Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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DraconianDangerousBird

GPA: 3.98 • LSAT: 165 • University of Buffalo—SUNY

Make sure to be honest with your character and fitness issues. Focus on how you learned from the event and why it won’t happen again, on top of how you are determined to excel as a result.

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HurriedHeavyChameleon

GPA: 3.97 • LSAT: 178 • Stanford University

Write all possible optionals

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OnerousPuffin

GPA: 4.07 • LSAT: 172 • University of Minnesota

Going into this cycle, UChicago was my top choice, and I was so happy to get in! I realized later on that Chicago was not a city I wanted to be in long-term (having grown up in a...

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UnluckyNumber171

GPA: 3.87 • LSAT: 171

Previously https://www.lsd.law/users/creep/LuckyNumber170 NYU Hold 1/30

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slimesalt

GPA: 3.8 • LSAT: 171 • George Washington University

Run, aspiring law students, run.

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penny-f531

GPA: 3.66 • LSAT: 165 • William & Mary Law School

it will all be okay! you will be a lawyer!

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BasedPakii

GPA: 3.87 • LSAT: 170 • University of California—Berkeley

DISCLAIMER: I AM GOING TO SOUND VERY NITPICKY ABOUT MY APPLICATION, GPA, AND LSAT IN THE FOLLOWING SECTION. I AM CONTENT WITH MY OUTCOME AT THE END OF THE CYCLE. THIS IS JUST WHAT I WOULD TELL...

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SloppyOneAye

GPA: 3.66 • LSAT: 165 • American University

So far I’ve noticed that writing a “Why X” addendum essay can be very powerful with the admissions committee. Definitely regretting not submitting any for my schools for the 2021-22 cycle. If you...

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Gargoyl

GPA: 3.75 • LSAT: 174 • University of North Carolina

I applied knowing that I wanted to go to school in the triangle (Duke or UNC) and the rest of my applications were kind of just for negotiation purposes if I could use them. When I got the WL at...