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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

…Scholarship the following week. Michigan Invited to interview for the Darrow- 12/16. Interviewed on 1/16 and got the award one week later on 1/23. NYU Invited to interview for RTK- on 2/7. Withdrew from RTK before the interview because I knew I would take the Darrow/Mordecai/AnBryce over the RTK with its five-year…

LSAT 173 GPA 3.90 2024–25 cycle

Attending Harvard University

…go there. I prepared extensively (probably too much) for interviews, so no possible question could catch me off-guard. UofC managed to still do it, though, lol. **Authenticity: **I wrote my essays more colloquially than most people, with a personal narrative style, which I believe helped me stand out in a crowd of…

LSAT 164 GPA 3.94 2024–25 cycle

Attending University of Richmond

…by George Mason, but I would do it again – I got an interview from them*. Abnormalities are a strength. These people read thousands of essays – be a little odd. Don’t worry about whether people will think your essay is weird because “who is going to write about that” – maybe review that sentence – because yes, no…

LSAT 171 GPA 3.00 2023–24 cycle

Attending Cornell University

…DOCUMENTS LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION TRANSCRIPTS VISITS & INTERVIEWS CREATING A USEFUL EXCEL SPREADSHEET APPLYING RELAX CONCLUSION SUCCEEDING ON YOUR LSAT PRACTICE I spent a year studying for the LSAT. My first diagnostic score was a 142. After about 4 months of independent study, I was consistently in the high…

LSAT 172 GPA 3.83 2022–23 cycle

Attending University of California—Berkeley

…Michigan: sent LOCI email 2/27/23, accepted 3/8 Cornell: Interview invite 12/05/22, completed 12/13/22. CEHS finalist (3/3); received CEHS (3/27) Northwestern: completed Kira on 11/12, completed WL Kira on Georgetown: Interview invite 11/03/22, completed 11/17/22 UCLA: Accepted to Epstein (3/1) WashU: Interview…

LSAT 171 GPA 3.47 2024–25 cycle

Attending University of Georgia

…X: **Michigan, UF, Richmond, W&M (+ Texas in their video interview) **Other Optionals: **GULC Video Optional Scholarship Applications: Emory Woodruff, Texas G. Rollie White Public Service, Vandy Law Scholars Merit Awards Optional Video Interviews: Texas, Minnesota (Didn’t do Vandy or TAMU). I thought I did well on…

LSAT 171 GPA 3.98 2023–24 cycle

Attending Duke University

…time to form long-term relationships with many profs. Interviews: Texas: asynchronous/recorded interview Vandy: opted in to alumni interview, did not get an interview invite before acceptance Berkeley: did not do Kira video interview Duke: signed up for scholarship interview as soon I got my admissions offer Don’t…

LSAT 171 GPA 3.93 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of California—Berkeley

Thoughts on the Bottom Acceptances Georgetown: Interview12/10. Did Top 10 and Why Georgetown UChicago: Interview 12/20. Super excited. I didn’t think that I would get in, but I gave them specific reasons as to why I would like to go to Chicago (the city and the school). I can tell my interviewer was impressed when I…

LSAT 173 GPA 3.98 2024–25 cycle

Attending University of Virginia

…pre-application interactions. Enjoyed the conversational interview. Scholarship waiting period was stressful, but it remained my top choice. Michigan – Wish I had applied earlier. Sent an employment update before the WL decision. UCLA – Attended virtual events. No interview. Dean Schwartz was approachable pre and…

LSAT 171 GPA 4.00 2025–26 cycle

Attending Harvard University

…focus on outcomes over rankings, and be personable in interviews. Background: I am a highly non-traditional applicant. Although I was born in the US, I spent my entire childhood and high school abroad, followed by four years of mandatory military service as a combat officer in that country’s military. I later…

LSAT 163 GPA 3.94 2022–23 cycle

Attending University of Texas at Austin

…02/01- Georgetown: top ten (musical related), Alumni interview invite 1/4, interview 1/17, preferred waitlist BU: public interest scholly app & essay Vandy: Almuni interview denied bc I was studying abroad UT: interview invite 01/03, interview conducted 01/05

LSAT 174 GPA 3.32 2021–22 cycle

Attending University of California—Los Angeles

…and was unimpressed. I’m worried this showed in my KIRA interview. I did more reading on NU and realize it would be a super great fit for me. Will send LOCI per my CLS policy. Cornell Notes | Panic applied last minute. I did not complete any additional essays. Frankly surprised by the WL so I wrote a super-strong…

LSAT 178 GPA 4.00 2020–21 cycle

Attending Columbia University

…at Michigan on 11/11/2020 and got the invite for a Darrow interview in early December (interview date and date awarded the Darrow are listed in scholarship details). There aren’t a ton of details about the Darrow interview, so I’ll say it was a very standard interview by law school admissions standards—the person I…

LSAT 166 GPA 4.02 2024–25 cycle

Attending (Part-time) Georgetown University

Week of Nov04 notes: GW Acceptance! (Nov 7)- WashU Interview invite (Nov 8) Week of Nov14 notes: UMD PT Interview Invite Monday, UMD PT Interview Tuesday- UVA UR2 (Nov 14) NYU Date disappear? Georgetown PT interview on the 15th Week of Nov 18 notes: UVA UR3 ?? (Nov 15)- sent Georgetown thank you email (Nov 18)…

LSAT 177 GPA 3.58 2022–23 cycle

Attending New York University

…college grad and first-gen professional. NYU Received an interview invite for AnBryce on February 13, 2023. Roughly 30 finalists interviewing for 10 spots. Interviewed in the Clifford Chance panel in NYC on March 30, 2023. There were 3 other panels at other NYC firms going on simultaneously, as well. And there was…

LSAT 178 GPA 3.63 2025–26 cycle

Admitted to Arizona State University

HulkingAnnoyedGoat left no wisdom for posterity… (◕︵◕) BE PATIENT! WashU: 07/01: Preapp Interview Invitation; 09/04: Preapp Interview 09/06: Received an email thanking me for the interview 09/11: Application sent 09/25: Received an email asking for more supporting materials The status bar shows “Application under…

LSAT 171 GPA 4.11 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of Virginia

…Georgetown-Top 10 list UT Austin-civil dialogue essay Interviews Vandy alumni interview Northwestern KIRA UT Austin video interview GULC group interview UVA interview

LSAT 175 GPA 3.83 2021–22 cycle

Attending Harvard University

…to better address the prompt) Wrote Why WashU; interviewed with adcom Did the Vandy video and interviewed with alum BU: applied for ASPIRE, but was rejected NYU: applied for scholarships UT Austin: did kira NU: opted into kira then never did it Columbia: tailored my PS and did fun facts UPenn: wrote team members…