Didn’t write any optional essays Applied RD to all schools in December No major C&F issues Softs are academic awards and honor societies, including PBK. Interviewed at GULC, Cornell, and WashU Scholarships from Vandy and Emory
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Softs details (tier 3 and 4): legal field employment - Immigration paralegal with a mid-sized firm for ~2 years (honestly love it, would consider immigration law if swayed from int’l/comparative during law school)- Academic honors/awards - graduated with major honors (completed an honors thesis), Major Dept…
Shoot your shot. One T3 (maybe T2) soft, everything else solidly T4. Two years work experience as a Legal Assistant. I wrote all optional statements for SLS, Berkeley, and GULC, as well as one for Michigan and UCLA. I only applied to schools I would have considered attending, but there’s some wisdom to applying to…
…is, the spots to the ones with lower scores but compelling softs or great LORs/PS.
A low LSAT score is not necessarily a huge detriment to being admitted into law school. Your GPA and soft factors can go a long way, especially with a good personal statement!
…many times as it takes to get a 170+, and lean into your softs. I don’t have any family members or friends in law, and had no idea what I was doing when I applied. I was just very candid and transparent in my application, and studied for the LSAT for over a year. Do some community service and show law schools that…
…to be a very strong application. I have multiple ~T2 softs and sharpened my essays for nearly a year. Strategy Lesson - write all optionals I wrote all the “optional” essays. This seems to be common sense to me but apparently some people don’t understand this. If you can neatly slip a variant of Why X into essays…
Don’t let people scare you away from taking the GRE if you have a very strong application (high GPA, great softs, solid narrative) and you feel like you can score better on the GRE than the LSAT (or if you already have a good GRE score on file). Just be prepared for two things: **1) **outcomes are even less…
…to schools before the end of November. No extraordinary softs; Have been a private, self-employed tutor since high school and worked at a small non-profit for 2 years part-time as an administrative intern in terms of work experience. Extracurricular-wise, I was involved in a cultural club my entire time as an…
…I settled thousands of cases for millions of dollars. My soft is that I grew up poor (homeless for many years). My mom was a drug addict and my father completely absent. I also served an LDS mission in Mexico for two years. I fluently learned Spanish. I am also married to a Mexican woman, and we have two small…
…It was difficult to assess whether this was a beneficial soft that displayed commitment and dedication or a detriment due to my age and low-ranked education institutions compared to other applicants. **Where to apply: **I blanketed T14 anywhere I could move, even though my stats were below both medians. “So, you’re…
…of 0% admission chance (16mid LSAT and out-of-state, T4 softs) to applying last-minute and getting accepted very quickly!! I submitted my deposit in mid-April This cycle, I had been leaning UF almost the entire way, especially once I raised my LSAT to a 167, and then again to a 172. Money/scholarship is a very big…
I’m several years out of undergrad and went into this process knowing next to nothing. I hope some of this can be of use to someone. My softs don’t lend themselves to a very cohesive “why law,” and I think if I’d addressed that more convincingly in my personal statement I might have performed better. I could’ve used…
…towards highest possible numbers, best possible quality softs, and more experience. Shoot your shot, you never know.
…LSAT is at or over the median (unless you have significant softs working in your favor). Also, no harm in having another year of work experience and savings.
…don’t have prestigious awards/internships or other T1/T2 softs (I didn’t), it just means you have to have a well-rounded application with a compelling personal statement and cohesive narrative for law school. Without giving away too much personal information, I had some fairly unique aspects of my childhood that…
…wrote Why X for the schools I really cared about. My T3 soft is being published for clinical/biomolecular research in a reputable medical journal as second author. I also have a published abstract in the same journal as first author. Currently working as support staff in a PI law firm and waiting for decisions to be…
LSAT 177 Int'l GPA Above Average 2022–23 cycle
Attending Washington University in St. Louis
…results on my part. I had banked on somewhat decent T4 softs + the 177 to get consideration in the T14, but oh well. Only real frustration I have is not knowing enough about the law school application process in high school, otherwise I might’ve stayed in the US to get a degree w/ GPA and also I would’ve taken the…
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