Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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letmein2025

GPA: 3.21 • LSAT: 166 • University of Minnesota

Make a burner email account to give to law schools so you aren’t paranoid about opening your normal email.

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icunttakeit

GPA: 3.4 • LSAT: 170 • University of Minnesota

If you get diagnosed with a life-changing medical condition during undergrad, take time off IMMEDIATELY instead letting a semester of poor health tank your otherwise stellar GPA.

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Legalwing

GPA: 2.8 • LSAT: 168 • George Washington University

From JupiterRising (Georgetown Supersplitter) “So my advice is to build your experience and your skillset, then study and work hard for the LSAT. Don’t give up, it can take a few months or more...

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DullInTheHead

GPA: 3.99 • LSAT: 175 • Duke University

Here’s some advice other people told me that I’ve found to be true as the cycle went on: Studying for the LSAT always pays off. Invest time into it daily, no matter what, and it will never be...

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RatAssets2022

GPA: 3.75 • LSAT: 164 • University of Oregon

Take time to study/reapply/get your shit together if need be! I feel a lot more ready to start law school now (2022) than I did when I applied for 2020. I’m looking at better scholarship offers,...

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thecheese

GPA: 3.67 • LSAT: 177 • Washington University in St. Louis

GW ED Presidential Scholarship —> changed to RD by emailing (had gotten offer from WashU that was more appealing than full ride to GW would have been, I’m betting this will get me a GW WL for...

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JupiterRising

GPA: 3.02 • LSAT: 173 • Georgetown University

Supersplitters listen up. If I can do it, you can. Undergrad doesn’t define you, we all had our reasons for why we didn’t perform to our potential. 1. The most important piece of advice is to get...

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WotInTarnation

GPA: 3.99 • LSAT: 164 • University of Michigan

In hindsight, I should have tried taking a second LSAT, but it is what it is. I had 3 letters of rec, wrote a Why School X essay for my top choice, and visited the campus of my top choice.

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cozycashews

GPA: 3.12 • LSAT: 177 • University of Pennsylvania

I got a lot of help from looking at other super splitter profiles so hoping mine does the same for someone else! For those with low GPAs: first and foremost, focus on your LSAT. You need numbers...