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Admitted to Baylor UniversityDon’t let good be the enemy of great. Instead of waiting until the last minute to submit your apps because you’re paralyzed over whether or not your Personal Statement and Resume are good enough (like I did), be ok with “good” and prioritize getting your applications in earlier in the cycle.
You can reach me at reddit.com/u/apritiard3, DMs open. Cya in Chicagooo Make sure your essays don’t suck. Wild that I didn’t get into Michigan as a Flint kid. Wild that I was waitlisted at Columbia with a 3.14 GPA. Northwestern is pretty cool, highly recommend.
Cycle is complete and wow what a journey. I want to give at much information as possible to help y’all. LSAT: Started studying using Blueprint during winter break of my junior year. Got up to a 161, got a 155 on the at home LSAT in April of that same year. I really liked the Blueprint course for lives classes and a…
Summary: I applied to law school after graduating from a NYC undergraduate university and working in a law firm for two years. In that time, I was able to participate actively in a trial of national importance and conduct psycho-legal research using my degree in psychology. I am a cis Latino male from a lower middle…
I hope some of the information here will help applicants in future cycles! I tried to keep a consistent theme throughout my entire application. I submitted 3 LORs (2 academic, 1 professional). I touched on Why Law in my personal statement. I did not submit a GPA addendum but I did have an upward trend in my GPA. Be…
Shoot your shot!! Post-cycle doxx: I have a BS in Public Health from UT Austin and a MPH from UTHealth Sciences Center at Houston. 3.66 and 4.0 GPAs, respectively. My undergrad courses were all pre-med (think ochem, biochem, anatomy and physiology, etc.) which kinda prevented my GPA from being super high. Few years…
My GPA situation is unusual due to non-trad developments; originally went straight to undergrad from HS with undiagnosed ADHD and just sort of left without graduating after 5 years with 2.33. Then after diagnosis and several years of very non-traditional work experience, I enrolled at community college and 4.0’ed…
Applied with a 155. Got waitlisted at great schools even with a 155 because my statements carried. Did a diversity statement and every optional essay schools had. My advice for splitters is to rely on your statements. Humans are inherently selfish. You will not be admitted because of how great you are but how…
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Before actually deciding to apply to law school, I would recommend these 4 steps: Read this: http://www.deanspade.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/For-Those-Considering-Law-School.pdf Really think about if your goals in being a lawyer align with actual legal work. If you have social justice goals in going to law…
My PS focused on some very personal reasons for ‘Why law’. I attempted to be vulnerable and show how I overcame adversities throughout my teens to put myself in a position to apply for law school. However, looking back on it, I may have overshared and created some red flags. If there were optional essays, I took the…
I have two undergraduate degrees from a small, low(and I REALLY mean low)-ranked state school. I worked 3 jobs during, and did an internship abroad in a country that is not stereotypical for my current field. I have some very unique work experience in a highly nationally ranked (purposefully vague here) institution.…
Reach out to every school to which you plan to apply for an application fee waiver (and probably a CAS waiver too). If you ask nicely, pretty much every school will waive the application fee, although quite a few don’t waive CAS fees no matter what. Try to do that in August so you can submit applications as early as…
all scholarship info is total EDIT: on 06/05/2020, I increased my LSAT from 160 to 163. All results are with my 160, unless otherwise noted. EDIT, EDIT: ended up transferring to T20 school after 1L. UNLV: 10/29 - refreshed my status checker for UNLV to find myself admitted! Admissions called the next morning to make…
Believe in yourself and give it your best shot! Do not sell yourself short in this process, the possibilities are endless and unpredictable and you are truly your harshest critic. My extremely low GPA haunted me for years before I finally applied, and now I’m attending a T-40 law school with scholarship! Specific…
Not everyone has to have the same résumé – in fact, I encourage you to be unique (Being a political science major and doing legal internships over the summer is not the only path) Without rushing, apply as early as you can*. It shows initiative, organization, and interest – also you beat out the hordes of other…
***BLANKET THE T14 AS A URM, MILITARY, SUPER SPLITTER, AND REVERSE SUPER SPLITTER!!!! IMMATERIAL OF YOUR STATS, JUST DO IT!!!!!!! ***(Super means above a 75th but below the other 25th) Motivation and good advice: https://www.lsd.law/users/creep/Glaucon191 ***BLACK APPLICANTS READ THIS PLEASE!!!!!: ***…
Here’s a condensed version of the advice I’ve given to others that is based on what I did: Start working as early in life as you can. Don’t wait until you’re graduated from college to get your first job and think that’ll be impressive to law schools. I was working full time in high school and at least part time…
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