Wrote Optional essays wherever possible. STEM major from a mediocre state school, but I spent a ton of time on perfecting the written materials in my application.
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Admitted to Northwestern Universityapply early, broadly, and write all the optional essays! T10 ug, international fellowship after graduating, interest in specific area of law that came up in my essays
Chose HBS over YLS. Additionally applied to MBA programs A: Harvard, Wharton, MIT, Columbia, YaleSOM WL/R: StanfordGSB, UChicago, Northwestern, NYU, Cornell
good luck to my stats twins out there!!
UnequalSuperSandpiper left no wisdom for posterity… (◕︵◕) UVA UR3 2/15, UR4 2/21 Duke to top of Lawhub Status Checker 2/24, 3/12 Columbia Hold March 20th
Do not stress for the first two to three months after you submit applications. You cannot tell how things are going to go; don’t bother thinking about them.
South Asian Muslim female. Wrote ‘why Berkeley’ and ‘why Michigan’ essays. To whoever is creeping on this in the future, good luck with your cycle :)
good luck for those of yall coming in!
Meow
Never give up! If you have that feeling , that you want to go to that school do nt settle
Don’t stress out too much! Everything about applying to law school takes far longer than it really should, but someday it’s suddenly all over :)
Wrote Why X for my top choices, optional essays, and did requested, relevant addenda. Splitter but had some decent softs, there is hope for you!
Spend less time on LSD Law, more time on your applications, and even more time living life in the meantime.
Wrote optional essays, GPA addendum, and opted into any interview possible. Stay off the reddit and trust your gut, not internet strangers! :)
Do what’s best for you. Write Why X for schools that you are actually interested in. Write a diversity statement if you have something to say!
wrote why X for Columbia, Cornell, Northwestern, UVA, Michigan, and Duke submitted Diversity Statement for Yale, Harvard, Penn, UVA, and NYU
Have a cohesive application that tells the story of you. Only check this site once a day or you’ll go crazy. Stay off r/lawschooladmissions.
At this rate, I think it is fair to say that I am underperforming. The hardest part about this process is not knowing what you did wrong.
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