Don’t let all this nonsense get into your head. You can go to a good law school with a low LSAT and GPA.
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Admitted to CUNY1/25: -RECORD SCRATCH- Applying for 2025 :) 2/2/2025: YOU SHOULD NOT LIVE THE WAY THAT I LIVED YOU SHOULD NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE AND YOU SHOULD NOT ONLY APPLY TO ONE LAW SCHOOL DESPITE HAVING ALL THE OTHER APPLICATIONS READY TO GO AND YOU SHOULD LIVE YOUR LIFE THE WAY YOU WANT INSTEAD OF LIVING ON THE…
si es para ti, nadie te lo quita bet on yourself!
Suffolk Law - Accelerated J.D. Program (Got status update at like 9:30 AM; E-mail at 4:45 PM). CUNY Law - Received e-mail at 7:00 PM (E-mail and status update at the same time). Hofstra Law - Accepted via status checker at (4:40 PM). Email and scholarship email (they’re two separate emails) two hours later (in spam).
I wrote almost every optional statement, a diversity statement detailing how my background has shaped my experience /will influence my future legal perspective, and used GPA+LSAT addenda to balance my app as a splitter and explain a 16 point increase on the LSAT.
Stop checking this website, it won’t make results come any faster
Make sure you have safety schools!!! Scholarships > Rankings
If a school has an optional essay, WRITE IT. Negotiate scholarship offers, but do it wisely-prioritize leveraging other offers, being polite and realistic, and emphasize why you want to go to the school and why the school wants you.
live, laugh, love (as an act of defiance)
I went to an undergrad with no GPAs, just written evaluations, and I’m very curious to see how this pans out :-O. Didn’t plan on studying law, but after 7 years in my industry, I’m switching careers.
Non-trad, first-gen professional applicant with a background in low-income jobs. Happy to chat with other people in similar situations about the application process — DM on Reddit (same username).
Number one advice to get into those tougher schools is to be interesting. Also, don’t let law school decisions control your happiness.
You are enough, it’s not just about the LSAT or your GPA. If you want it badly enough and you work hard, you will become the lawyer you are destined to be!
Why Xs for: Fordham, NYU, Columbia (integrated small one in CUNY PS) Wrote DS CLS WL decision rendered 3/29. Additional FLS URs: 4/20/21 & 4/22/2021
ur3 at penn 2/23 ur3 at duke 3/19 wrote lsat addendum due to six takes (with two cancellations for justified reasons)
Only apply to schools you’re excited about and even just one acceptance will feel like a party! 🥳
Take a deep breath, do the best you can - no one can ask for more than that! You got this!!
don’t refresh your status checker every morning. you’ll hate yourself (yea, i do hate myself)
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