Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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luckanddeseos

GPA: 3.44 • LSAT: 170 • University of Virginia

ESSAYS MATTER. If you have one stat near a median, and another far below, you can still do it! Express yourself and sell your story. Write a Why X Law school essay or take advantage of all...

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GoodDisagreeableHippopotamus

GPA: 3.3 • LSAT: 170 • Boston University

I hope some of the information here will help applicants in future cycles! I tried to keep a consistent theme throughout my entire application. I submitted 3 LORs (2 academic, 1 professional). I...

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MadWomansChampagneProblems

GPA: 3.43 • LSAT: 167 • University of Alabama

I want to start out by saying that when I started this process, I couldn’t have imagined I would have a shot at the majority of the schools I applied to, much less have to choose between them....

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WLR-AOTY

GPA: 4.1 • LSAT: 164 • University of New Hampshire

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DefundTheLSAC

GPA: 3.88 • LSAT: 171 • University of California—Los Angeles

Try not to go insane. Study early and study hard for the LSAT. Have a rock-solid study routine. Don’t study full-time, though; losing all external structure in your life can be very...

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Bucket

GPA: 3.75 • LSAT: 174 • Harvard University

A few thoughts on waitlists, “your chances,” R&R, the LSAT, and advice in general: Never give up on waitlists, especially ones that are known to have good movement (like in my case with HLS). A...

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ThinkableDevilishCoyote

GPA: 3.8 • LSAT: 174 • Columbia University

Essays+Additional Info Below Yale - Wrote 250 on Qur’an translation. Stanford - Wrote the optional 250 on teaching a class. Harvard - Nothing extra. Columbia - Nothing extra. UChicago - Nothing...

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FURN

GPA: 4.0 • LSAT: 168 • Vanderbilt University

Apply to more places! It’s worth it to have the backups and will save you much in terms of emotional stress. I didn’t think it mattered until I had been waiting for decisions for two months....

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Pinkie14Lala

GPA: 3.97 • LSAT: 163 • University of Southern California

Reapplicant Increased my LSAT 2 points between the 2020 cycle and 2021 cycle, graduated college, and got a full-time job at a BigLaw firm. 2020-2021 Cycle Results: A: University of San Diego,...