My best advice to splitters, beyond having a high LSAT score, is to write every essay for the school you’re applying to, even the optional ones. It shows the school you’re serious about them; plus, any opportunity to showcase who you are will put you ahead over other applicants who didn’t write those optional essays…
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Admitted to Washington University in St. LouisGoing to try to keep this updated through my cycle to help out any other super-uper-duper splitters out there. Brief background**:** Changed my major twice with a strong upward trend in GPA (~2.0 in my first year vs ~4.0 in my final year) at a top 30 undergrad, submitting addendum. Took the LSAT four times (157 to…
The Big Lessons From My Cycle: The biggest lesson to take from my cycle in particular is that, for super-splitters like myself (below every 25th uGPA median and above every 75th LSAT median), writing really strong essays can move the needle and make you stand out from the big crowd of “very good but flawed” T14…
…do not apply to only a few schools, especially as a splitter. Apply to schools that you wouldn’t even think of attending, and use scholarship offers from those schools to progressively leverage your safeties, then your targets, and then (if you’ve gotten in) your reach schools to offer you more money. An app might…
Wrote Why X for my top choices, optional essays, and did requested, relevant addenda. Splitter but had some decent softs, there is hope for you!
Here is my write-up with my thoughts and advice on how to approach applying to law school as a splitter: https://www.reddit.com/r/lawschooladmissions/s/tkQOwsLTRY
Just a reverse splitter trying to get into law school!
Stealing this recap format from TroutLawyer, my fellow URM splitter! Going through this process as a STEM undergrad who never considered law school growing up, it always felt like I was drinking from a firehose. The lawschooladmissions subreddit and LSData are helpful for learning the ins and outs of the process,…
…outcome. Don’t sell yourself short. I know plenty of splitters/super splitters that have ended up at great schools with big scholarships. You have to find the balance between being realistic and giving yourself the credit you deserve. Are you getting into Yale with a 3.1/155 without something akin to a Nobel Prize?…
…I’m not attending, WashU remains a beacon of hope to sub-3 splitters, and they have my eternal gratitude. If you’re reading this and are still in undergrad, get off LSD and go to class.
…their way. Apply broadly**!!! **Especially if you’re a splitter/reverse splitter like I am. If there are schools you’d consider that are “out of your range” and you can afford to apply, do it. Don’t leave any “what ifs” on the table. Rejection/WL is part of the process. LORs: I submitted two letters to every school.…
Super splitters, go take some risks in your career—go find a mission. Then come back to law school when you discover how to tell a story about how it’s essential to fulfilling that mission. Write that story — and then re-write it until you feel good about the placement of every piece of punctuation, every clause,…
LSAT 177 GPA 3.49 2024–25 cycle
Admitted to University of California—Los Angeles
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