Pretty happy with how my cycle went. I wish that I would’ve gotten more $$$ from Northwestern, but can’t complain too much. One piece of advice I can give would be to treat people with as much respect as possible throughout the process. I think that I got my scholarship increase at NU because of the essay I attached…
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Admitted to Northwestern Universitytake everything here and on reddit with a huge enormous grain of salt, and talk to real students/alums and admissions officers. literally no 0L knows what they’re talking about; this is all a chaotic mess of the blind leading the blind with that being said and with the huge disclaimer that i also do not know what…
I solicited need-based fee waivers from Yale and Harvard (denied by Stanford) and merit-based waivers from Georgetown and Berkeley. Berkeley was for Fulbright and Georgetown just the general merit-based waiver, although they reached out later and gave me a CRS waiver anyway. Everywhere else was unsolicited and these…
I wanted to highlight that I am a COMMUNITY COLLEGE GRADUATE who went to a tiny, unheard of, completely unprestigious state school. When I started my cycle I found it nearly impossible to find examples of people in my situations (fantastic stats, non-prestigious background compared to other applicants) and it made…
According to Dean Deal, I got SLS in spite of my GPA for a few reasons, most notably that my weaknesses were mostly in STEM courses and that my experience with Teach For America was extremely unique. Apparently my app was pushed around to various faculty members because I was so borderline, but my essays and softs…
Tips: Be willing to apply next cycle. For 99% of people, there is no rush, and losing one extra year of being a lawyer won’t ruin your life. I have encountered many students that I tutor who are rushing the entire process and are surprised at the underwhelming offers and results. Do an activity that you love, not…
Anxiety. 07/10/2024 Why am I on this again? I think we all should have a little escapist mentality once apps are submitted 12/15/2024 Wishing for a fabulous result for the new year. i want to wake up one morning to a phone call from my dream school. 12/31/2024 The overwhelming amount of waitlists… 2/6/2025 It has…
On application timing: many of the resources I found online either led me to believe that application submission timing made very little difference in outcomes (podcasts from Spivey Consulting, Navigating Law School Admissions, Dean Z) or that application timing is a major factor in likelihood of acceptance (this…
If you’re still in undergrad, focus on building good relationships with professors who you vibe with. In my personal opinion I think rec letters carry a lot of weight. It’s the only other opinion outside of your own AOs can go off of. Essays are ofc super important. I don’t think think the essay wrote itself over a…
I got into multiple T14 schools with a GPA below all their 25th percentiles. Somehow. I’ve seen a lot of applicants with nearly identical numbers get different outcomes. People always say essays matter—and they do—but that leads to the next question: what actually makes a good one? Here’s what helped me. Go do…
My first piece of wisdom is to treat this site like an organizing system–not a crystal ball or social media site or anything else. Also please curb how long you spend on Reddit as well. The only time I got something from either of these two sites was my Yale waitlist, which I had to check manually (no email as of…
ALRIGHT, CYCLE COMPLETE! I cannot wait to start my legal education at YLS! This cycle went way better than I could have ever imagined (now wishing I didn’t waste so much money on application fees lol). I don’t know if my application advice will be helpful, because who knows what about my application worked well, but…
🥰 hi all! My biggest recommendation for everyone is to try to drown out the noise regarding personal statements, supplemental essays, etc. My personal statement did not speak to any schools in particular or even answer the “Why Law?” question, and I think that while that was potentially a risky choice it also…
Apply early (by October), and put a lot of thought into your application materials. Your application is the first case you’ll make in law school, so show them that you have the potential to do it well. Give yourself plenty of time to prepare for the LSAT. I focused on taking practice tests and then going through…
Don’t give up on the LSAT. It can open some serious doors if you want it bad enough.
Trust in God.
Look, a lot of this is a crapshoot. I was a good applicant, but in a certain sense I feel like getting the Darrow offer was one part my interview/application and one part luck. So do your best, but don’t take anything personally. And start early on applications. I had almost all my apps in (except for Harvard Yale…
I live in NYC, want to stay, and have public interest goals so NYU it is. staying on the Harvard waitlist just in case but it’s hard to imagine uprooting my life and taking on crazy debt for it at this point 4 years of non law-related experience my advice for future generations…write optional essays, have a…
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