Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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TyrannosaurusLex

GPA: 3.3 • LSAT: 180 • University of Michigan

Reapplicant; accepted a non-binding deferral at Duke in May 2021. My 2020-21 cycle is recorded under the username LsatTraintoClarksville. Advice for future applicants: Don’t be KJD unless...

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StressedButWellDressed

GPA: 3.96 • LSAT: 169 • Yale University

Took the LSAT twice. First take got 168; Second take got 169. I was accepted to ASU, OU, and WashU with a 168. I was accepted to all others with a 169.

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NumberlessFuturisticBear

GPA: 3.65 • LSAT: 167 • University of Washington

Application Components:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PKETmeTic01VbUu0nRdaOcLqXJbejtd8?usp=sharing Finding any examples of personal statements, addenda or scholarship applications were...

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AngryRoastedCheetah

GPA: 3.77 • LSAT: 180 • University of California—Los Angeles

Here is a poem I wrote about obsessively checking lawschooldata while having self-awareness about how silly all of this is: how odd it is to be a data point made up of many more data points...

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GreatBlueUnknown

GPA: 3.96 • LSAT: 176 • Yale University

A few words of wisdom… Do not take advice from anyone on Reddit. No one on there knows what got them into a school or what got them rejected. The only people that know that are AdComms. Listen to...

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AGenericPerson

GPA: 3.97 • LSAT: 165 • Arizona State University

Whew. Should’ve done better on the LSAT, huh? But I’m happy with my decision. You’ll make the right choice for you.

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Priori

GPA: 3.17 • LSAT: 165 • University of California—Davis

Congressional internship helping Afghan repatriation, lobbying firm internship in D.C., leadership position on collegiate sports team, leadership position in student government. Started out as...

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HePanicc

GPA: 3.78 • LSAT: 170 • University of Minnesota

After taking the LSAT in January 2021, I applied to Minnesota on March 1st, 2021 (the only school I applied to during the 2020-21 cycle), and was waitlisted in early May. I knew it was probably...

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QuickestPunyAlligator

GPA: 3.18 • LSAT: 177 • Boston University

Going to try to keep this updated through my cycle to help out any other super-uper-duper splitters out there. Brief background**:** Changed my major twice with a strong upward trend in GPA (~2.0...