Didn’t write any optional essays Applied RD to all schools in December No major C&F issues Softs are academic awards and honor societies, including PBK. Interviewed at GULC, Cornell, and WashU Scholarships from Vandy and Emory
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Admitted to Cornell University…to be a very strong application. I have multiple ~T2 softs and sharpened my essays for nearly a year. Strategy Lesson - write all optionals I wrote all the “optional” essays. This seems to be common sense to me but apparently some people don’t understand this. If you can neatly slip a variant of Why X into essays…
…don’t have prestigious awards/internships or other T1/T2 softs (I didn’t), it just means you have to have a well-rounded application with a compelling personal statement and cohesive narrative for law school. Without giving away too much personal information, I had some fairly unique aspects of my childhood that…
…foreign language double major- What I would guess are T2.5 softs (3 years in top consulting firm; relevant/competitive internships every summer and semester of college; AmeriCorps service; US Senate work; federal agency work; selective fellowship; exceptional amount of in-depth campus leadership experience;…
…students 😭 international students!!!!!!!!!! Work on your soft!
…CSU and double majored in English and Philosophy Tier 3 softs: 3 years working at a literary journal (1 year as a junior editor, 1 year as senior editor / lead designer, 1 year as editor in chief), student in Honors college, published author, presented at an honors capstone conference. Self studied for the LSAT over…
…a history of service and leadership, along with amazing softs and a high GPA from a well-known undergraduate program. I definitely think my passion, hard work, and emotional intelligence shined through my applications.
(∩｀- ´ )⊃━━☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ background: master’s student, minor c&f issue (grades only), no special softs supplementals for: yale, stanford, chicago, penn, michigan, berkeley, cornell, georgetown bonus tea leaves: chicago: went UR2 through UR5 after interviewing, decision two days after UR5 michigan: date changed two thursdays…
read international justice lit to cope 10/10 would recommend (im going ma in polisci > law school and it really shows 🤡) regarding my softs, i did a 4+1 program, and graduated w a BA in french, a BA in political science, and an MA in political science at 20 ++ renegotiated my scholarship amount at Duke from $111,000…
My wisdom is this: I have no wisdom. I am a Mexican-American URM with a unique soft. I’m writing this before I receive any decision, but a horrible cycle would probably be due to me applying at 19 years old. If I had a normal/good cycle, then I guess age doesn’t matter!
Diversity statement about a unique childhood hardship and poverty (which by some classifications might mean T3 softs? T 3.5?) Wrote optional essays everywhere they were available Why x’s for all schools excluding: t6 (though included a paragraph in Columbia PS), WashU, BU, NW, + Core values instead of why X for Penn…
Wrote Why X for all schools I was admitted to. Heavily lent on my soft factors (URM, legal experience, great LORs from folks who knew me well). Tried to limit how much I check r/lawschooladmissions.
Apply to “soft safeties” i.e. schools where you’re pretty damn certain you’ll get in BUT would also actually consider going there–it may be where you end up, and thats ok.
I put myself as T4 softs because I’m KJD and most of my resume items are typical undergraduate activities: legal internship, lab research, TA position, and club leadership. However, I am a first-generation college student with 2 majors (STEM + business-related), which maybe helped me standout a little bit, but…
Softs: Engineer, ~3 years of unique work experience, graduate degree, significant time spent volunteering Personal statement: described the series of events that led me to pursuing law school School specific optional essays I wrote: Stanford: “Would you rather travel to the Moon or travel the Earth?” Harvard: None…
…as much. Also, if you’re a reverse splitter like me, those softs can be the world. I seriously believe I performed the way I did because of them, because my LSAT sure wasn’t doing any favors lol
…not write a DS (felt it would mirror my PS too closely). Softs are** very mediocre (no organization involvement, closest I have was being a member of the UF Ultimate Frisbee team. My lack of involvement was primarily due to COVID** forcing school into an online format for an entire year, but also due to my…
…of graduating class), 1 year medical leave in undergrad Softs: NSF-GRFP and other awards during grad school, published several first-author articles in peer-reviewed journals, 10+ conference presentations (including at the UN), adjunct at colleges/universities, founded and run LGBTQ-related nonprofit, president of…
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