Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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EtherealFrighteningSeal

GPA: 3.98 • LSAT: 172 • Northwestern University

Advice for LATE applicants: Some of the schools you apply to will already have filled their class without you knowing. You’ve just got to accept it and not beat yourself up too hard. But also,...

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DefiantNaiveGiraffe

GPA: 3.3 • LSAT: 159 • University of California (Hastings)

Read everything. I finished 11/400 my first year and was accepted to transfer to three T14s.

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amgpetronas

GPA: 3.38 • LSAT: 177 • University of Georgia

Writing this after I got slaughtered on 4/22… here are my takeaways for the 2020-2021 cycle. Applying in Feb was too late. Like way too late. As in many schools didn’t accept ANY students who...

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Erra2242

GPA: 4.0 • LSAT: 171 • University of Chicago

T3: professional certificate and experience in a STEM-related field (rare subfield/not common) plus a very unique intensive volunteering experience that lasted for 6+ months URM: mixed race...

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james213

GPA: 3.31 • LSAT: 173 • Boston University

Reapplicant from 20’-21’ cycle. Last year I applied with a 167 and got: A: UNH with $$$, Santa Clara with $ WL -> R: BU, BC, ND, Northeastern R: UCLA, USC, Berkeley I applied to more competitive...

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QueenD

GPA: 3.72 • LSAT: 163 • Baylor University

Wrote a why law essay, applied late in the cycle, felt hopeless

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GigiChula

GPA: 3.6 • LSAT: 161 • University of Denver

2 letters of rec from former manager who promoted me and from a professor who is a practicing attorney. Currently working in billing at a fairly large firm in Denver. Undegrad in econ with a...

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heybabe6

GPA: 3.19 • LSAT: 154 • Albany Law School Of Union University

Yikes. Good luck to us all

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FlamingKoala

GPA: 3.39 • LSAT: 159 • University of Georgia

I highkey sold my trauma, I’d recommend it (Black, queer, nonbinary, trans fam wya?) On a serious note, my story is definitely what sold me to my reach and match schools, if anything. Don’t be...