Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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bigbuffrugger

GPA: 3.46 • LSAT: 160 • Rutgers University

Never give up!!!!!

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RumHaven

GPA: 3.93 • LSAT: 176 • Rutgers University

If I could do it over I would apply to more T14s, even those I have no interest in, just to have more leverage in scholarship negotiations.

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CounselCow

GPA: 3.54

Each person judges rightly what he knows, and is a good judge about that; hence the good judge in a given area is the person educated in that area, and the unqualifiedly good judge is the person...

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RhetoricalUnfeignedPheasant

How the GPA factors in.

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MausoleumSplash

GPA: 3.52 • LSAT: 170 • St. John's University

undergrad interruption and transfer (3 yrs). Misc WE; strong upward GPA trend

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BreezyCircumspectOtter

GPA: 4.0 • LSAT: 161 • University of Virginia

You can do anything you put your mind to. I was devastated when I got my LSAT score back, but I applied anyway. This is proof that you are more than your LSAT score, so don’t opt out of applying...

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IncompetentStandingLiger

GPA: 3.7 • LSAT: 174 • George Washington University

“Priority Application Deadlines” are fake. Apply early.

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ForensicCulturedPenguin

GPA: 3.85 • LSAT: 169 • University of Notre Dame

I applied for the class of 2026 as a KJD; I got in to USC with $$$ and a few other schools. As a re-applicant, schools seemed to be less interested in me (no mailers/fliers/outreach) and schools...

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JoyfulJudicialPeacock541

GPA: 3.95 • LSAT: 174 • Harvard University

Apply early, and make sure your essays are incredible. Best of luck!