American undergrad studying at a top English university and receiving a British BA. I had no reportable GPA due to a British degree, but I got an upper-second-class degree. Got fee waivers / no fees for every school except Cornell and UT Austin. Very, very upset about this cycle.
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Admitted to Georgetown UniversityMilitary App Fee Waivers: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K9M8DjQNG0i0tBP0io-bRJpNPv98Yk7pdAeIjKcdtBQ/edit#gid=0 Military Applicant Discord: https://discord.gg/RdgGhuXPun Didn’t complete NW KIRA Wrote Why Columbia, Why Michigan Visited HLS on mil prospective students day
NU was my top choice so I’m elated!!! I wish I didn’t bother sending out other apps (UVA and NYU), but the suspense of waiting was killing me so I wanted distractions. Applying to HLS in December made ZERO sense and was money down the drain…but oh well I’M HAPPY NONETHELESS
Hey creeper. Welcome. Here is my self worth in a page. Some notes for you: 3 years WE (relatively impressive, not unicorn though) 4 time LSAT taker (about 10 point increase from 3rd take to 4th take, so don’t give up) Wrote whys for all schools other than the T6
Write your Why X’s not as essays as to why you want to go somewhere, but why you WOULD ACTUALLY ATTEND. Anyway, CLS was my goal and I got it! But if I had to do it over again, I would apply much earlier, write a Why NYU, and not apply KJD. Work experience is so worth it.
My wisdom is this: I have no wisdom. I am a Mexican-American URM with a unique soft. I’m writing this before I receive any decision, but a horrible cycle would probably be due to me applying at 19 years old. If I had a normal/good cycle, then I guess age doesn’t matter!
I got my first acceptance in 3 days and my last in 183 days. In the 180 days in between I tried (and failed) to anticipate each and every decision and it compromised my mental health. My advice? Block this site and wait patiently for the emails like you’re supposed to.
LSAT 169 GPA 3.99 2023–24 cycle
Admitted to University of California—Los Angeles
always have faith in yourself!!! you can get into a T14 without a 170. write some killer essays and get your apps in as early as you can but also when you feel confident in them (it’s okay to not have them in as soon as apps open - you are not late and not behind).
Start working on your personal statement early.
R&R applicant. Applied in the 2023-2024 cycle as a KJD with 165 LSAT and struck out of T-14 with some acceptances in T-30. Hope that my outcomes this year can convince others that gaining some relevant work experience and boosting your LSAT score is 100% worth it.
The best decision I made was choosing to work for a few years between undergrad and applying for law school. My softs, my writing skills, my interview skills, and my perspective all changed for the better because I had gained real world, professional experience.
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taking time between undergrad and law school = coward just ask for more money lol just take practice lsats shoutout to cornell for the quickest response time (by far) whatever the opposite of a shoutout is it goes to vanderbilt, nyu, and virginia - lazy bums
Spend your time doing something better than looking at lsd.law.
My alma mater rejected me, and this year was HARD. Pandemic, health issues - ya know, applying to law school is a mess and sucked. BUT, hang in there, it all works out in the end (and get off r/lawschooladmissions and this site - they’ll make you crazy)!
I had a very clear narrative about exactly why I was going to law school, and how it tied in with my work and life experiences. I think that probably helped. When I got into Yale I withdrew from everywhere else and didn’t wait for scholarship offers.
no explicit why law in my ps(you better write one) Wrote why Duke/Cornell/GULC/Columbia/Penn(core value) No surprise from Mich, UVA, and UChicago. They do not like international students 😭 international students!!!!!!!!!! Work on your soft!
Minor inaccuracies both accidentally and on purpose. I applied to most schools Oct-Nov and heard back from most of my As December-January. Interview invites were pretty fast, usually under a month. U.S. top undergrad, graduated before pandemic
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