Hi! If you’re reading this, I hope my advice is at least a little bit helpful to you! I realize that nothing I’m saying is super unique or new but hope that, if anything, it reinforces what you may have already heard elsewhere. Wishing you the best of luck with your cycle! Pursue your genuine passions during…
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Admitted to University of Southern CaliforniaIf you’re reading this, I hope you have an excellent application cycle! I’ve added as much info as I can to give you an idea how a nontraditional student’s application and journey might look like. My Background I’ve worked as a chip designer for a few large tech companies over the last 9 years. I’d like to make a…
I put my faith in God and leapt!
Stats are 90% of what matters. At non t14s, they’re 100% of what matters. My LSAC GPA was significantly worse than my transcript GPA because I had to retake a class that I sorta quit on my freshman year (oops). This absolutely hurt my cycle, maybe more for scholarship amounts than for acceptances. Essays and resume…
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…
170 —> 180 I stopped keeping track at some point, but here are a few lists I worked on from the beginning of application season until around February. The first list is of when people reported getting decisions from various schools back here and on Reddit (days of week and times of day in PST). This does not show…
POST CYCLE COMMENTS negotiate. negotiate. negotiate- . During my cycle, USC and ASU were the only schools to offer me aid. USC offered $$$.5 since I was selected to be a part of the Honors Scholars program. I used that aid to negotiate with UCLA to get $$. Same with Berkeley when they offered me $$. I could have…
Very grateful for my cycle and results. I cannot recommend enough retaking the lsat even when you don’t want to, and studying differently if you weren’t thrilled with your initial results. If it is possible for you to work w someone 1:1, do it. LG was my biggest struggle (would’ve probably had a much easier time if…
I. Introduction: Dear reader: I wish you the best throughout your Law School admissions journey. Remember to take deep breaths, and keep 300 throughout the stressful parts. 300 = CCC in roman numerals. CCC = Cool Calm and Collected. Wherever you end up at, your work in the profession defines you and not the school…
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…
Apply Early!!! I don’t mean that the timeline is more important than the quality of your application but BY ALL MEANS plan ahead!!! I brainstormed my PS and DS over the span of 6 months and went through about 7 different drafts before finalizing. Overall, I think my strong narrative is what allowed me to have a…
TIPS: (I’m obviously not an admissions officer, so take these with a grain of salt; this is just what I felt helped me) When studying for the LSAT, don’t be afraid to take breaks! Especially if you’re studying a lot during a short period of time (e.g., 3-4 months of consecutive studying instead of 1 year of on and…
if i could do it again, i would apply to fewer schools. i also wouldn’t retake the lsat - i took it a second time and scored lower. retaking is generally a good idea, but i didn’t set myself up for success to score higher by retaking it during the same semester i was taking 19 credits and writing my app materials.…
This profile is here to allow other black male super splitters to be aware of the possibilities given your stats. Just know that people will always diminish your accomplishments but you are still amazing! Shoutout Nsqui for the full recap format and cryptanon for putting this whole site together <3. June 2021 LSAT…
Stream of consciousness advice in no particular order: Don’t coast on any component of your application! Keep addenda short and sweet, when possible. Even T4 softs can tell a story about you - don’t collect “softs” as gold stars, do what makes you fulfilled and use that as the starting point of your “narrative”…
RENOGOTIATE, ALWAYS. Say that five times fast and then do it. Even if the amount received at backup schools are smaller than the one offered at your goal school. Asking never hurts, only helps! A mi comunidad Latinx: You are amazing and its exciting to see us enter the legal field in numbers! Remember to apply early…
“In the dark times, should the stars also go out?” Advice *More is better. **If a school allows you to submit optional essays (why X), spend some time crafting a compelling supplemental essay. Yes, there are people who get admitted without submitting optional essays. But the more information you can provide to the…
LSAT: june ’21 164 –> august ‘21 170 thanks to just khan academy, mike kim’s LSAT trainer, and grinding PTs. my PT average was like a 165 so i truly got lucky on my second take. probably could have taken more time + money to study and squeezed out a few more points, but i was more than happy with a 170 and wanted to…
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