…with honors. LSAC is a scam, and without it, I think my scholarship outcome would have been better. **LSAT: ** Don’t sign up to take the LSAT unless you are consistently hitting your goal score in PTs. You can get a lot of free and low-cost help on the LSAT. I don’t recommend shelling out a lot of money for a…
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Admitted to Wake Forest University…fact that a higher LSAT score invariably results in higher scholarship offers, you’re basically being paid to study for a test that has an inordinately high impact on admissions. It’s the most important but most controllable part of your application. Write why statements, and “optional statements.” You know if…
…as soon as possible while also being in the pool for scholarships and opportunities. Holding your seat “as an option” is senseless. Be decisive and look out for your fellow applicants and the admissions officers that have thousands of decisions to make. Your ranking within a school matters more than your school’s…
Tier 3 Softs: First-gen, low-income; prestigious merit scholarship; T10 Undergrad Submitted diversity statement and optional essays. Applied later in cycle (December-January apps)
LSAT 166 GPA 3.80 2020–21 cycle
Attending University of North Carolina
…over 3 years at UNC with what amounts to nearly a full scholarship (thanks to their amazing in-state tuition) was just too good to turn down. -Not especially interested in debt or biglaw and have SO in state. Ultimately a no-brainer, I think, given my preferences. Would have taken $$/$$$ from Duke to get me to…
…and mental health. I am going for PI so I am looking for scholarships and PI job placement
…so after their first deadline) which made me miss the big scholarships. if anyone else is hoping to go there i strongly suggest to apply before the early app deadline. excited for wake forest !
…that undergrad simply is not. Finally - location, average scholarship offers, and career outcomes should be the primary determinant in how you decide where to apply. Rankings simply do not matter most of the time; your actual law school grades will have far more impact on what you do after school. So, pick the…
LSAT 167 Int'l GPA Superior 2023–24 cycle
Attending University of Tennessee
Apply to peer schools of the school you want to attend to have competing scholarship offers to negotiate with. In hindsight I would have applied to more schools for more negotiation leverage.
…with them. Spread your app pool out – once you get in, scholarships can always be negotiated! Remember, you are already on the path that you’re meant to be on. If I had skipped those years of LSAT anxiety and gone straight to law school, I wouldn’t have met my spouse.
My wisdom is yes, it is worth taking the LSAT again. I learned through this process that even a couple of points make a really big difference when it comes to scholarship money. So study a little harder and take it again. (◕︵◕)
SC resident Aspiring healthcare attorney GPA addenda- late-diagnosed chronic illness Why I chose W&L: scholarship offer- stellar alumni network tight-knit community within the university & throughout the town amazing program with nationally recognized outcomes for graduates including federal clerkships & jobs that…
Don’t be scared of a school’s “sticker price” - you’re not paying it! Apply even if it would take a huge scholarship for you to go. You never know!
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