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Advice applicants left on their LSD.Law profiles, searchable by topic, school, and stats.

LSAT 179 GPA 3.50 2021–22 cycle

Attending Georgetown University

…Chemical Engineering with a minor in Business. University Softs (orientation leader, executive leader of a first-year mentorship program, resident advisor, member of a social fraternity) PS focused on family/economic background leading me to pursue engineering, before realizing that climate change policy/law was my…

LSAT 170 GPA 3.99 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of Virginia

…to say they are holistic, but that is demonstrably BS. Soft’s only help at the margins. Don’t be too hard on yourself.- Attending any law school period is already a difficult feat in and of itself. Do not compare yourself to people on Reddit, having crazy high stats is not the norm. Every attorney I had ever met…

LSAT 175 GPA 3.98 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of Pennsylvania

…good stats, but I had very little work experience and my softs really and truly were not that impressive. I have a gut feeling that my rec letters where a big part of why I did as well as I did. I asked two of my professors—and I didn’t just ask them, I sat down and had a conversation with them about my future goals…