Applied w/ a 3.76. Went up to a 3.84 mid cycle. Cardozo twice (completely unprompted) increased scholarship 2X. Was initially offered 35,000 a year in my acceptance. In mid March, I was informed it had been increased to 40,000 a year, and then finally 2 weeks later I recieved another email telling me I was being…
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Admitted to Yeshiva University (Cardozo)Give yourself time to study for the LSAT and use that time wisely. Don’t get lost in trying to find the best prep course. Indecision is more costly than wrong decision. Spend time drilling then drill some more - that’s how you learn. Think your life is boring and there’s nothing to write about? Wrong. There is only…
There is no such thing as a perfect application in this world. No essay will be up to your exacting standards (you’re a law school prospect, I know that you’re a perfectionist). No diversity statement will seem heartbreaking enough. No supplemental essay will seem substantial enough. To you, the perfectionist, I say…
Waitlists are real! I assumed they were glorified rejections and I was completely wrong. Treat them all seriously and continue to put your best self out there!
Apply early, speak from the heart, don’t waste money on advising or tutors, apply early, be confident in your own merits. Only apply where you actually see yourself attending.
Apply as early as you can with your best foot forward Write every optional - if you don’t have anything to say, you don’t want to go there and shouldn’t apply Actually visit - I thought I was in love with one school until I saw it and hated it And most importantly… Being interesting pays off!I did not have a…
I don’t think it helped that I applied early - the cycle was slow and I heard back later than others with better stats. If you’re debating taking the LSAT again, take the LSAT again. Get money not waitlists. I suffered from having an international gpa (see lowball $cholly offers from Brooklyn and Cardozo) and a…
reapplicant from last cycle. was waitlisted to 12 schools (ranked from penn to american), rejected to two (harvard and fordham), and accepted at lewis & clark with a small scholarship. after talking with current students in public interest they convinced me not to attend. i applied w same gpa but a 164 lsat. retook…
Follow the applicant data that comes out. Judging by the data that came out, this is a competitive cycle at reach schools and for scholarship $ at target schools. When I was rejected from my reach schools, I decided to send a second wave of applications. When looking at scholarships, consider your total cost…
2020-2021: aka the law school admissions cycle from hell. I applied late during what was already an unprecedented cycle, which did not help me at all. I was above/at both 75ths at Fordham and still was waitlisted. Retaking & Reapplying. If I learned anything is that only take the January exam if you are confident…
queer woman closer to 5 years of WE than 9. work was in political campaigns (local to national and everything in between) wrote a gpa and lsat addendum (retook the lsat for waitlists and got a 166 - likely not enough to move any needles) only wrote a LOCI for fordham bc i committed to dozo, signed a lease, and…
YOU GOT THIS BABES!! <3 Wrote all of the supplement essays that I could. Made sure to also include test score addenda but only briefly gave reason to lower score. Used addenda instead to highlight accomplishments and how those offset low score. Undergraduate published thesis work -Overly involved in ECs (Mock Trial,…
Study hard for the LSAT. If possible, reach out to your university’s writing center - they can be quite helpful.
Enjoy your life while you wait to hear back. I didn’t get into Georgetown until 7 days before classes started. If you have similar numbers to me, enjoy your life while you wait because it might not come until August. Do what makes you happy. Ask all the girls out, lift all the weights, and sit in the sun.
LSAT 165 Int'l GPA Above Average 2025–26 cycle
Admitted to University of California—Irvine
Context Applied Feb-March and the results (or lack thereof) speak for themselves. - Applied widely because of international GPA & <170 LSAT. Choice of schools was also influenced by location: a city-situated school was paramount because I thrive best in a busy metropolitan environment. **Takeaways ** For future…
got some fee waivers so applied to some places I wouldn’t have otherwise. we’ll see what happens! Updated Mid-cycle advice: the only thing that matters is the LSAT. anyone can tell you otherwise, but if you get a 170+ above, you’ll be in good shape. If I could do this whole thing over, I would spend much more time…
Apply to more places! It’s worth it to have the backups and will save you much in terms of emotional stress. I didn’t think it mattered until I had been waiting for decisions for two months. Also, while it may seem like a waste of money, applying to schools solely for the purpose of using their scholarship award for…
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