Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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LilBlackCat

GPA: 3.92 • LSAT: 177 • Harvard University

Notes and dates for future applicants to promote transparency in this painstaking process :) Harvard 3/18 - Waitlisted 5/1 - Sent LOCI 5/3 - Interview invite 5/8 - Interviewed 5/14 - Feeler call...

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LawyerHorseGirl

GPA: 3.75 • LSAT: 161 • University of Iowa

LSD is full of people who worked really hard and did significantly above average, yet are still complaining about their 170 score. You don’t need a T20 to be a good attorney. Work hard and hope...

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PanickyCantankerousHammerhead

GPA: 3.98 • LSAT: 174 • Harvard University

T3.5 softs (2 yrs WE in marketing and education). Applied to UChicago and UVA with a 171 in November. Applied to the remaining T8 schools with a 174 in February.

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Marlowe11

GPA: 3.93 • LSAT: 180 • Yale University

wrote diversity statement (LGBTQ, mentioned URM identity) for all schools, wrote why Xs for chicago, penn (core strengths), duke, UVA, berkeley, and michigan and integrated why X into PS for...

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VinDiesel

GPA: 3.34 • LSAT: 175 • Santa Clara University

There’s no use crying over spilt milk. And there’s no use crying over not spilt milk either. Just try not to cry about milk in general, I reckon.

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SturdyAvailableCentipede

GPA: 3.84 • LSAT: 163 • William & Mary Law School

thatgalisyml

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VersedImperfectMouse

GPA: 3.77 • LSAT: 162 • University of Oklahoma

I hate it here.

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LSD-Display-Name

GPA: 3.34 • LSAT: 169 • Wake Forest University

Send it. Just absolutely send it. Have the confidence that regardless of where you end up you will be a successful attorney, everything else is out of your hands. All applications were submitted...

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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...