Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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BabyYodaFanClub

GPA: 3.88 • LSAT: 163 • University of Southern California

Just applying to as many reach school as possible if I get fee waivers and 5 just right/target and 4 safeties… (◕︵◕) Duke UR3 1/11 Changed Georgetown from RD to ED following Duke rejection....

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CeaselessUnknownCamel

GPA: 3.21 • LSAT: 157 • Nova Southeastern University

I should have retaken the LSAT for a higher score. I also reached out to the schools to talk about Res Life opportunities, NSU offered me a position that came with a monthly stipend and an...

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NaturalAromaticFlounder

GPA: 3.95 • LSAT: 168 • Harvard University

Pretty happy with how my cycle went as a reverse splitter. I think I had the benefit of having relatively in-depth work experience to write about in my PS, and having likely strong LORs from two...

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lethalbacon

GPA: 3.91 • LSAT: 170 • University of California—Berkeley

don’t forget to exhale

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JuanMaus1066

GPA: 2.9 • LSAT: 174 • University of California—Los Angeles

First generation Mexican Immigrant. Family fled Mexico when I was 5 due to a cartel violence. Lower middle class and first in family to attend college in the US. Attended a small CSU and double...

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LazyFunctionalUguisu

GPA: 4.11 • LSAT: 172 • University of Michigan

Harvard: wrote small why Harvard paragraph in PS, substantial written work in application (honors thesis), LOCI Chicago: wrote small why Chicago paragraph in PS, felt like interview went well...

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WomanlyGentleGoat

GPA: 3.4 • LSAT: 171 • University of Notre Dame

Target Markets: Houston, DC, Chicago Applied to Emory, GW, UT, Cornell, Vandy in late February last year, which was griefing myself given ho the cycle played out. Outside of UT and GW, I picked...

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7gator7

GPA: 3.45 • LSAT: 161 • University of Miami

Everything happens for a reason…so trust it.

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TinyChaoticPenguin

GPA: 3.9 • LSAT: 174 • University of Michigan

Reapplicant. Went through the hell cycle of 2020-21. Reapplied with a higher LSAT, prior LSAT was in the mid-160s. Did Why X essays in my 2020 apps for NYU, UPenn, GULC & CLS. Did not add why X...