The cycle isn’t over till it’s over. Don’t make a choice based on the pressure you might feel after receiving your first “good” acceptance. While you’re still waiting on decisions–while it’s before mid-April–you’re still very much in the game. Financial aid offers are starting points, not end points for CoA. It’s…
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Admitted to Fordham UniversityWrote Why X for CLS (integrated into personal statement), Penn (core strengths), Mich, Berkeley, Fordham. Did optional essays for SLS, GULC, NYU (Furman public policy scholarship app), and BU (PI scholarship app). Extremely minor C+F (speeding ticket) disclosed on applications that required disclosure of civil…
Speak from the heart in your essays and don’t let the LSAT rule your life but try your best! Apply to those reach schools but try to be happy with the idea of attending your target/safety schools. By early April, I was really excited about attending one of my target schools and then was shocked when I got an A from…
Hello! I wrote Why X for all schools– if you can’t write a Why X, I don’t think you really want to go to that school. That’s just my opinion. I am going on a full tuition scholarship. When it came down to Temple or about 40% off at BU, I was faced with a really tough decision. Ultimately, I chose Temple due to the…
Chart below includes all dates and updates - hover over results for notes and scholly info for dates! If you have any questions feel free to DM me on reddit (Alternative-Law-794) and I’ll do my best to get back to you! Dearest CLS, I hope this correspondence finds you well. I am beginning to think you have…
LSAT - spend more time taking actual practice tests and studying with no distractions than reading advice on reddit or on here APPs - spend more time reflecting, rewriting, and talking to colleagues/mentors to make your PS authentic than reading advice and worrying same w recommenders - you know them, your…
Shoot your shot, put good essays together, and sell yourself to the max (and always, ALWAYS negotiate scholarships)!
Shoot your shot! Was leery about my T14 chances, but I’m so glad I applied regardless. My atypical WE definitely helped. I feel like I did well because I REALLY knew myself, my why law, how my legal experiences shaped me, and my plans/goals. With that down, no interviews caused me issues. I also came up with answers…
I tried applying last cycle but was way too late in the game and got waitlists and rejects for the most part. Hoping for better luck this time around (and applying way earlier). Retook the LSAT (again). Score progression was: 163 –> 167 –> 171 (wish schools didn’t have to know all of them but whatever) I’m also a…
i am EXTREMELY debt averse, i think paying tens of thousands in tuition for grad school, especially when i intend to enter a very low paying field (public defense) is a fucking racket. so while i’m disappointed by not getting the Toll at Penn, I feel very good about turning down my other offers for a full ride at…
Given the craziness of this cycle, I am very happy with my acceptances as a sub-170, sub-3.8 applicant! I sent out a couple panic apps in late December and was accepted at both schools with seemingly the same scholly offers as earlier applicants. The February panic apps were too late and I was WL/R where I would…
Wrote why X for all schools. WE is mostly senior-level journalism work with 2 positions at national publications. Trans non-binary LGBTQ. Applied to all schools with a 165, received a 167 with the Jan LSAT. By that point had already received a group interview and deferral from GULC, WL from Berk and GW, Rs from Penn…
undergraduate degree from UC Davis Environmental Analysis undergrad major lowest level softs - just some covid policy research, basic part time jobs while in undergrad, and study abroad in europe white female lgbt kjd applied in september 2021 personal statement about my passion for the environment (interested…
Don’t be afraid to take some time to figure out your “why.” I took multiple years after college to work and serve in different environments until I found a cause and calling that spoke to me. Not only was I more confident in my reasoning bringing me to law school, I was a more intriguing and well-rounded applicant,…
Optional essays: Why UChi (and Doctoroff) Why Columbia Why NW Why UMich and dinner guest GULC top 10
It all turns out okay in the end.
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