Shoot your shot, honestly. A lot of people will tell you what results you can and cannot obtain with your numbers alone but if you tell your personal amazing story, you can do anything. I had a 143 diagnostic before my prep course with Kaplan in 9/2020. I wasn’t feeling confident so I signed up for the self study…
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Admitted to Howard UniversityYou can do anything, anyone who says differently is projecting. I’m a big believer in open source so I am here to be a data point. I also believe that inherently without having a detailed profile of an applicant, you cannot possibly understand why they got into the school. We are all so much more than numbers. This…
Really try to get the highest LSAT score possible. I took the LSAT 6 times (129,139,145,149,145,157) over a five year period. I wanted to go to law school since I was 22. Im now 27 turning 28 and will be 30 turning 31 when I graduate. Never give up on your dreams if you really want them. Where there is a will there…
Keep your GPA high. If your GPA is low, study hard for the LSAT. If your GPA & LSAT are low, build your resume to the moon. If all else fails, write the most influential and heart wrenching personal statement possible.
I thought my 160 was elite until I got on this damn website LOL Take your time with your personal statement and diversity statements. After reading both adcomms should be able to have a good idea of who you are as an individual in addition to why you want to be a lawyer. “Optional” essays arent optional if you…
Seek God and everything else shall be added unto you. took 5 gap years off. Traveled, worked, and waited on God to put all the pieces together for me. Excited for this new season in my life.
If you’re in undergrad, focus 100% on GPA, because it is the only thing you cannot improve after the fact. LSAT can improve, it’s a skill. If you are in a rush to go straight into law school, ask yourself if you would skip a year for $100,000. If your answer is no, you are probably a rich kid funded by your rich…
write all optional essays spend time cultivating a strong narrative connect with current law students at the law school you’re applying to if you use reddit, use it with discretion attend info sessions for the schools you’re applying to write your essays the summer before so you have time to edit them and get them…
Shoot your shot and apply earlier than me! My cycle was kind of a W considering my stats and application timeline. Apply for the LSAC fee waiver!
LSAT 154 GPA 4.04 2023–24 cycle
Attending Washington University in St. Louis
I’m no spectacular applicant, but here are a few things that I believed helped me: Prioritize you GPA!- Use RateMyProfessor (with caution) and take a look at a class’ grade distribution before joining. Invest quality time in your written materials by creating multiple drafts, looking at examples, and having someone…
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…
Shoot your shot. Now that I’m mid-way through my cycle, I’ve learned how truly unpredictable law school admissions cycles are. I was rejected from schools I thought I’d get into, and accepted/waitlisted at schools I thought I’d be rejected from. Law school admission calculators and Reddit enthusiasts do not take…
(◕︵◕) don’t do what i did and wait until december to apply. work on your resume and personal statement and maybe even diversity/identity/optional statement in the summer. As soon as applications begin to open in September, read through the instructions and make a list of the optional essays and stuff that each…
Q: What do you wish you had known when you started applying? A: What I Know now.
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-public interest inclined girlie (civil rights/human rights/immigration) -spring 2024 recent graduate -apply widely if ur a fellow reverse splitter !!!! final notes: -cycle went far better than i thought - essays will make or break you if you are a splitter or reverse splitter. ZERO rejections. i wish i tried…
resume included study abroad- capital defense paralegal for three years President of clubs and member of many leadership positions published thesis and manual for PD URM, first generation, multilingual took LSAT three times, 151, 156, 158 final Did all optional essays and contacted schools for phone conversations,…
I’m a HOYA LAWYA Shoot your shot and don’t hesitate to apply to your first choice. I only took the LSAT once and my resume, personal statement, optional essays (I always did them) and recommendations all focused on my experience in advocacy and social justice and my interest in my being a public interest attorney.…
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