GPA Went from a 3.84 to a 3.86 after fall 2021 grades came in on 12/22/2021. Application Background Wrote Why X for Michigan, Duke, and Cornell, UCLA Programmatic Contribution, and GULC Unpopular Opinion. Personal Statement - Well written but that’s pretty much where the good things end. It had a bad spelling error…
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PhobicRhetoricalRottweiler left no wisdom for posterity… (◕︵◕) I dont care what law school you chose to go to because law school is a scam. But if you do decide to give your self hell for 3 years at least consult this vague list of first year curved grades. Not at all 100% but it gives you an idea of what schools to…
Applied with a 155. Got waitlisted at great schools even with a 155 because my statements carried. Did a diversity statement and every optional essay schools had. My advice for splitters is to rely on your statements. Humans are inherently selfish. You will not be admitted because of how great you are but how…
ME: small liberal arts college in southern US, philosophy major, social justice minor, ncaa athlete D3, student body president which placed me on a lot of academic/social/trustee committees, passionate about the outdoors/sports/my college/learning, felt like I did a good job of displaying myself as well rounded,…
LSAT 159 GPA 3.60 2020–21 cycle
Admitted to Florida International University
only took the lsat once, my personal statement was about being a victim of assault and how that motivates my study of law, wrote a diversity statement, but no why x school essays. ADVICE in the off chance someone actually ends up reading this, here is some advice i wish i had given myself prior to beginning my law…
Would classify myself as a 3.5 softs, I have won a national student writing competition for a sustainability policy paper. I already have an MPA and have been working in government work for 3 years. My Schools GPA was on a 4.0 scale and while my undergrad GPA was not good on paper I still graduated with honors. This…
I hired a consultant to help me because of my terrible GPA. I have no idea if that helped significantly or not; I feel like my results were more or less what I expected they might be coming into the cycle. Fellow veterans, definitely use Service 2 School (I did not, but am now volunteering with them) even if you…
Remember that admissions are above all, a game. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and sometimes it rains. You are still a person, you will find a law school where you fit and you belong. Literally it is going to be okay, but if you find yourself feeling down about some results, make sure you hold the space for…
LSAT 166 GPA 3.80 2020–21 cycle
Attending University of North Carolina
-NC resident, re-applicant, have ties/want to work instate. PT’ing 3-6 points higher than my highest LSAT take, which left me pretty salty, but ironically I don’t think it ultimately affected my final outcome too much. -pulled my apps at the end of last cycle as I knew I didn’t want to do #zoomlaw. -first choice was…
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Before actually deciding to apply to law school, I would recommend these 4 steps: Read this: http://www.deanspade.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/For-Those-Considering-Law-School.pdf Really think about if your goals in being a lawyer align with actual legal work. If you have social justice goals in going to law…
Go Blue! Advice for super splitters (everyone else, see below): Every “chance me” prediction tool will be wrong for you. They are trained on regression models which do an okay job for people nearish the medians, and diddly-squat for you.You have a chance at most schools for which you are above a 75th.- The reason…
FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO DO IN THE WAITING: It was easy to drive myself crazy refreshing status checkers, checking my email, and reading Reddit. I had to find something to keep my mind occupied. It’s not healthy to obsess over something out of your control (once you press submit). Personally, I started running,…
About me. Certified Teacher. Non Traditional, mixed race background with 5 Years WE. Volunteer work in the community with focuses on low income, food insecurity and immigrants. Additional educational courses with Foreign Language University。 我学中文。 Debt adverse with Public Interest/Government Law Jobs in mind…
TL;DR… APPLY EARLY AND RETAKE THE LSAT! 6 years WE, most recently a project manager role with a well known FinTech Company. Went to a state school for undergrad, but I was very involved (lots of internships during school and waited tables over the summers, sorority Vice President, multiple clubs with leadership…
TIPS: It is impossible to understate the power of a cohesive narrative throughout your application. Second only to studying for the LSAT, I would recommend spending the most significant amount of time thinking about why you genuinely want to go to law school, and then highlighting some compelling links between the…
*4-5 years of work experience ( inconspicuous offices jobs - nothing law related. no major accolades or awards. Super average Office Space tier work). Did construction work for about a year in the middle of that. White Straight Male no disabilities/disadvantages/hardships of any kind. *Low tier state school in the…
My PS focused on some very personal reasons for ‘Why law’. I attempted to be vulnerable and show how I overcame adversities throughout my teens to put myself in a position to apply for law school. However, looking back on it, I may have overshared and created some red flags. If there were optional essays, I took the…
Wrote LSAT FLEX 3x (170 -> 166 ->177), no addendum. Wrote 3 Books Essay for Stanford, Core Values Essay for Penn, Why Xs for Michigan and Berkeley, Programmatic contributions for UCLA, applied for Furman Academic for NYU. For most schools (all but Harvard and UCLA because of space restrictions) tailored the final…
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