Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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DraconianDangerousBird

GPA: 3.98 • LSAT: 165 • University of Buffalo—SUNY

Make sure to be honest with your character and fitness issues. Focus on how you learned from the event and why it won’t happen again, on top of how you are determined to excel as a result.

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weenie

GPA: 3.2 • LSAT: 170 • University of California (Hastings)

The 2021-22 cycle sucked. Finis.

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psyduins

GPA: 3.25 • LSAT: 169 • George Washington University

make your own school list/ranking early, so you can do your time/money budget accordingly. also, 1 helps a lot with expectations management and thus is good for your mental health. pay attention...

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Achievement800k

GPA: 3.01 • LSAT: 170 • University of Illinois—Urbana Champaign

It was probably always going to be Illinois.

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AspiringBirdLawyer

GPA: 4.0 • LSAT: 166 • New York University

Especially if you are a splitter or reverse splitter, I highly recommend applying across the board and pouring a lot of energy into your written materials. Craft your application story to an...

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UnarmedChangeableRhinoceros

GPA: 2.54 • LSAT: 164 • University of Idaho

Apply more broadly than you think is necessary, especially if applying in Feb/March. Apply as early as possible! I had no LORs from any academic source, only from my work supervisors. I think...

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CombativeDustyGibbon

GPA: 3.83 • LSAT: 174 • Northwestern University

Applied to most schools in November, wrote diversity, optional essays, statements of interest for most schools …

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redpanda22

GPA: 3.78 • LSAT: 160 • Washington and Lee University

you got this!

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NoisyAmazingBunny

GPA: 3.87 • LSAT: 164 • Wake Forest University

Because this cycle moved so slowly, I wish I had taken the LSAT again and gotten my score up. Because it was “rolling,” I wanted to get my app in as early as possible (I applied early November to...