Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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PiperPanther

GPA: 3.87 • LSAT: 167 • (Part-time) Mitchell Hamline

Be chill.

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sesamebagel

GPA: 3.9 • LSAT: 154 • Charleston School Of Law

The waiting game is tough. You will get through it. Even if you do not get into your first choice, whatever happens happens. It will be for the best.

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TerrificAdaptablePuffin

GPA: 3.97 • LSAT: 157 • University of Notre Dame

The earlier you can start planning and setting goals for your future the better. Knowing that I wanted to go to law school even before my first day of undergraduate helped me prioritize school...

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CinnabonGene

GPA: 3.83 • LSAT: 172 • University of Virginia

I applied to some schools in the 2022-23 cycle as a KJD with the same LSAT and GPA. I was still admitted to UCLA, but was put in the “special group” on the preferred waiting list at GULC, and...

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PushyDepressedEchidna

GPA: 3.82 • LSAT: 154 • University of Oregon

we all deserve to go to our dream law school

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PhD-PatentLaw

GPA: 3.5 • LSAT: 170 • Fordham University

I am a biochemist with a PhD and extensive laboratory experience. I don’t know what killed my applications but I wrote a lot about science and did not write a diversity statement unless required....

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holls

GPA: 3.85 • LSAT: 180 • Duke University

Don’t take yourself too seriously!! Take breaks from law school admissions Reddit. And have fun with the process!!

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CallousAvailableDodo

GPA: 3.4 • LSAT: 157 • (Part-time) Loyola University Chicago

Apply early. If you think you can get a better LSAT score, keep trying. It’ll be worth waiting another cycle (trying to take my own advice here).

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dndlion

GPA: 3.9 • LSAT: 177 • New York University

The process is tough. You may question yourself. But it is, in the end, a process. This too shall pass. What I did: CompLit PhD student with both an MA and an MPhil, on leave, working as a...