Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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I-Claudius

GPA: 4.07 • LSAT: 175 • Cornell University

I took the LSAT four times—162, 166, 169, then 175. All decisions except UVA came out before my 175 score.

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HappyorNot

GPA: 3.81 • LSAT: 171 • Duke University

Chicago: Ur3 - 2/15/2021, no interview

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Ambulance-Chaser

GPA: 3.3 • LSAT: 159 • University of South Carolina

Applied during the 2020-2021 cycle with a 159. Obtained a 166 in June of 2021.

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PoliticalEightDragonfly

GPA: 3.46 • LSAT: 161 • University of Houston

Why X: Vandy, GW, Fordham, UNC, BC, GMason, Cardozo, SMU LOCI: BC, Cardozo

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legallybottleblonde

GPA: 3.7 • LSAT: 171 • University of Texas at Austin

NYU HTE January

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pinesol

GPA: 3.89 • LSAT: 172 • University of Virginia

Wrote Why X and Optional Essays whenever they asked for one. Pretty meh softs. Crazy, crazy COVID cycle.

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fmac

GPA: 3.66 • LSAT: 172 • University of California—Berkeley

“What, like it’s hard?” It was extremely hard.

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PluckyUglySalamander

GPA: 3.14 • LSAT: 172 • Boston University

Try to have your application ready as early in the cycle as possible. It felt like by the time I got a lot of my decisions schools were already just about full.

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NimbleCattle

GPA: 3.87 • LSAT: 173 • New York University

Wrote Why X’s/other essays for most schools in the T14. I would very much avoid applying to as many schools as I did – I think it’s a lot better to spend more time on fewer applications