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Advice applicants left on their LSD.Law profiles, searchable by topic, school, and stats.
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Admitted to Belmont UniversityAPPLY EARLY AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SAFETY, TARGET, AND REACH SCHOOLS! Also pls be nice to yourself during this process. You are applying to law school and that is pretty epic!
Go to therapy during the application cycle. Trust.
Know ur worth and have fun >.< Congressional intern, involved with various campus organizations, honors college, connected with sorority (TLAM), 3.88 degree GPA @state school (boomer sooner), sent in additional rec. letters, only made why statement to GW and schools that required it.
If I can do it so can you!!! Don’t let anyone rain on your parade!!! 🌟
Be firm in what you want. If you know where you want practice, go to the school that will best set you up for that. Don’t force it. There’s nothing wrong with trying again next cycle. Especially if you’re in a place rn that is treating you well. Don’t rush a transition.
Shoot your shot! Don’t tell yourself no before someone else can.
Def think my work in the legal community helped with my low LSAT. I also am an early graduate and spending time abroad, which some admissions teams liked to hear :) SMU has been my top choice from day one!
My first acceptance came about 12 days after submitting most of my applications! It was a big confidence boost, but I am skeptical of the conditional scholarship and the employment rate of the school.
LSAT 167 Int'l GPA Superior 2023–24 cycle
Attending University of Tennessee
Apply to peer schools of the school you want to attend to have competing scholarship offers to negotiate with. In hindsight I would have applied to more schools for more negotiation leverage.
The only thing worse than rejection is regret! applied pretty broadly since this is a weird cycle. Planned to go to Loyola, but getting into bama was such a dream.
Don’t submit your application to your first choice school first. You will probably notice minor errors and areas for improvement as you submit other applications.
Never quit. I’m a 51 yo retired Army Sergeant Major and law student from a family of HS grads and dropouts who never looked beyond everyone’s expectations…
I tailored the last paragraph of my personal statement to each school, and I believe that contributed (in part) to the scholarships I received.
Get your LSAT up as high as you can because that’s where the $$$ is. Highly recommend work experience. Best of luck!
Apply early and be prepared to be patient as a reverse splitter. I took the LSAT twice and received the same score.
I should’ve taken the LSAT a third time… listen to your instincts. If you think you will do better, go for it!
success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts - winston s. churchill
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