Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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gimmeachanceplz

GPA: 3.2 • LSAT: 173 • Washington University in St. Louis

this cycle sucks

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legallyblonde3

GPA: 3.72 • LSAT: 168 • University of Southern California

Believe in yourself. “fortune favors the bold”

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SleepyAbstractedChipmunk

GPA: 3.9 • LSAT: 166 • Northwestern University

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...

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AnxiousFawningQuokka

GPA: 3.33 • LSAT: 166 • University of Kentucky

It’s fine to not go to a T14. :)

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supersplitter2k21

GPA: 2.98 • LSAT: 164 • Indiana University - Bloomington

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.

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VivaciousSimpleSauce

Int'l GPA: Superior • LSAT: 173 • Georgetown University

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...

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RightfulStandingIguana

GPA: 3.95 • LSAT: 175 • Duke University

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.

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Existentialist

GPA: 3.78 • LSAT: 165 • George Washington University

You are more than your numbers.

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MundaneTangyQuail

GPA: 3.91 • LSAT: 165 • Boston University

Apply early in the cycle if you can. Do the optional essays (nothing is really ‘optional’) Study for the LSAT for at least 3 months (take breaks, don’t burn out) PROOF READ Everything happens for...