Do not look at Reddit until you turn in your apps, they’ll make you go insane. Watch Dean Z’s videos, listen to podcast by adcom members or admissions deans when working on the app but mostly just try and create a concise story. Apply early but don’t worry about it too much, Sept to Dec is fine and if you need to…
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Admitted to Washington University in St. Louis9/15 - Texas: Submitted Civil Dialogue and Disagreement optional essay 9/16 - ACCEPTED ED 12/19 Northwestern: Submitted Why Northwestern, Career Goals, Interview 9/16 - NYU: No optional essays - wrote Why NYU, but nowhere to submit it 9/16 - NDLS - ACCEPTED 12/06: Why Notre Dame 9/17 - GULC - ACCEPTED 10/24: Best…
Stealing this recap format from TroutLawyer, my fellow URM splitter! Going through this process as a STEM undergrad who never considered law school growing up, it always felt like I was drinking from a firehose. The lawschooladmissions subreddit and LSData are helpful for learning the ins and outs of the process,…
My LSAT is booty, I know. I wrote addenda for each application that I could explaining my situation. Long story short, I broke my neck and had to undergo surgery in between my October test (151) and my rescheduled February exam. I applied this cycle just to see how it would go, always knowing that I might have to…
Extracurricular theme made sense but no prestigious awards/interesting work experience. Also Super-KJD (20 y/o when submitting) Essays: Stanford: Optional Long Essay, 3 songs, One Day Class Proposal UChicago: Why Chicago Div. addendum Duke: Freedom of Expression and Why Duke UPENN: Core Strengths Columbia:…
Turn on CRS & make a law school email filter! I literally was only going to apply to like 11 schools but got a surprising amount of fee waivers from CRS and I am so so grateful I opted in. The spam is annoying but you literally can just unsubscribe from schools you are not interested in! Try not to compare yourself…
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 go to law school and make sure it comes through strongly. application stuff: public interest/systemic reform focused. 4…
**Please please PLEASE take time off in between undergrad and law school! ** So many KJDs just want to go straight through “to get law school over with” or “not waste time because they’re 100% sure they want to be a lawyer.” And while the latter may be true for some, there is so much you learn—about yourself, your…
Shoot your shot, honestly. A lot of people will tell you what results you can and cannot obtain with your numbers alone but if you tell your personal amazing story, you can do anything. I had a 143 diagnostic before my prep course with Kaplan in 9/2020. I wasn’t feeling confident so I signed up for the self study…
Don’t be a non-resident or at least have a reportable GPA to make your life easier. Alternatively, get a good enough LSAT to get you into Columbia or Harvard reliably and afford you the option of squeezing a decent scholarship out of Cornell & Georgetown. There isn’t much love for internationals outside of those…
***BLANKET THE T14 AS A URM, MILITARY, SUPER SPLITTER, AND REVERSE SUPER SPLITTER!!!! IMMATERIAL OF YOUR STATS, JUST DO IT!!!!!!! ***(Super means above a 75th but below the other 25th) Motivation and good advice: https://www.lsd.law/users/creep/Glaucon191 ***BLACK APPLICANTS READ THIS PLEASE!!!!!: ***…
I originally listed myself as having T4 softs, but as my cycle unfolded and I reflected on my background and essays I felt that T3 was probably more accurate. All listed scholarship figures are merit aid only. Yale - solid Y250 Stanford - solid 3 Songs Optional, wrote LOCI after a few months of silence Chicago -…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Pc1acaP_k Stay delusional (within reason)! There’s only one you applying! Always shoot your shot, but have a backup plan (and backup plan to your backup plan, because you can never be too safe). Reddit is a scary place. Don’t let it get to you, and for the love of all things good in…
LSAT Studying: I used 7sage and supplemented with the PowerScore Bibles. After my first LSAT (171), I used the Loophole which took me from -4ish LR to -1ish, also helped my RC. Most helpful of all, about a month before my first LSAT I found an online study group. We BR’d PTs together. Having to explain my reasoning…
Twas a rough cycle for splitters, and my application timing definitely did not help, but I am overall incredibly thrilled with my outcomes! I will most likely (barring a miracle from Stanford) be attending Mich starting next fall. Advice for future splitters (and other applicants too): Start your written materials…
You can do anything, anyone who says differently is projecting. I’m a big believer in open source so I am here to be a data point. I also believe that inherently without having a detailed profile of an applicant, you cannot possibly understand why they got into the school. We are all so much more than numbers. This…
Softs: Teach for America- Coach youth sports Getting a MEd in curriculum and instruction Part-time jobs for nonprofits (in college and now as second job) Student government stuff Club sport + black belt in martial art founded a non-profit research interned at a state agency, legal non-profit, and for a union Random…
LSAT Do not sign up for an official test if your PT scores are not consistently in your goal range. I made this mistake three times. Cold Diagnostic December 2022: 152 September 2023 LSAT 176 **GPA: I was six years removed from college when I decided to apply to law school, so there wasn’t much I could do in this…
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