle Results: A: University of San Diego, Pepperdine, Chapman, Loyola Marymount Los Angeles, Baylor WL: University of Southern California, UCLA, Georgetown, UC…
Apply broadly, even to schools you don’t think you would attend if admitted. An extra $250 in application fees leading to an additional acceptance has the potential to yield thousands of dollars in negotiated merit aid.
This process is a bear, but don’t let the bastards get you down. Remember always the immortal words of Edwin Markham that “defeat may yet still serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let all the glory out”
I’m a HOYA LAWYA Shoot your shot and don’t hesitate to apply to your first choice. I only took the LSAT once and my resume, personal statement, optional essays (I always did them) and recommendations all focused on my experience in advocacy and social justice and my interest in my being a public interest attorney.…
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