…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.
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Admitted to Duke University…can please focus on your grades. Unexciting University Softs (president of fraternity, student-athlete in non-revenue sport, mild research opportunities, study-abroad, worked part-time all through undergrad) PS focused on an incident from my childhood -> experience I had somewhat related in uni -> neatly tied…
Bi, pretty mediocre softs. Research and some student org stuff, all somewhat relevant to my PS topic though. Good LORs Wrote Yale 250 Wrote Stanford Three Songs Why X for Berk, Duke, and Michigan, Core Values for Penn. GULC Top 10 UChi UR3 12/21, UR4 1/18. NYU HTE 1/21 Duke UR3 2/16 GULC date disappeared 1/5.
no “optionals” are truly optional shoot your shot!!! you only apply to law school once (or twice, or thrice :p) cohesiveness is super important; softs only matter insofar as they fit into your narrative Wrote optionals: Penn, SLS, Berk 4 pg PS and why berk, why uva, vandy video essay, NU kira, why UCLA and prog…
…matter. 7sage’s predictor chanced me at 31% at UVA. Your softs and your application materials are important, so don’t sell yourself short! Essays + Additional Info Yale - Y250 on niche issue of academic interest HLS - KJ1 off the WL. Decided to withdraw after I interviewed off the WL, I’m set on UVA! UPenn - Core…
…can change. You can’t change what happened in the past. Softs: HYPSM undergrad (with tough course load + GPA addendum), prestigious post-grad fellowship, legal work experience, salient diversity statement I wrote Why Xs for UVA, Michigan, Duke, Northwestern, Cornell, and Berkeley. Resources I swear by: 7Sage (both…
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…
LSAT 171 GPA 3.91 2020–21 cycle
Attending Washington University in St. Louis
Combination of T2/T3 softs with relevant work experience in a niche interest. Applied as soon as applications opened for each school and received decisions during first wave except for NYU, Yale, and Stanford.
…stats and didn’t do a good job demonstrating interest) T4 softs, did some research at my well-regarded undergraduate institution and had some limited freelance work experience, but nothing super impressive – I would say my admission was mainly a factor of stats, solid recommendation laters, and also having clear…
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…
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.
all i know is pain reapplicant with T3.5 softs
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…
Average softs: some leadership and research; 🏳️🌈(but I feel weird about it making me T3?) Harvard Interview (S.P.) : way too nervous, didn’t feel like it went well // UChicago Interview (A.W.): very conversational, felt like it went well! Supplemental Essays (if you don’t see it here, I didn’t write it): Michigan:…
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.
…of school resources like your hards and prestige like your softs. which would you rather invest time and money into for when you hit the job market? prestige is not valueless, but its value is variable and difficult to quantify, and ultimately the increase in competition will likely offset the additional resources.
Softs: D3 Athlete, Relevant internships, Leadership, Bilingual Be genuine in your essays. Demonstrate perspective, humility, and maturity. And relax a little bit (please guys you are stressing me out)
…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
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