Learn from the experiences and advice of successful law school applicants
this cycle sucks
Believe in yourself. “fortune favors the bold”
Softs: 4 years of (very unique) full time human rights & justice-based work experience, established community organizer, 1st gen lawyer/raised by a single mom, bi woman. Applied ED to...
It’s fine to not go to a T14. :)
Apply earlier if able. Not just for the slight advantage, but for your sanity. I submitted around Thanksgiving, and I can’t imagine being a person who didn’t submit until January or February.
Wrote Why X for Michigan, optional essay for Stanford, Why X for Berkeley, Why X for Cornell, scholarship essays for NYU, optional essay for Penn (not Why X), optional essay for Georgetown (not...
Apply to “soft safeties” i.e. schools where you’re pretty damn certain you’ll get in BUT would also actually consider going there–it may be where you end up, and thats ok.
HYP undergrad. My GPA increased from 3.67 to 3.72 during my admissions cycle. I got into NYU, Michigan, Duke, and Georgetown before the GPA increase. PS about my interest in international law and...
You are more than your numbers.