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asoue0

LSAT 177 · GPA 3.96 · 2024–25 cycle

Attending Harvard University

I was convinced going into the cycle that my KJD status would completely bar me from the t 3-5 schools, but I’m happy to have been wrong. Work experience is the right call for many people, but if you have high stats and have had exposure to legal work, I think you can have some confidence going in. A few random…

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RaiseYourCanes

LSAT 170 · GPA 4.00 · 2022–23 cycle

Attending Harvard University

I think the reason I did very well despite being KJD and below T14 LSAT median is that my application heavily centered around a cohesive theme (basically my Why Law) which tied together every single part of my application. My personal statement, diversity statement, resume, and school supplemental essays were all…

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YoLaTengoFan

LSAT 171 · GPA 3.40 · 2024–25 cycle

Attending University of Michigan

…in a school, it made the essays much better. If you’re not KJD, ask for your rec letters in the spring and start writing your essays in the summer. Saves a whole lot of anxiety. Good luck and Go Blue.

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Six-Epigraphes-Antiques

LSAT 173 · GPA 4.02 · 2022–23 cycle

Attending Columbia University

…be prepared to talk about why law, (why now if you’re also KJD) and why US. chances are that you will- be asked about these during interviews. better if you incorporate them into your PS. think carefully and strategize your school list. know that schools like Chicago, Michigan, and UVA are not the most friendly to…

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blackletterlaw

LSAT 173 · GPA 3.61 · 2022–23 cycle

Attending Stanford University

…originally dead-set on wanting to go completely through KJD, but the pandemic happened and it didn’t work out (I didn’t want to do Zoom University School of Law). Honestly, so thankful it happened that way (everything happens for a reason as the cliche goes.) I was not emotionally, mentally, psychologically,…