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

LSAT 179 GPA 4.00 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of Pennsylvania

…was way too casual. Don’t try to be funny :( Re-applicant KJD 169-> waited a year reapplied with a 179 + one year work experience

LSAT 179 GPA 3.93 2024–25 cycle

Admitted to Cornell University

Painful to underperform but makes sense as a KJD without a strong narrative beyond finance undergrad -> biglaw M&A. Looking forward to Cornell and riding out WLs.

LSAT 177 GPA 3.96 2024–25 cycle

Attending Harvard University

I was convinced going into the cycle that my KJD status would completely bar me from the t 3-5 schools, but I’m happy to have been wrong. Work experience is the right call for many people, but if you have high stats and have had exposure to legal work, I think you can have some confidence going in. A few random…

LSAT 172 GPA 3.95 2021–22 cycle

Attending University of Chicago

…is the dialogue if Donnie was applying to law school as a KJD: Dr. Lillian Thurman: How are things going at school? Donnie Darko: I think about my status checker a lot. Dr. Lillian Thurman: I asked you about school, Donnie. Donnie Darko: I think about my fucking statuses on the LSD site a lot during school. if u…

LSAT 173 GPA 3.61 2022–23 cycle

Attending Stanford University

…originally dead-set on wanting to go completely through KJD, but the pandemic happened and it didn’t work out (I didn’t want to do Zoom University School of Law). Honestly, so thankful it happened that way (everything happens for a reason as the cliche goes.) I was not emotionally, mentally, psychologically,…