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Optional Essays: (REJECTED) UCLA: Challenges Addendum, Optional Addendum USC: Diversity of Background Statement, Rothman Scholarship, Other Addendum (WAITLIST) UCI: Optional Statement, Interest in UCI (WAITLIST) Pepperdine**: Optional Statement, Addendum** (ACCEPTED)** Loyola****: Background/Identity Statement,…
Here’s some advice other people told me that I’ve found to be true as the cycle went on: Studying for the LSAT always pays off. Invest time into it daily, no matter what, and it will never be wasted. If you consider the fact that a higher LSAT score invariably results in higher scholarship offers, you’re basically…
Recording a students chances of getting accepted into each school and my actual result for future usefullness… advanced search parameters listed below (compared with 7sage chances later) (LSAT +3/-3) (GPA +.1/-.1) (URM and non-Trad included) (using 2022-2023, 2023-2024, and 2024-2025 cycle data) -Depaul 77% chance =…
Apply early (pre-Thanksgiving) if your affairs are in order and it’s the best app you can give, craft some incredible essays, and bet on yourself. You are not doomed post-Thanksgiving though. I did not apply to any more safety schools since UVA accepted me in September. Find a trusted friend, professor, mentor,…
Start drafting your application materials EARLY!!! There will always be unexpected bumps in the road during the application process which will slow you down, and you want to start the process well before your intended submission date. In hindsight, my two biggest takeaways were that I wish I had: applied to more…
142 (cold diagnostic)->151->160->154->157->162 Music Major and legal studies double major Lots of jobs in college, management experience at a major grocery chain. Other softs could be considered my degree, since I was playing lots of concerts as someone studying music. I think the musician route was compelling, but…
Going into this cycle, UChicago was my top choice, and I was so happy to get in! I realized later on that Chicago was not a city I wanted to be in long-term (having grown up in a small/medium-sized city), and the debt was not something I wanted to take on. I visited the University of Minnesota and fell in love with…
Life is not T14 or bust. Look at the market (or markets) where you’d potentially like to live and work, then work backwards from there to find schools that place well where you want. Make smart decisions, as in not taking out $300k (that becomes $500k before you know it) in debt to go to a school hardly ranked above…
LSAT 176 GPA 3.40 2026–27 cycle
maybe dont start your undergrad as a biochem major with undiagnosed adhd. maybe consider doing anything but that.
hi! I took the LSAT five times, crazy! I went 163 - 166 - 167 - 169 - 165. I think for schools, like UMich, taking the test that many times hurt me. But I also got into UVA and feel like I outperformed with that scholarship offer. I also really think that my personal statement, diversity statement, and Why UVA…
I ended up at CUNY Law and feel very much like I am in the right place for myself :) The application process is wild and I know how anxious you’re feeling if you landed on my page but I can tell you… I was terrified and as you can see, nervously applied to so many schools with my very average stats… but despite…
my apps from below are mostly out of date. I ultimately was deciding between: Sticker at CLS $60k from UVA $45k from UMich Full ride from BU I picked UVA because I wanted geographic flexibility and factoring COL was nearly half the price of CLS. I absolutely love UVA and regret nothing! I did Texas biglaw for my…
There is no such thing as a perfect application in this world. No essay will be up to your exacting standards (you’re a law school prospect, I know that you’re a perfectionist). No diversity statement will seem heartbreaking enough. No supplemental essay will seem substantial enough. To you, the perfectionist, I say…
Non-traditional first-gen student just stumbling through this whole process. I regret not taking the LSAT again, but r&r isn’t really an option for me. My choice is ultimately coming down to Iowa, UConn, and PSU - Dickinson depending on scholarship offers. Committed and deposited at Dickinson on 3/24 Some general…
Apply early! I think I got some waitlists that I would not have gotten had I not applied early September, given my stats. Also, get started early! Having everything ready to go before applications even opened reduced my stress a lot throughout the process. I ultimately ended up choosing Emory because of the job…
The cycle of waitlists!!!! I will be riding the waitlist at 4 schools (BU, Fordham, UNC, and Georgetown). OSU has ghosted me so I believe it will most likely be R or WL as well.
161 > Cancel > 169 > 180 SLS if I could sit and chat with one person… Penn core values NYU 2/13: hold UVA 3/29: email of continued interest + mini why UVA Berk why Berk Mich why Mich 2/25: email of continued interest 3/14: first LOCI 3/29: waitlist workshop 3/30: second LOCI 4/17: third LOCI 5/2: fourth LOCI 5/24:…
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