Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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h108

GPA: 3.69 • LSAT: 180 • Duke University

Apply early

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HatefulTremendousKoala

GPA: 3.91 • LSAT: 179 • New York University

Applied end of October/early November. No supplemental essays for Chicago, Harvard, Columbia or NYU. “Why X” essays for Michigan, Duke, Penn, Cornell, and UVA. Failures essay for Michigan.

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thnksfrthJD

GPA: 3.95 • LSAT: 172 • University of Virginia

Wrote a Why X for every school

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cakepop

GPA: 3.74 • LSAT: 168 • University of Illinois—Urbana Champaign

don’t apply during a pandemic

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LovelySnake424

GPA: 3.91 • LSAT: 177 • University of Chicago

Try not to stress yourself out. What comes will come!

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UglySuddenFoxhound

GPA: 3.64 • LSAT: 179 • Duke University

don’t apply during the most competitive cycle in a decade, worst mistake of my life

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BirdLawStudent2021

GPA: 3.15 • LSAT: 164 • University of Colorado—Boulder

Be glad you didn’t apply during the 20/21 cycle. Brutal.

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SparklyMistyKoala

GPA: 3.97 • LSAT: 180 • University of Chicago

After receiving the Rubenstein Scholarship, my decision was made. I withdrew from Columbia and NYU, where I still had no decision, in late March.

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ProductiveColorfulAngora

GPA: 3.86 • LSAT: 169 • Boston College

Applied 2020-2021 with a 3.82/165 Will eventually reapply after working