Reapplicant woohoo, year 2 on LSD Last year’s stats and cycle: LSAT: 169 CAS CPA: 3.84 Work Experience: 2ish years A: ASU ($$$), GW ($$$), Emory ($$$$ wowza), Fordham ($$$ max scholly) WL: Duke, Vanderbilt, Michigan, Northwestern, Columbia, USC, Georgetown, NYU, UNC, BU, UT R: Harvard, UChicago, Berkeley Was about…
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Admitted to University of Texas at AustinNumbers aren’t everything! Having a cohesive narrative, well-written materials, and strong letters of recommendation will help differentiate you. Try asking for more money closer to deposit deadlines.
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…
All my homies hate the waitlist.
apply early my friends update - honestly I’m really enjoying UT, maybe i could’ve gotten into a “better” school if I applied earlier but it’s worked out great
Start writing your essays early. Write them. Then don’t look at them for a month. Then go back and write them again. You’ll be surprised with how much better they come out!
Apply before December. Makes a huge difference. Also - be yourself on the essays - let your personality show. Lot of people with similar stats are applying here, make your essay standout (not in a controversial way) Don’t be hard on yourself or take rejections/ WL personally. You are not failing if things don’t…
LSAT Demon is the way to go. Began studying in May, took the exam once in August, got my score, was done. Don’t just use the platform, listen to the podcasts & do it their way. I also talked to people from as many law schools as I could. I think this signaled strong interest in schools and helped me tailor my Why X…
Received 0 dollars from Berkeley during initial gift aid process, then used Duke scholarship to get them to match. In my reconsideration request, I highlighted what common things drew me to both Berkeley & Duke, truthfully mentioned that I intended to choose Duke absent a Berkeley scholarship, and then indicated…
Consider retaking the LSAT and reapplying next cycle if you’re not happy with your results this time around. That’s what I did, and it’s worked out splendidly. :)
“Lock yourself in a room doing 5 practice tests a day for three summers.” I’m kidding don’t do that. Wrote Diversity Statement, Music & Classroom Essays for Stanford, Doctoroff Essay for UChicago, Jacobson Essay for NYU, Core Comps Essay for UPenn, Why X for UVA, Michigan, Berkeley, Duke, UCLA, WashU, Vandy, Notre…
Wrote Why X statement for Stanford Some advice for future applicants: Apply as early as possible (by which I mean as soon as you are confident your application is ready). There is absolutely no reason not to (that I’m aware of). I’ve spent most of this cycle regretting submitting in mid-October instead of early or…
BU status date change 12/12/2022 w/o status change, status date changed again 12/17/2022 with prompt of “your status is now complete and waiting to be reviewed” etc etc gone from the top of the status page, 12/19/2022 status date change w/ substatus “complete” added and “your status is now complete” etc etc back at…
Took the LSAT twice: April ’23 - 165 June ’23 - 171 Full-time work in construction and full-time undergrad throughout the whole lsat/application process. So I’m both a non-traditional student with 15 years of work history, and in some ways a k-jd My low gpa was tempered a bit. All my low grades were from more than…
Reapplicant from the ’20-21 cycle, waitlisted or rejected at every school I applied to. Reapplying to the same schools, plus added Stanford, Columbia, Chicago, NYU, and Penn to shoot my shot with a new and improved LSAT score. Georgetown date disappeared the same day as waitlist on 12/3 Went Duke UR3 on 12/7 Chicago…
They can’t all reject me right….right? HARVARD- DA FIRST R BBY HIT ME WITH IT GW THEY TOOK ME- 1/13/2022 VANDY- LETS GOOOOOOO-1/19/2022 IT’S BIGGER IN TEXAS-1/28/2022 No Boston for me and on Chinese New Year :(- 2/1/2022 UCLA- Waitlisted 2/8/2022 Stanford R- Expected 2/11/2022 Berkeley R- I am rooting for the forest…
slay <3 Now that my crazy cycle has come to an end here is my advice to future applicants: Put your soul into every essay - make sure they should who you are and your perspective. Find what you’re passionate about and follow it headfirst. Don’t let the application process stop you from enjoying life. Law school…
You only need 1 :-) Reddit is full of people who have no idea what they’re talking about. Trust your advisors, listen to podcasts by adcomms, and BE. YOUR. SELF!!! Don’t overthink it. Be clear, concise, and genuine. Those three things are the key to any successful application. Note: It’s very natural to feel like…
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