Take undergrad seriously! Ask for letters of rec three months before you plan to send in apps. Take frequent breaks to avoid burnout when studying for the LSAT. Get involved in extracurricular activities that aren’t academic! Write LOCIs when waitlisted if you are serious about attending a school. Wishing you the…
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Admitted to University of Texas at AustinMy cycle took 158 days. Go Blue Devils! Here’s some unsolicited advice: shoot your shot. I was pretty convinced that T-14 admissions or scholarships would be largely unattainable for me because of my below-median LSAT - but remember, numbers are only part of your application. More unsolicited advice: STUDY STUDY…
Give me tips for moving to Philly I guess
Write the optional essays, eat well, don’t stress. Things will work out. Don’t apply during a pandemic. The waitlists are pain. Also, don’t be stupid like me and wait two years after taking the LSAT to apply. I got burned by the COVID LSAT median jumps with my pre-COVID score.
admitted to cornell off reserve & rejected from penn WL on 5/16/2025 i had what was probably a pretty weak resume (not as involved in college as i wish i had been, on my second year of unemployment after undergrad when i submitted my apps) so i tried very hard on my essays. my PS was a “why law” and i submitted a…
Apply for fee waivers! I saved thousands of dollars by not having to spend any money on application fees. Fulbright certainly helped me with some, but others were unsolicited or just for merit reasons. Just like you’re going to shoot your shot with an app, shoot it for a fee waiver!
live laugh love the LSAT. No joke! My every waking thought was converted to LSAT logic. I would obnoxiously point out N/S flaws to my friends on a night out. I became a walking LSAT question.
Make your LSD.law account private! I believe some school were able to tie my application to my LSD profile based on stats and application dates/timeline.
Apply broadly but also focus on a few schools that really interest you. I believe my genuine interest in Duke and UT helped me get accepted. Also, the optional essays are not really “optional.” I recommend to always submit them along with your PS and DS if you have one.
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…
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…
Thoughts, Vibes, Advice: As a future Fed Soc member with clerking goals and parental support, my decision was easy(pending Stanford). I felt like Chicago was the best school for my goals and will be free. Minus parental support, I think I would have gone to UVA. People are too prestige-obsessed, especially when it…
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…
It’s taken some time for me to figure out what I want to leave behind here on LSD as I end my cycle. I spent hours upon hours on this site for 8 months from the moment I decided I wanted to attend law school and stumbled on this site from r/lawschooladmissions until the day I got my admission to UCLA. I agonized…
CONCLUDED 4/27/2023. BEST WISHES TO ALL WHO COME AFTER. Gonna do this by first giving some opening info, then making a list by date of admissions decision, and finish by giving a summary and final remarks. Read it all, skip to the end for my folk wisdom, or just look at my app chart; it’s all up to you. Intro I…
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Be kind to yourself and others:) We will all end up where we are meant to be! ASU: In state, wrote Why ASU, heard back via email 5 days later with scholly coming later in the day BU: 2 date changes followed by a 3rd with a status: complete, complete and substatus: complete, received call the next day Georgetown:…
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