Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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DolphinBoy2

GPA: 3.95 • LSAT: 168 • University of California—Berkeley

Advice #1: Take the LSAT as many times as you can (assuming you’re studying in-between attempts so you actually have a chance at a better score). I took it twice and without a doubt I had a much...

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brogle

GPA: 3.96 • LSAT: 168 • University of Chicago

T3.75 imo, I don’t think being LGBTQIA+ is that much of a boost (though I did write about it). Biracial nURM, T20 undergrad. Wrote DS for some schools and integrated it into PS for others. Wrote...

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masterofallfoursections

GPA: 3.98 • LSAT: 172 • University of California—Berkeley

The best thing that came out of this application cycle are the ~internet friends~ I made on here.

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sunflowervol6

GPA: 3.67 • LSAT: 165 • Illinois Institute of Technology (Kent)

Apply to Iowa early because they have this fun thing called a scholarship waitlist, barely anyone who applied past December got money this cycle.

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kurrykatsu

GPA: 3.92 • GRE: 327 • Cornell University

Do not apply with GRE

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SlimShadyGoesSouth

GPA: 3.15 • LSAT: 161 • Baylor University

Just apply to schools you don’t think you’ll get into…

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DiligentJumbledDormouse

GPA: 4.03 • LSAT: 170 • New York University

Penn UR3 3/4/21 NYU UR3 3/28/21

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mrdalloway

GPA: 3.5 • LSAT: 171 • University of California—Berkeley

this is mainly a numbers game.

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SpectacularRoastedOcelot

GPA: 3.6 • LSAT: 168 • University of Notre Dame

I was in the Peace Corps and was therefore given fee waivers for every school but Cornell and Columbia. Cornell said they granted waivers for Returned Peace Corps volunteers but they never got...