Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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NoodlePop

GPA: 3.92 • LSAT: 175 • University of Virginia

Completed all applications by the first week in October. Wrote at least one optional for all schools! 155 -> 167 -> 175 (No addendum written)

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THEFUTUREESQ

GPA: 3.29 • LSAT: 166 • Wake Forest University

Shoot your shot. Now that I’m mid-way through my cycle, I’ve learned how truly unpredictable law school admissions cycles are. I was rejected from schools I thought I’d get into, and...

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jakeyjake

GPA: 3.38 • LSAT: 159 • University of Nebraska

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...

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nowhere00

GPA: 4.02 • LSAT: 174 • Brooklyn Law School

Submitted GRE-only to Harvard and LSAT-only to Fordham, Yale, and Michigan (per their policies). Everywhere else received both tests. Applied with a 166 from Jan test. Edit: sent my GRE to...

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Superstarz

GPA: 3.76 • LSAT: 172 • University of Iowa

yolo My advice: Apply more broadly than I did, especially if you’re a splitter (like me). I should’ve mostly applied to T20-T30 schools with a select few T14s rather than mostly T14s. If I had...

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SuccinctInexpensiveTortoise

GPA: 3.94 • LSAT: 166 • University of North Carolina

I’m just really going for it right now you guys. Like, fr, February applicants rise. I retook the LSAT in January ‘25 after my first attempt in November ‘24 and did not do better to both my...

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Bookreader4

GPA: 3.0 • LSAT: 156 • University of Virginia

What worked for me/what I would tell other applicants, in no particular order: Take time off, if you are in college or just finished, plan to go to law school 2 years from now. These schools are...

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crissangelpack

GPA: 2.87 • LSAT: 157 • Louisiana State University

GPA is low due to a heavily abusive relationship in college that ruined the first 3 years of my undergraduate. The final year was a great bounce back, but obviously only does so much. Some offers...

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DLH

GPA: 3.89 • LSAT: 173 • Southern Methodist University

Updates in *Italics*: ** *(03/04/2024) Offered Sumners Scholarship at SMU on 03/01/2024. The Sumners Foundation is a private foundation (not through SMU) that offers full tuition and fees, a...