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

LSAT 172 GPA 3.89 2022–23 cycle

Attending Yale University

…It was the lowest point in my life, and writing that addendum was tough. I believe it is absolutely essential to show contrition and put enough time between the incident and your application to show how you have changed. Fortunately for me, I had nearly a decade of working, promotions, and volunteering since my…

LSAT 174 GPA 3.71 2024–25 cycle

Attending University of Pennsylvania

…went UR III 3/21 Additional application info: Did a GPA addendum for all schools (was sick for part of undergrad)- Did no optional essays for UChi, Harvard, UVA, NYU, Northwestern, Michigan, Berkeley, UCLA, WashU, BU, TAMU, Fordham, ASU, UW, or UBC Submitted the music optional essay for Stanford, the resilience…

LSAT 172 GPA 3.56 2022–23 cycle

Attending University of California—Berkeley

…law school etc). Write a Why Law School statement in the addendum if it doesn’t flow off the personal statement. Helps prevent typo errors (referencing wrong school). I didn’t write a Why Law School statement because it felt weird to write what I love about each school for a couple reasons: (1) I don’t know…