I wish I had given myself enough credit for getting to the point where I’m applying to law school. I was so stressed about the strength of my test scores and my essays. All of these things were important, of course, but I was so focused on the next step that I didn’t appreciate how incredible it was to have made it…
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Admitted to University of PennsylvaniaDon’t give up on the LSAT. It can open some serious doors if you want it bad enough.
Trust in God.
Sign up for the Candidate Referral Service (CRS) on LSAC. You can get merit fee waiver from top schools this way, just because of your LSAT score and GPA. I got fee waivers and personal invitations to apply from 8/10 of my schools (all except Harvard and Stanford) through the CRS, and saved hundreds on application…
Going off private for my fellow splitters and my fellow splitters only <3
It’s all God. Thank you Jesus for holding me tight, thank you Holy Spirit for giving me peace. Tell your story and trust in the Lord to do His will; whatever the destination, you will find peace in it.
Write every optional, that’s what carried me.
God is good
Don’t worry so much about it. You’re fine.
Going into this process I told myself I would go to the highest ranked school I got into, so to see myself picking NYU over Stanford would be INSANE. I didn’t qualify for need-based aid at Stanford. I chose NYU for the half-tuition scholarship, because I was interested in public interest (the PI community at…
Ivy+ undergraduate degree, one year Master’s degree (’23-’24 year) from prestigious school in legal-adjacent field. On the strong side of T4 in terms of softs. Reapplicant to 7/14 schools. Took LSAT 4 times, scoring well below PT numbers until the 4th attempt. Applied with public interest as the goal and many of my…
Most of what worked for me as a splitter–I assume that’s why you’re reading this–is what you would expect (difficult major + writing ability + significant work experience) and doesn’t lend itself to “advice.” I did, however, think about how to address a downward trend in my grades. My GPA is low because of my final…
Worked in state government as an aquatic biologist for about fifteen years, so I knew from the get-go environmental law was my main focus. Nearly all my statements - and in most cases I completed every optional essay available for each application - centered on environmental advocacy and my experience within the…
Summary: I applied to law school after graduating from a NYC undergraduate university and working in a law firm for two years. In that time, I was able to participate actively in a trial of national importance and conduct psycho-legal research using my degree in psychology. I am a cis Latino male from a lower middle…
All peace and love to everyone here no matter what. This process sucks and is absolutely grueling. Even if you didn’t get into your dream school, you’re still a champion for overcoming all the difficulties you’ve had in getting here. Just with the law school admissions process, you’ve had to study for and take the…
Things I’m happy I did Applied early to most*******- schools (before Thanksgiving) Ask for LORs by end of July so I wasn’t worrying about it during the cycle Give my letter writers extremely specific instructions about what I wanted them to write about Vary my LORs because I’m paranoid and not sure how good some- of…
Hey future applicants! First things first, I want to thank all those who have supported me in this journey (mentors and friends, including those in online LSA circles that became my friends over the course of the cycle); I quite literally could not have accomplished this without a solid community around me. Pick…
Do everything early. Start studying early, take your LSAT at an earlier administration than you need to, start writing early, submit your applications early. Don’t feel like you have to do law-related work to seem qualified. My work was only tangentially law-related, but was pretty unique and related clearly to a…
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