Applicant Wisdom & Insights

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Swarley1989

GPA: 3.63 • LSAT: 179 • University of California—Los Angeles

General Thoughts: We’ll see how my cycle goes but my general strategy so far has been to apply broadly and take every chance to write an optional essay that I can. This was a lot and I started...

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Snippy7

GPA: 3.55 • LSAT: 149 • University of New Hampshire

just do your best and be yourself. apply to some safeties just in case but also shoot for the stars, you never know! you got this :) I got waitlisted at places I thought I’d get rejected from,...

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smilessmiler

GPA: 3.08 • LSAT: 167 • Pennsylvania State - Penn State Law

I’ll try to update my thoughts on all school decisions as they come… NYLS: Originally waitlisted but the school emailed back the next day saying it was a mistake. Felt like a lowball scholarship...

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AnxiousDreamer

GPA: 4.18 • LSAT: 163 • Loyola Marymount University—Los Angeles

What I need to hear and probably what you need to hear too: Feeling disappointment and regret is inevitable. It’s what makes us strive to be better. What you decide to do afterwards matters so...

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ProjectZeus

GPA: 3.7 • LSAT: 174 • New York University

Probably only applicable to nKJDs without direct legal experience. No matter when you graduated, contact your undergrad school’s career development office and pre-law advisors. I graduated...

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BestHonorableWyvern

GPA: 3.6 • LSAT: 166 • Emory University

You’ll never regret giving it your best! Also, apply early. Even if it works out, the stress of waiting until the very end to apply and receive decisions isn’t fun.

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sourcandyenjoyer

GPA: 3.86 • LSAT: 174 • New York University

I live in NYC, want to stay, and have public interest goals so NYU it is. staying on the Harvard waitlist just in case but it’s hard to imagine uprooting my life and taking on crazy debt for it...

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Legally-Lacking

GPA: 3.56 • LSAT: 170 • Boston University

Order of priority (if you decided you wanted to go to law school after graduating from undergrad like me): GRIND the LSAT. Try and get a 170+ score (honestly, a 173 now). Drill, drill, drill....

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orochimaru

GPA: 4.14 • LSAT: 180 • University of California—Berkeley

advice i wish i would have known: make sure your personality comes through on your PS. you don’t want to seem passive in your own story. side note: have a clear, DEFINITIVE reason why you want to...