3.9/159/URM (PR,NA,white) only apply to schools you would actually attend (yes, even your safety). if you apply to 10+ schools and get one acceptance, make sure you are happy with it. otherwise, it’s a waste of time and money Ask schools for fee waivers, they will give them to you. reverse splitters lemme hear ya!…
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Admitted to William & Mary Law Schoolundergraduate degree from UC Davis Environmental Analysis undergrad major lowest level softs - just some covid policy research, basic part time jobs while in undergrad, and study abroad in europe white female lgbt kjd applied in september 2021 personal statement about my passion for the environment (interested…
took LSAT in January 2021, graduating May 2022 (only took it once) take it more than once if you can commit yourself to studying. I couldn’t get myself to do it again, especially since my PTs consistently varied by 9 pts. write all optional essays no matter what!!!! especially if you’re a splitter like me… oh and…
Worry about the things you can control and do your best to let everything else go. Be a real person. There are hundreds of other people out there with your stats. You are more than just a dot on a 2x2. And that matters. Even if sometimes it doesn’t matter to a school it should matter to you. Unless it’s a decision,…
resume included study abroad- capital defense paralegal for three years President of clubs and member of many leadership positions published thesis and manual for PD URM, first generation, multilingual took LSAT three times, 151, 156, 158 final Did all optional essays and contacted schools for phone conversations,…
To all my splitters out there and honestly all applicants, cycles are becoming uber competitive. Softs, especially your essays and LORS, are more important than ever. Anyone can have good stats nowadays, not everyone has a good story.
Application Advice: Visit schools! Attending virtual info sessions is great, but I think visiting schools made a huge difference in a some of my outcomes (especially UVA and Duke) and allowed me to figure out where would be the best fit- Write all of the “Why XYZ” essays. Schools want to know that you are…
ᕙ(▀̿ĺ̯▀̿ ̿)ᕗ Optional/Why X: Columbia**, Michigan, Northwestern, Georgetown, Vanderbilt, North Carolina, Notre Dame,**** Arizona State, UC Irvine, Illinois, William & Mary, Richmond, Penn State, Cincinnati, ****West Virginia **
-Shoot your Shot. The worst thing schools can say is no. -Take advantage of fee waivers. If they waived you there’s a good chance they want you at their school -Make your personal statement personal. Talk about your life, your favorite music, art, game but make sure you can tie it back to the school you want to…
-Picking which school is harder than waiting for admission decisions -Write all the essays and make sure you do them well, not halfway and just calling it good enough -Consider how the school fits you more than anything else, because a school may be number one in rank but that doesn’t mean it’s the best for you
Know ur worth and have fun >.< Congressional intern, involved with various campus organizations, honors college, connected with sorority (TLAM), 3.88 degree GPA @state school (boomer sooner), sent in additional rec. letters, only made why statement to GW and schools that required it.
A pro apply early case study. Also a pro GPA case study. Unrelated but did you know that many recruiters only see up to 2L if not only your 1L law school grades?
Truly no idea how I got into Berk (but so so grateful) - maybe living in the bay + tech background coupled with my career goals helped? Berkeley Essays: 4 pg ps- why Berk (attended a prelaw event and wrote about it) DS (I’m nURM) but wrote about living between two countries
I spent about 120 total hours on my application materials, working hard to build a compelling narrative. **Supplemental Essays: ** Why NYU Why Mich Why Fordham Why NDLS GULC #2 Why UF Why UNC Why USC Why Vanderbilt Why UVA Why Minnesota Why UGA PS Why “X” Endings: BU NW
Wrote Why X’s most places that asked and some that didn’t. For anyone looking in from the future, this cycle was incredibly competitive. My only advice is to apply broadly; I was accepted below median at UT and waitlisted at median at Notre Dame. All it takes is one school.
ask for letters of rec MONTHS in advance!! have back-ups ready as well if you can, i literally got completely ghosted by a professor and a dean after they agreed to letters. waiting up on these letters cost me about a month and a half because i couldn’t submit without them
Got into law school as a reverse splitter. It’s very possible.
You just need one school to let you in! Also, for context I did apply with my wife (4.09/164) and that definitely helped me get in with my lower GPA.
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