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Applicant Wisdom & Insights

Learn from the experiences and advice of successful law school applicants

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EmeraldBayLane
GPA: 3.95 • LSAT: 176 Cornell University

Don’t wait until January to apply to schools! I am purely a stats-based applicant. My cycle would turn out better if I wasn’t 20 and had work experience.

11 months ago
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ZestyItalian
GPA: 3.28 • LSAT: 180 McGill University

Plan on taking the LSAT at least twice - diagnostic was 159 in March, got 170 in first admin and was able to keep drilling to get a 180 (after a three-week break to recuperate).

11 months ago
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Thucath
GPA: 3.78 • LSAT: 170 University of Notre Dame

Macro thoughts: So clearly I applied to way too many schools. I’m very debt averse and wouldn’t pay sticker anywhere. My cycle was a rollercoaster as I did not hit 170 until November, a year...

11 months ago
144
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Rajer
GPA: 3.76 • LSAT: 165 University of California—Irvine

(◕︵◕) Copy Pasta d̷̡̡̟͖̲̬̝̳̹̼̰̞̼͙̑̓͆̃͗̓̋̆̍͆̈́̒̅͝ͅg̵̡̞̪̠̭͚͓͇͐͆͗̈́̌̈̕f̶̘͈̯͎̖̖̬̼͇͒͋̃͊͊͝h̶͖̤̫̬̼̙̼̙̻̰̆͊͜͜j̵̨̤̻̮̳̖̦̖̠̹̽̕̕k̸̛̗͍̙̦̪̄͑̓̉̀̾͘͜͝ͅļ̵̛͕͎̟͈̭̬̯̘̺̇̇͊̾͂͒̆̈́̚ĵ̸̬͇̣̯͚͚̺̦̓̌̏̑͐̔̏̔h̶̨͉̱̫̻̟͍͍͚̞̲̟̞͙͆̌̋̄̽̋̌͐̔͋̀͘͘g̸͖̖̹̃f̵̝͖̯͙̯͐͛̈́̏̉̊͐̎̀̋͋͝ḑ̸͇̟͍̪̱̗͎͆͒̂ͅğ̴̢̛̠̭̟̦͔̟̙̞̠̹̮̌̈̀̇͗̔̂̕͠͝h̴͍̯͉̰̫̙̪͚̊͋͂͛̑͌͘͜͜͠f̸̡̠̓̔̍̇͐͐̚͝h̴̛̫̊̾̑̑̃́̐͗̐̓̃̕͝͝ģ̸̡̖̣̩̹̙̱̣͕͖̼̺̊͆̾̔̒̌̾ͅk̴̫͆̈ͅh̵̨̥̱͙͓̳̿͒̑̂̑͘͜͝l̶̤̙̞̤̯̤͍͉̅̉͑͐͌̓͆̋́͝j̸̖̙̲̱̟̦͎̠̘̝̈́͌̀͋́̈́ͅ;̶̧̥̹̱̬̱̱̩̗̰͈̗̑k̸̗͇͓͎̮̲̦͔͇̪͇̩̦͇͆̃͛͊͒́̿̀́̅̎̚͜‘̶̭̑͗͂̓̑̃͑̃͊̆̐͘͘̚͘j̵̢̩͍̫͈̞̖̠̔̔̍̔̌̍̈̔̓̏h̴̰̦̼̩̦͉̼̥̲̺͂́͆͑͒̓͂̏̾̍̈́̊͘͘͠g̶̢͕̠̻̠̮̼̭͍̪͈̐̄̿̊̑̕͜͜j̸̻͇̻̫̈́͗c̴̨̧̦̻̥͇̗̯͆◕) No pasterino

11 months ago
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YouCantHandlTheTruth
GPA: 3.69 • LSAT: 165 Villanova University

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...

11 months ago
364
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PrairieDawn
Int'l GPA: Above Average • LSAT: 174 University of Minnesota

American undergrad studying at a top English university and receiving a British BA. I had no reportable GPA due to a British degree, but I got an upper-second-class degree. Got fee waivers / no...

11 months ago
246
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ToothsomeCrabbyKiwi
GPA: 3.94 • LSAT: 167 University of Florida (Levin)

Apply to any and every school you have an interest in (ask for fee waivers), see which schools accept you, weigh the scholarships with the prestige that each school carries, and then make the...

11 months ago
238
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