When getting ready to apply, I quickly understood given my GPA, my LSAT score was going to be my only saving grace. I had no aspirations of grad school while in undergrad and am kicking myself for making life alot more difficult now. My application journey took me about 2 years, I started studying for the LSAT in…
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…Don’t spend more money than you need to!! Research every LSAT study material that you can. I do recommend using LSAT demon though. Apply as early as you possibly can, the latest being late December since that’s when undergraduate students go on Christmas break. Visit as many schools you can, even if it just means…
LSAC slaughtered my GPA (how the fuck do withdrawals count?). My LSAC GPA is actually sub-2. Degree GPA is 3.1. I wrote a really nice addendum. LSAT Strategy- I had an extremely demanding job while studying for LSAT. I’m fine at LR and RC, so I just spent all possible time doing logic games over and over and over…
You don’t need a 170 LSAT to go to a good law school. That being said, a higher LSAT would definitely make things easier, open more doors, and give you more scholarship options. Simple Advice: Spend a lot of time to craft your personal statement/application to show why you want to go to law school. ***This is SUPER…
If you are struggling with an LSAT study platform, do not bend yourself to fit their study materials. Many of these companies were developed by a few people that did well on the LSAT. They are now teaching you how they did well on the LSAT. That doesn’t work for every brain. I wish I had more time before I realized…
…softs in undergrad. All I had to do was score well on the LSAT. Ultimately, I did, but let me just say; little compares to the sustained anxiety of studying for a test as difficult to “perfect” as the LSAT for roughly 6 months. Godspeed to all those who come after me. All of my apps were submitted between November…
…fall semester until I graduated, Dec 2023. April 2024 LSAT Score release: May 1, 2024 Goal: 154 Score: 150 Writing Section Completed: 4/12/2024 (I wrote ~5 paragraphs) LR - RC - LG - LR **Exam Date: Saturday 4/13/2024 Studying Khan Academy: 1 stage/random timed section/day + review LSAT Demon: Drilling all 3…
LSAT 153 GPA 3.45 2025–26 cycle
Admitted to University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
I wish that I had been more confident in the schools that I had applied to, and that it is actually worthwhile to study for the LSAT FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. I took it without studying and regretted it after seeing how much others had improved because of how much time they had studied.
Don’t procrastinate about studying for the LSAT. Allow yourself at least a couple of months to study, and get it out of the way as soon as you can so you have time to retake if necessary. If I could go back in time, I would have studied longer, and taken it during my year-long gap between my AA and BA degrees. If…
I started this process in February of 2020. I studied for the LSAT for about 6 months (about 2 months of serious study and 4 months of occasionally taking a PT) and went from a 156 to a 167 using only 7sage PTs and free stuff from Khan Academy. It has been a long time coming, but I am glad I did things the way I…
DISCLAIMER: I AM GOING TO SOUND VERY NITPICKY ABOUT MY APPLICATION, GPA, AND LSAT IN THE FOLLOWING SECTION. I AM CONTENT WITH MY OUTCOME AT THE END OF THE CYCLE. THIS IS JUST WHAT I WOULD TELL MYSELF ON HOW TO IMPROVE MY OUTCOMES IF I WERE TO GO BACK IN TIME. **Study hard for the LSAT. Like, take the amount of time…
Study sooner for the LSAT and you’ll thank yourself later. Don’t worry about complicated study plans, just find a service where you can do real questions and get feedback to correct your mistakes and move on. (LSAT Demon was great for this, and they have a nice app to make studying on the go easy.) I cold tested a…
Give yourself WAY more time than you think you need to study for the LSAT. I’d recommend giving yourself no less than 1 year to study. You may be very smart, but you just don’t know whether the test will feel intuitive to you, whether you will plateau, whether you will burn out, etc. And DO NOT TAKE THE OFFICIAL…
…plus) three times a week for the year before that. Started LSAT prep in late August 2024, scored 162 in November, retook at the next available (January 2025) and scored 163. Submitted all apps in February or early March of 2025. I also submitted some panic applications in April. Results were less than ideal haha.…
Link to Reddit cycle recap with written application materials included:*** ***https://bit.ly/3HvUUqH **Numbers: 3.89/172 ** (Took the LSAT four times: April 2021: Cancel, October 2021: 162, November 2021: 164, June 2022: 172). I studied for the LSAT for over two years. Making the decision to delay a cycle and keep…
Give yourself ample time for the LSAT.- I studied on and off for about a year, then kicked it into high gear and studied roughly an hour every day for about 10 months. I also took the LSAT 3 times. The exam can change the trajectory of your life, you owe it to yourself to give it your best shot. The LSAT is not an…
After taking the LSAT in January 2021, I applied to Minnesota on March 1st, 2021 (the only school I applied to during the 2020-21 cycle), and was waitlisted in early May. I knew it was probably because I had applied so late in the cycle, but it was still devastating and caused me to doubt my ability to get into law…
Took the LSAT once and used Khan Academy and Mike Kim’s LSAT Trainer to study. No significant work experience except for an on-campus part-time job. Wrote a PS about my experiences growing up as an immigrant, no DS. Wrote a “Why X” and supplemental essays when recommended.
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