LSAT 169 GPA 3.80 2025–26 cycle
Admitted to Pepperdine University
Never settle for less than what you believe you can get, especially with the LSAT. If you believe you can get a higher score, then go for it.
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Having just finished 1L, I would not recommend law school to an overwhelming, vast majority of people because this shit SUCKS
LSAT 161 GPA 3.74 2025–26 cycle
Admitted to University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)
Send e-mails out to schools asking for application fee waivers AND CAS waivers. Of my 9 schools, two gave me a CAS waiver (which costs the school money). That’s a $90 savings just for asking! Apply to outside scholarships. Make it a goal to apply to a new scholarship every week. I have already got $14, 000 just from…
feel free to DM, still check this sometimes & happy to chat! **Vandy WL -> A timeline: ** 12/2 - Application sent- 2/14 - Sent resume update & expressed continued interest 3/30 - decision rendered 4/16 - LOCI sent 5/25 - WL interview invite, replied same day 5/27 - Sent resume update 5/31 - WL interview 6/1 -…
APPLY EARLY!!! BEFORE MID OCTOBER!!! DO IT!!! to be honest and not to be bitter, but i suspect i could have gotten into some of my waitlists as a sept/oct applicant. i thought applying before the new year was sufficiently ‘early’ but looking back i wish had gotten my materials together over the summer. don’t get me…
Writing this after I got slaughtered on 4/22… here are my takeaways for the 2020-2021 cycle. Applying in Feb was too late. Like way too late. As in many schools didn’t accept ANY students who applied this late. It seems that everyone and their mother has a killer LSAT score. GPA matters a lot more than usual. But…
Hi everyone. So I applied to UCLA, Harvard, Stanford, NYU and Penn but withdrew due to my ED contract with Columbia. I also received a very weird email from Georgetown at the end of November essentially saying nothing other than that they would give me a decision after February. I withdrew from Georgetown as well.…
The application cycle is a lot like sorority rush. If you did not endure the chaos of trying to get into a sorority, it is a double sided interview where if done correctly guides you to the sorority that you want and wants you. While acceptances, rejections, and waitlists are cruel it guides you to the school that…
In their book, “The Happy Lawyer”, law professors Nancy Levit and Douglas O. Linder found that the happiest lawyers on average were those who attended T4 schools and held jobs on the lower-paying end of the legal job market. What does this mean for aspiring law students? It’s hard to draw broad conclusions…
Before you begin the process, write down WHY you want to go to law school. It was more difficult than I originally imagined to wait, get waitlisted, get scholarships, get not enough scholarship money, go to Admitted Student Days, etc. etc. But when it finally came time to make the ultimate decision, I put away my…
Get ready to learn waitlist, buddy. The best thing you can do with an awful UGPA is do well on the LSAT. Find your target school, research what the 75th percentile LSAT is and aim to beat it. Understand that schools may look at your application holistically, but they are still reporting only two metrics to the ABA:…
**Attending University of Minnesota off the Waitlist ** Applied in November -> WL on Jan 24 -> LOCI on Feb 9 -> A on April 6. This was totally unexpected but it came with enough scholarship money to make my decision easy. My LOCI focused on their IP concentration, my interest in staying in Minneapolis after…
Take the shot. Even if there’s a 1% chance of getting into a school it’s better than the 0% chance you give yourself by self-denying.
LSAT 157 GPA 3.60 2025–26 cycle
Admitted to St. Thomas University (Florida)
think to yourself: “What would Hermione do?” Because if the books were about Hermione, Voldy would’ve been dead by book 3 No, but seriously: -Passion projects in undergrad -work on your resume extensively (clubs, internships, etc) there’s so many opportunities out there! -And (sadly) most importantly: STUDY FOR YOUR…
LSAT 169 GPA 3.93 2020–21 cycle
Attending University of California—Los Angeles
I’m just happy to be here. Be unique and fearless in your PS. Leave your ego at the door when it comes to USNWR rankings - even then, it’s not the ranking of the school when you get there that matters, it’s when you graduate. Apply to more schools than you think you need to. Just trust me on it - financial leverage…
Was fully prepared to go to BC, but stayed on Northwestern’s waitlist. Sent a page long formal LOCI around their deposit deadline, then a short paragraph email LOCI about once a month after that. The last LOCI I sent was a few days before getting the feeler - I emphasized my ties to the Chicago area, which I think…
It’s important to gain as much knowledge as you can from mentors, peers, admissions, etc. so you can make well-informed decisions during this process. But at the end of the day, you know yourself best. My authenticity as an applicant was muddled by too much noise from well-meaning mentors and guides. If I had been…
LSAT 175 GPA 3.78 2023–24 cycle
Apply broadly apply early and go to one of the law school forums through LSAT.org. Sign up for a ticket for free and head out to the next event go to the event and meet with multiple school officials especially to your dream school and get some feedback as well as take some personal school business cards. Finally…
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