Double check your essays! Don’t waste application fees on schools you can’t realistically afford. Resist the golden handcuffs of elite/pricey schools. Consider your regional market pipeline. Always take the optional interview.
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Advice applicants left on their LSD.Law profiles, searchable by topic, school, and stats.
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Admitted to Loyola University—ChicagoWrote (most) optional statements. Softs include unique military experience. Four years work experience. Out of college 5 years by fall ’21. First generation Bachelors and graduate degree student, rural high school.
Wrote “Why X”’s for my top choice schools, diversity statements when they were accepted (not a URM but Southeast Asian), and a GPA addendum. Initially applied with 15high LSAT. Retook in January with current score.
Wrote why x for every school. T5 undergrad. Softs are internships/ugrad clerkships with state circuit court judges & DOJ, and WE post-undergrad is an administration position not in law. Tough cycle, but life goes on.
Union organizer, Master’s in Special Education, Americorps alum, LGBTQ+/ASD/ADHD 20-21 cycle: LSAT low due to undiagnosed disabilities; ran with the low score because teaching HS during the pandemic has me burnt out
Keep taking the LSAT. And take it in-person. I went 162 -> 168 -> 167 -> 168 -> 175. The last one was the only one I didn’t take at home or in a stupid hotel. Remote test-taking sucks. Go to the testing place.
1.)Grad GPA was 3.72. 2.) 8 years WE (non-traditional) in education 3.) C and F issue. someone called campus police for noise issue freshmen year of college. Social probation for 1 academic year.
Waitlisted at these schools last cycle with the same stats: BC WashU Emory I withdrew from all three in May 2021 and decided to re-apply the next cycle since I committed to my job for another year
This such a stressful process - you are worthy !! Some of the under review/timeline data is wonky because I took the February LSAT and told some schools to hold until they received the score.
I have a low GPA but I have a clear upward trajectory and large gap between the bad semesters and the good ones for anyone wondering. I only took the LSAT one time, probably not a big factor.
everything works out the way it’s supposed to 🦋
“If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.” Van Gogh
If you are or were prior military so many schools offer fee waivers all you have to do is email the admissions office and ask :) https://reddit.com/r/lawschooladmissions/s/F28AJ7y3nL (◕︵◕)
June 2022 - 151 Applied to Northern Illinois University and University of Toledo with my 151 November 2022 - 158 I tried to be as detailed as possible for my fellow neurotic folks.
LSAT 165 GPA 3.72 2024–25 cycle
Admitted to Loyola Marymount University—Los Angeles
shits rough now with all these new applicants each year schools that were more mid-range before are tougher now so generally prepare for that study hard and have faith in yourself
remote/hybrid/weekend applicant. submitted optional diversity statements for every school. @loyola chicago i am so mad at u for being so gd slow i couldn’t get more money from SHU
APPLY! Stop listening to people who say you have no chance at certain schools because of your stats. There’s more to an application than just your gpa and lsat. Shoot your shot!
apply early and apply often. you never know what school will accept you/offer a decent scholarship. also, apply to a wide range of schools, both ranking and location-wise
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