…— studied a lot for the LSAT bc knew I was going to be a splitter. I have three takes total, the first two were 16low. It took me like a month to learn the material/concepts and then many many months to become consistent such that I could perform under pressure. I got extremely lucky with the test form tbh. It…
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…you to work. Let me be the motivation that even super splitters can come out in the T14 against all odds in the most competitive cycle in history. Show your dedication. I worked in the legal field dedicated to one area of law for about 6-7 years before putting my head down to beat out my miserable GPA from undergrad…
Going to try to keep this updated through my cycle to help out any other super-uper-duper splitters out there. Brief background**:** Changed my major twice with a strong upward trend in GPA (~2.0 in my first year vs ~4.0 in my final year) at a top 30 undergrad, submitting addendum. Took the LSAT four times (157 to…
…the GPA), but I would absolutely advise other splitters to shoot your shots and shoot them early. I’m always happy to talk to folks and offer suggestions or advice if I can be helpful.
…for fee waivers, they will give them to you. reverse splitters lemme hear ya! Got into GW off waitlist, but total COA would have been 100K more in loans than W&M which I was not comfortable with
…and every optional essay schools had. My advice for splitters is to rely on your statements. Humans are inherently selfish. You will not be admitted because of how great you are but how Adcomms feel about themselves when they read your materials. I knew it was a long shot to get waitlisted and admitted anywhere…
LSAT 172 GPA 3.14 2021–22 cycle
Addendum for a semester where I dropped from a 3.67 to a 3.18 Solid amount of community service work/ PI-focused app. Whoever is looking at this, super splitters are the peak of human society and I believe in you
LSAT 170 GPA 3.61 2020–21 cycle
…instead of Penn. 170 clearly isn’t good enough anymore for splitters.
Reverse splitter MA degree Incredible LORs
-Reverse Splitter -Late applicant due to personal circumstances -Relatively unknown state school undergraduate -Took some graduate classes with a 4.0 grad GPA -Wrote why x for some but not all schools -Included diversity statement in all possible applications -Applied to schools in every tier because this cycle left…
…optional essays no matter what!!!! especially if you’re a splitter like me… oh and try to apply as early as possible (that’s my #1 regret LOL). that’s all
Be wary of the 7sage predictor if you’re a splitter – very wary.
The Big Lessons From My Cycle: The biggest lesson to take from my cycle in particular is that, for super-splitters like myself (below every 25th uGPA median and above every 75th LSAT median), writing really strong essays can move the needle and make you stand out from the big crowd of “very good but flawed” T14…
…and used GPA+LSAT addenda to balance my app as a splitter and explain a 16 point increase on the LSAT.
…less competitive. Given the general unpredictability of splitter cycles coupled with this being the most competitive cycle in 20 years (in Spivey’s opinion), pretty happy with my results. I also worked with a Spivey consultant for the full cycle. I took the LSAT 5 times (166, 167, 166, 166, 165) because I was…
Hello future splitter law applicants (if you ever see this). I’m a first-generation college student, and aside from that, am not in any way a URM. I only wrote a “why X” for Duke and wrote the “unpopular opinion” optional essay for Georgetown. In retrospect, I wish I had applied ED to GULC, and wrote more “why X”…
…do not apply to only a few schools, especially as a splitter. Apply to schools that you wouldn’t even think of attending, and use scholarship offers from those schools to progressively leverage your safeties, then your targets, and then (if you’ve gotten in) your reach schools to offer you more money. An app might…
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