This cycle is brutal
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Admitted to Rutgers UniversityApply early! I had no choice because I did not have the usual time to prepare (studied in 6 months while working full time and moving countries/continents). I took the LSAT in February and wrote my essays in two weeks. Almost waited another cycle but decided to try my luck and ended up with some good options.…
schools only care about your highest lsat score! take, re-take, and re-re-take until you’re happy.
Fordham “Complete Application” Date Change: 12/5 –> 12/12 –> Decision: 1/05 GWU “Review in progress”: 12/16 –> Date and paragraph disappear: 1/10 –> Decision: 1/12 Cardozo “Complete and under review”: 1/5 –> 1/11 –> 1/22 –> Decision: 1/25 UVA “Under review”: 12/07 –> 1/04 –> Decision: 4/12 GULC (stayed as app…
Apply wide. Really wide. Embarrassingly wide. Then let the dust settle and make the smartest boring decision available. Prestige is a fine thing until you’re paying for it with money you don’t have chasing outcomes that aren’t guaranteed. The humble path taken confidently beats the prestigious path taken anxiously…
Pace yourself as you study. There can be diminishing returns if LSAT prep takes over your time and headspace. When it comes time to choose, stay rooted in what makes sense for you. Don’t read too much into other people’s results. Be clear and personal about your “why law” and “why now.”
Guys just apply early. That means asking for letters of rec spring sem, completing your PS in the summer, and sending in stuff by Nov latest. This ensures best scholly odds. Don’t do what I did. I seriously lucked out lmfao. PM for questions if you have any.
You only need one A!! Dont compare yourself to others, you have your own path and all you need is for one good school to take a chance on you and give you the opportunity to thrive there! Super humbled and grateful that I got into my dream school with lower stats, you can do it too! Dont count yourself out because…
If you have a C&F issue related to your undergrad’s academic code, certain schools will require a letter from a dean, and won’t process your application as complete until they have received this letter. Plan ahead!
Apply earlier than February. Stop refreshing the status checker and go outside.
Apply early! Do not do what I did! I believe I would have had more acceptances and better success in scholarship negotiations if I had taken my own adivce.
Don’t be like me. Really figure out where you are willing to go location-wise. I could’ve saved myself a few apps and money. I applied to most safeties and targets way too late. I repeat - don’t be like me lol Wrote Why X/Essay for Michigan, UVA, Boston U, Georgetown, UPenn, U of Wash,
Never give up!!!!!
Duke UR3 3/7 Wrote a “Why X” for most schools. Work experience in the Department of State, two Middle Eastern embassies, and extensive volunteer experience in Morocco, as well as some customer service jobs and undergraduate research. Attended top liberal arts college.
While it is possible to get into schools with scholarships applying late in the cycle, it will limit your options and provide a lot of waitlists at schools you’d likely be admitted to when applying in the fall. The LSAT is a huge factor and can drag a low GPA up.
Stop checking this website, it won’t make results come any faster
APPLY TO LAW SCHOOL. Don’t let anyone discourage you. Go to the best school that gives you the most money!!!!!!! I will only be including the day sent and when I received a decision date because law schools will take years to get back to you with a decision.
wrote why X’s for schools I am really excited about. My LSAT could have been higher but I chose not to retake to balance my busy grad school responsibilities and mental health. I am going for PI so I am looking for scholarships and PI job placement
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