Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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apricot

GPA: 3.88 • LSAT: 165 • University of California—Berkeley

comparison is the thief of joy

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HurriedNippyPirate

GPA: 3.61 • LSAT: 165 • University of Notre Dame

Don’t apply in March and don’t do investment banking while studying for the LSAT.

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FiveIndustriousPossum

GPA: 2.99 • LSAT: 156 • Albany Law School Of Union University

Nontrad applicant with 7+ years of work experience. Bad stats praying for an admit.

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letseehowthisgoes

GPA: 3.8 • LSAT: 149 • New England Law | Boston

Getting ready to R&R. Learned a lot this cycle and ready to take all that with me to next cycle. ‘23/‘24- applied with a 149 LSAT.

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TheValiantSwabian

GPA: 3.92 • LSAT: 173 • Yale University

Make sure your Yale 250 is captivating and personally relevant (without stressing personal details in the text). Find that nugget of philosophy you can’t stop thinking about lately and explain...

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miserableunistudent

GPA: 4.19 • LSAT: 170 • Georgetown University

Shoot your shot and give yourself enough time to study! Don’t stress too much it all works out in the end :)

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CondemnedDiligentReindeer

GPA: 3.64 • LSAT: 176 • Harvard University

If you’re here to figure out how I got into Harvard…join the club. But I’ve got some guesses, hopefully they’ll help you. LSAT: diagnostic 161, studied 10 weeks 25 hrs/wk. I only used some old...

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LivingElfinYeti

GPA: 3.3 • LSAT: 167 • Vanderbilt University

My advice: blanket the t-14 and the t-20 pretty broadly! I felt that applying to HYS, UPenn, UChicago would have been a waste when I was applying (and the thought of more apps and more $ sounded...

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SavoryAgreeableDragon

GPA: 3.94 • LSAT: 163 • Cornell University

Apply early! I had no choice because I did not have the usual time to prepare (studied in 6 months while working full time and moving countries/continents). I took the LSAT in February and wrote...