UGrad: Public State Uni, Highest Honors, Top of my class for both disciplines Plethora of extracurriculars that I genuinely enjoyed (you don’t need this many I just hated myself): college ambassadors, women’s org, degree club, etc. Paid a portion of my schooling during the semester & summers. Received several…
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Admitted to University of Houstonapply early my friends update - honestly I’m really enjoying UT, maybe i could’ve gotten into a “better” school if I applied earlier but it’s worked out great
LSAT 160 GPA 3.76 2025–26 cycle
Admitted to Pennsylvania State - Dickinson Law
Everything happens for a reason
Try to apply early in the cycle. I think a good number of my waitlists would have been acceptances if I’d applied earlier. That or my essays suck
Apply to safeties, targets, and reaches Leave no room for doubt. LOCI’s are better sent too soon than too late. You wont start to be scared of the debt until it becomes more of a reality. I thought a 50% chance at BL was worth any kind of debt level. This was wrong. Visit your schools. Do you personally feel…
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…
Personal Descriptors University of Texas at Austin alumna (Moody College of Communications)- WE = 1 Yr (state lege) Experience in state and local government, advocacy, and teaching (student teacher 3+ years) URM: Mixed race, Single parent, Disabled, Educator Seeking in Legal Education… Social justice emphasis-…
Key Notes/Reflections: Got into the cycle a bit late (took the LSAT in November, submitted most applications in December)- Felt that I had a really strong Diversity Statement, solid Personal Statement, and good LORs I have a misdemeanor from within the past year, which definitely tanked my chances Couple this with…
Ask your recommenders months ahead of September. I didn’t get my second letter submitted until after the new year despite asking in August, and it hurt my scholarship and admissions chances. If you’re a splitter, target splitter friendly schools and write optional essays. In the end, I went with the school that gave…
If you are planning to take a gap year to work fulltime, try to study for the LSAT before you start working because you will not be able to optimally prioritize and dedicate time to the LSAT while working. LSAT resources used: 7sage, PowerScore Bible Trilogy, The Loophole Rather than just prioritizing rankings, take…
Don’t tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon
take that gap year(s) & put thought and effort into your writing elements!
If you can, apply early. I decided late in the year to go to law school and thus I didn’t give myself enough of a chance for some of the schools and their merit aid options (I also had a limited time to study for the LSAT—6 weeks using Khan Academy—which was not ideal). However, I’m very proud of my waitlists…
Only apply to schools you would be happy to attend! While I applied to a variety of safety, target, and reach schools, I truly would have been happy attending any of these institutions. Apply early! Secure LORs in the summer. LSAT is king. While my score is fine, I know it was a central factor in why I was…
You + me both need to stop obsessively checking this and reddit; they’ll get to us when they get to us.
Apply broadly and shoot your shot because none of this makes sense. Have a cohesive narrative - this definitely helped me to outperform my numbers. Wrote GPA addendum related to addiction, LSAT addendum related to poor standardized test taking history and anxiety, wrote optional essays for all schools. 4 LSAT takes:…
Work on your application over the Summer and submit it as soon as you can.
Blanket the T-20 to humble yourself :) Just relying on God. Hopefully a T-20 is part of his plan
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