Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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RangerCriticalDice

GPA: 3.95 • LSAT: 174 • Columbia University

Went to a large state school for undergrad. Worked for one year after graduation in government relations. Low-income background and from a very underrepresented area of the US.

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CowardlyLittleCrane

GPA: 3.79 • LSAT: 169 • George Washington University

If you are married to the idea of attending a specific school, try to get above at least one of their 75ths, talk to current students, professors, and alumni, research programs, and write a...

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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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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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SilentDoubtfulKiwi

GPA: 3.6 • LSAT: 167 • Wake Forest University

SilentDoubtfulKiwi

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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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manifestinglawschool

GPA: 3.92 • LSAT: 169 • Georgetown University

study for the lsat longer than you think you need to, ask everyone you trust to critique your personal statement, pick recommenders who care about your success, apply for the fee waivers, and...

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VivaciousHandsomelyCapybara

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

Namaste