Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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AcridQuixoticNewt

GPA: 2.96 • LSAT: 167 • Arizona State University

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Frah8fcfo

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Lost-In-The-Sauce

GPA: 3.69 • LSAT: 173 • University of Florida (Levin)

Do your best and trust that it will all work out. Regardless of what happens you will be rethinking law school by the end of you second week of 1L anyway haha Take the process but not yourself to...

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Baconpants

GPA: 3.6 • LSAT: 168 • University of Georgia

I know you probably won’t listen to me, but all you can do is get good grades and do well on the LSAT!

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PlausibleStrangeBadger

GPA: 3.91 • LSAT: 169 • University of Southern California

Reapplicant from 2021-22 cycle with the same stats, but all new essays (honestly, I think my PS was worse the second cycle, but all the other essays were better). I had decent options last year,...

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FestiveLackadaisicalFousek

GPA: 3.52 • LSAT: 168 • University of Minnesota

Re-applicant from last cycle. Spent the whole spring and summer studying for the LSAT, took it in August, and improved from 161 to 168.

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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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NachosAndDonuts

GPA: 3.11 • LSAT: 164 • Texas A&M University

Don’t eat nachos and donuts at the same time

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GreenJumbledScorpion

GPA: 4.1 • Harvard University

Only applied to YLS and HLS. Got a R at YLS. Some WE— about 6 months when I applied Somewhat unique WE Disadvantaged background

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IdioticHulkingBullfrog

GPA: 3.43 • LSAT: 177 • University of Michigan

My best advice to splitters, beyond having a high LSAT score, is to write every essay for the school you’re applying to, even the optional ones. It shows the school you’re serious about them;...