Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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RegularMightyOctopus

GPA: 4.08 • LSAT: 168 • University of California—Berkeley

Was a pre-med STEM major at the #1 public university. Graduated in June of 2022, then changed my mind and became pre-law in August. Stopped MCAT prep, started LSAT prep. Took LSAT once and did...

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AdjoiningSpectacularMockingbird

GPA: 3.41 • LSAT: 172 • Northwestern University

🫡🫡🫡

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WildBird

GPA: 3.98 • LSAT: 153 • University of North Carolina

The LSAT is not everything. Have Faith. Send consistent letters of continued interest (around 1 every two weeks to 1 every month) and tour the law school you want to go to multiple times. Set up...

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IHeartHoops44

GPA: 4.0 • LSAT: 169 • Cornell University

Just try your best :)

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WaitlistedToEverywhere

GPA: 3.57 • LSAT: 154 • Drexel University

Obi-Wan Kenobi: You have allowed this dark lord to twist your mind, until now, until now you’ve become the very thing you swore to destroy.  Anakin Skywalker: Don’t lecture me, Obi-Wan! I see...

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AgonizingPricklyZombie

GPA: 3.83 • LSAT: 165 • University of Minnesota

Ask for fee waivers from schools themselves! Most of the time schools will give you one if you ask nicely :)

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bruiserw00ds

GPA: 3.86 • LSAT: 162 • Pepperdine University

PLEASE PUT ME OUT OF MY MISERY preparing to r&r :)

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VivaciousHandsomelyCapybara

GPA: 3.8 • LSAT: 159 • University of Illinois—Urbana Champaign

Namaste

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CryingAtTheClub

GPA: 3.8 • LSAT: 165 • Ohio State University

I submitted a diversity statement and optional essays for all universities that allowed for it. In addition, I toured UGA and Emory and spoke to admission directors at Alabama, Emory, Ohio State,...