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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 176 GPA 3.82 2023–24 cycle

Admitted to Georgetown University

…$$. 23-24 Apps: NYU - ED - Deferred to RD - Hold 2/6 - Waitlist 4/30 Columbia - RD - Accepted! Got the WL from CLS last year so shocked and pleasantly surprised ATTENDING with 70k grant. Fordham - RD - Accepted with $135k scholarship CUNY - RD - Accepted a couple days after applying Overall thoughts: I’m bummed that…

LSAT 169 GPA 3.45 2021–22 cycle

Attending University of California—Davis

…employment can’t be made up with likely scholarship $. **Waitlists: ** **Northwestern **I withdrew. The cost would be too much and having to turn down an offer would hurt my soul. Pretty sure the WL was only because I applied ED with borderline R stats. **USC **Withdrew mid-may. They sent an email saying it was…

LSAT 171 GPA 3.90 2021–22 cycle

Admitted to Georgetown University

I tried applying last cycle but was way too late in the game and got waitlists and rejects for the most part. Hoping for better luck this time around (and applying way earlier). Retook the LSAT (again). Score progression was: 163 –> 167 –> 171 (wish schools didn’t have to know all of them but whatever) I’m also a…

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 168 GPA 3.91 2020–21 cycle

Attending Vanderbilt University

…GPA was 3.82, then went through rest of cycle (before most waitlists) with 3.88 Final CAS GPA 3.91 At least two glowing letters of rec out of four (very likely) decent ones ORM

LSAT 169 GPA 3.55 2021–22 cycle

Attending Fordham University

…optional interview for Northwestern (update: also did the waitlist interview for Northwestern as well on 3/3/22) Update: submitted LOCI for NYU and NW in late march/early april. Good luck to you if you’re reading this :)

LSAT 163 GPA 4.03 2020–21 cycle

Attending George Washington University

I guess just apply early, lol. I got into comparable schools like GW and Fordham but was waitlisted by BU and BC (at least partially) because I decided to apply too late.

LSAT 174 GPA 3.86 2024–25 cycle

Attending New York University

I live in NYC, want to stay, and have public interest goals so NYU it is. staying on the Harvard waitlist just in case but it’s hard to imagine uprooting my life and taking on crazy debt for it at this point 4 years of non law-related experience my advice for future generations…write optional essays, have a…

LSAT 168 GPA 3.89 2023–24 cycle

Attending Villanova University

…decent scholarship, so thank god the 2 ED’s ended up being waitlists) it essentially came down to what city I could see myself living in. Fordham would have been fine with the scholarship I got, and would have had an ok chance at BigLaw, but I simply don’t like NYC enough to take a chance on ending up with a…

LSAT 168 GPA 3.80 2021–22 cycle

Attending Fordham University

…the LSAT again, take the LSAT again. Get money not waitlists. I suffered from having an international gpa (see lowball $cholly offers from Brooklyn and Cardozo) and a below 170 LSAT (WL @ UT and WashU). I was always planning to consider the schools that gave me the best **$cholar$hip. I applied to NYU on 9/15, I got…