Ask for rec letters ASAP and ask for more than you need! My app materials were all done in November, but one of my rec letter writers didn’t submit until January and another didn’t even submit until February (I made the mistake of explaining rolling admissions and saying official deadlines are later. Don’t tell your…
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Admitted to Vanderbilt UniversityApply early! Don’t overthink your personal statement–have a good 2-3 people that you trust review it but no more than that. There shouldn’t be so many cooks in the kitchen that it drowns out your own voice. The T-14s have plenty of students applying with great stats–those are useful but your real power is in your…
Write the optional essays for every school you’re serious about, that is non-negotiable if you want the best odds. Also try and apply september/october, I still feel like that does make a difference at most schools. Did not think t6 was a possibility when the cycle first began due to my LSAT being lower than their…
I applied four years ago (right after undergrad) with a 167. I applied this year with a 168 after three more LSATs, but with far more life experience. Night and day difference in outcomes. Don’t be afraid to take time, develop your story/resume/why law, and then come back to law apps; you may even see that law…
Take sooooo many deep breaths. Everything happens for a reason. You are going to do great and end up right where you need to be!!!
For transparency, I’m attending Vanderbilt based on very personal reasons that also make the cost of living zero. If you’re looking at my profile and are weighing similar options, I would have gone to either UT or Northwestern if it weren’t for these circumstances. Go Commodores!
If you’re going through hell, keep going.
Apply early, show genuine interest, and understand it’s a waiting game! Also - ask for Fee Waivers! I saved hundreds of dollars simply by emailing admissions teams a few sentences about my interest and requests for fee waivers. FYI - Northwestern offers a $120k scholarship for its binding ED program. Certainty…
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…
Write every optional, that’s what carried me.
Don’t worry so much about it. You’re fine.
LSAT Definitely approached the LSAT without a great plan. Do not waste your opportunities. I was planning to apply in 2023, took the LSAT without doing real prep twice. Did not master the logic games. With the change to format, I decided to wait and take the new format. I really needed my LSAT to be higher (and I…
GoodGratisFellow says… Ecstatic with how this process ultimately turned out! I think applying earlier (literally any month before January) would’ve likely helped, but I believe this is primarily true for the availability of scholarship money. In such a crazy cycle, I think applying on the later-side didn’t hurt as…
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…
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…
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…
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