Make sure you have safety schools!!! Scholarships > Rankings
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Admitted to Duquesne UniversityMissEsquiretoBe seeking wisdom for austerity… (◕?◕)
Sometimes the obvious choice isn’t the best choice. Be confident in your decision and dreams and let it drive your future!
Keep taking the LSAT. And take it in-person. I went 162 -> 168 -> 167 -> 168 -> 175. The last one was the only one I didn’t take at home or in a stupid hotel. Remote test-taking sucks. Go to the testing place.
LSAT 161 GPA 3.94 2025–26 cycle
Admitted to Pennsylvania State - Dickinson Law
at the end of the day, it’s night
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LSAC GPA: 3.12, Degree GPA 3.8 (wrote gpa addendum to explain) Wrote Why X for every school and optional essays for schools that gave the choice also wrote diversity statement
A ship with a clear plan and destination, along with a captain and crew, will successfully reach its destination. - Earl Nightingale
Study with LSAT Demon, apply to a lot of schools, consider the total cost you’re paying not just the scholarship amount.
First-gen college student. Didn’t do any optional essays or diversity statements. Will be using the GI Bill for 1L. Invited to interview with UMKC but I declined.
Don’t shoot for the highest ranked schools. Shoot for the schools where your stats are above the median. You’ll get scholarships and will have smaller debt.
Unsolicited increase from Baylor. Solicited increased from Pittsburgh. Negotiations rejected on all other attempts (Richmond, PSU Dickinson, Temple).
“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.” - 26th President of the United States of America
LongGrotesqueDachshund left no wisdom for posterity… (◕︵◕) Except this: it’s all fucking random. Also being old and wise actually does help.
Matthew 7:7-11 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you”
Shoot your shot, you never know what may happen and simply be your authentic self!
Shoot ur shot and don’t be afraid to tell ur story. Whatever is meant to be will be.
If you’re reading this you should get off LSD.law and take a breather. Staring at our statuses won’t change anything!
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