Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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Splittsville2022

GPA: 3.11 • LSAT: 170 • Indiana University - Bloomington

i am brutally honest in my addenda and personal statements. im big, queer, and have had brushes with the law; there’s no sugarcoating that, and so i dont try to. Also I sent Yale a TikTok instead...

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Interstellar-Thinker

GPA: 3.5 • LSAT: 148 • Michigan State University

Background: I graduated very early and took the LSAT a couple of times without studying. In hindsight, this decision was idiotic, and I was just very young to understand this. My highest LSAT...

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WhimsicalPiquantSheepdog

GPA: 3.5 • LSAT: 168 • George Washington University

wrote “Why X” law school at the end of each PS; addressed ROUGH start to undergrad, break (+ WE), & upward GPA trend in addendums not sure how to note my WE since I’ll be graduating undergrad in...

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cybernothing

GPA: 3.69 • LSAT: 160 • University of Minnesota

Attending University of Minnesota off the Waitlist Applied in November -> WL on Jan 24 -> LOCI on Feb 9 -> A on April 6. This was totally unexpected but it came with enough scholarship money to...

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LuckyQuickestChicken

GPA: 3.25 • LSAT: 159 • University of South Carolina

Hello Hello, I fully acknowledge that my stats are low for most of the schools that I applied too, but something that I’ve learned is that you should never EVER self-select yourself out of an...

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ErikaGirardisPantherRing

GPA: 3.78 • LSAT: 172 • Duke University

Reapplicant from the ‘20-21 cycle, waitlisted or rejected at every school I applied to. Reapplying to the same schools, plus added Stanford, Columbia, Chicago, NYU, and Penn to shoot my shot with...

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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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HungryMaleCoral

GPA: 4.07 • LSAT: 167 • Emory University

attractiveness is a solid 7 never applied before; KJD applicant. I’ll write an extensive report, full of my neurotic law school research, after i’m done. Statuses not Shown: UR3 @ Penn (~mid Jan)...

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overlookhotelfoxtrot

GPA: 4.06 • LSAT: 172 • University of Virginia

Shoot your shot! Application cycles can be unpredictable. Even if you end up at one of your top choices, it can still be a bumpy ride (looking at you, 5 waitlists). At the end of the day, I was...