good luck to my stats twins out there!!
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Admitted to Boston CollegeArmy FLEP awardee “What are they gonna tell me - ‘no’?” Shoot for the stars. You may just hit the moon. Try your best; that’s all you can do.
Good luck! If you are a reverse splitter really try to have a memorable personal statement! I think taking a bit of a risk there paid off for me.
Don’t try to read the tea leaves. Focus on your life and let your apps work through the system. It will take longer than you think it will.
I wrote a “Why X” for every school at the bottom of my personal statement, about a paragraph for each. T3 softs because I did Americorps.
Don’t apply to reaches unless it’s free. Otherwise you’re paying to help them lower their acceptance rate and boost up the rankings.
NYU Law Class of 2026!!!! NYU has been my dream school since my freshman year of college–I’m so excited and really grateful!!!!!
Living for free in Atlanta and attending Emory at 67% off – it was too good to pass up, as someone originally from Atlanta.
I mean the 2021 cycle was super jank but for reference my softs/WE/personal statement were all PI/ environmental focused.
Use 7sage, don’t do more than 1-2 tests a week, take a 4-5 day break every couple practice tests (so you actually learn).
Reapplicant. 5R/1WL in my first cycle. Rewrote essays, finished undergrad, and got another rec letter in between cycles.
LGBTQ, first-gen college student, TFA+1 extra year at placement school -> connected to legal interests (focus of PS)
Write a very cohesive narrative as to why you’re applying and why you want to go to that school. Do the optionals!
Applied to most schools in November, wrote diversity, optional essays, statements of interest for most schools …
Wrote optional essays when applicable Cohesive PI narrative in PS and softs Published academic in a PI field
“Who then is invincible? The one who cannot be upset by anything outside their reasoned choice.” — Epictetus.
https://www.reddit.com/r/lawschooladmissions/comments/1kbk6oi/man_with_180_lsat_does_not_attend_a_t14_cycle/
I took the LSAT four times—162, 166, 169, then 175. All decisions except UVA came out before my 175 score.
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