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Advice applicants left on their LSD.Law profiles, searchable by topic, school, and stats.

LSAT 180 GPA 3.95 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of California—Berkeley

…1 pm FColumbia: 1:26 pm Th (at least most recent time) Waitlists: GULC: around 1:45 pm FBerkeley: around 7:30 am or at 5 pm (sometimes same time as Rs, sometimes not) (in status checker) UCLA: around 12:15 or around 3 pm or 5 pm UT: around 3 pm ish or 4 pm ish, same time as Rs (email) (around 3 pm) Th for sure and F…

LSAT 164 GPA 3.85 2022–23 cycle

Admitted to Duke University

Shoot your shot and APPLY EARLY because timing matters (especially for $$)!!! My friends with similar backgrounds, gpa, and higher lsat scores get rejected or waitlisted after applying in January rather than October/November. As long as your score isn’t horrendous, apply with the score you have instead of waiting…

LSAT 175 GPA 3.88 2022–23 cycle

Attending Harvard University

…choice” I think this helped me not get too crushed by any waitlist, rejection, or sub-par scholarship offer, and it helped me genuinely evaluate all of my options The waiting game sucks: I was in high anxiety waiting for decisions and scholarships all cycle. I looked at this website and reddit way too much. Live…

LSAT 177 GPA 3.67 2021–22 cycle

Attending New York University

…I would’ve gotten acceptances at most of the schools I was waitlisted at, and possibly stronger financial aid offers, if I applied sooner. For those a year out or more from the application deadline, this might mean beginning studying for the LSAT sooner! I took the LSAT 3 times to achieve my 177 (a total of 7 months…

LSAT 170 GPA 3.62 2022–23 cycle

Attending University of Minnesota

reapplicant from last cycle. was waitlisted to 12 schools (ranked from penn to american), rejected to two (harvard and fordham), and accepted at lewis & clark with a small scholarship. after talking with current students in public interest they convinced me not to attend. i applied w same gpa but a 164 lsat. retook…

LSAT 172 GPA 3.91 2023–24 cycle

Attending Northwestern University

…and you didn’t write the optional essay, you will get waitlisted. At the highest-ranked schools that I was accepted to (Vandy/Northwestern/Cornell), I went the extra mile, attended webinars, and did the optional interviews/essays. For the schools that I felt like I didn’t put my all into the applications (NYU/UCLA),…

LSAT 175 GPA 3.40 2021–22 cycle

Attending University of Michigan

…and through the summer. Planned on waiting out all T14 waitlists until the end, but by early August they did not look promising so I requested deferral offers. Michigan responded back within one business day and extended a deferral offer four days later. I was able to secure a legal job for the year ahead of time…

LSAT 170 GPA 4.08 2022–23 cycle

Attending University of California—Berkeley

…12/15/2022) **- - Programmatic contribution Georgetown (Waitlisted 12/16/2022) - Top 10 (coffee-related) **USC (Accepted 12/16/2022) **- - LSAT addendum to explain a score increase (request by school) Vanderbilt **(Accepted 12/16/2022) **- - Alumni interview, no supplemental essays **UC Berkeley (Accepted…

LSAT 169 GPA 3.98 2021–22 cycle

Attending University of Virginia

…background), 3-5 years relevant legal experience. Waitlisted in 2020-2021 at all the schools I applied to (except UVA, WashU, BU, UF, UA, UGA, BC, and PSU Dickinson which I didn’t apply to in my first cycle). **Chose not to reapply to **Chicago (WL), UCLA (WL), UT Austin (A), Vanderbilt (A), Fordham (PWL) in…

LSAT 175 GPA 3.73 2021–22 cycle

Attending Duke University

LGBT+ GPA was 3.70 when I applied, updated schools with my new 3.73 in December. Chose not to be on any waitlists I was offered as I did not want to have to wait longer for decisions/change my plans

LSAT 178 GPA 3.50 2021–22 cycle

Attending Washington University in St. Louis

…essay for NYU but that was it. Rejected at Harvard & waitlisted at Columbia/NYU/Fordham. Stats are the same, but this cycle I’ve written either a Why X or an optional essay for every school except UCLA, ASU, Cardozo & Brooklyn. Also added two short addenda to explain very minor things that may not immediately be…

LSAT 161 GPA 3.61 2020–21 cycle

Attending Columbia University

…would have been if this cycle hadn’t been abnormal. I was waitlisted at schools I expected to get into and received full-tuition scholarship offers from a couple of reach, even super reach, schools. Considering how discouraging this application cycle was for many people, I feel incredibly lucky (that’s an…