LSAC GPA: 3.12, Degree GPA 3.8 (wrote gpa addendum to explain) Wrote Why X for every school and optional essays for schools that gave the choice also wrote diversity statement
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*Low-income *Submitted diversity statement at each school about being low-income *Graduated in December and had relevant legal work experience in the spring *Received LSAC Fee Waiver GPA: 3.8 at time of applying, bumped to 3.85 after Fall 2020 semester. Sent updated resume in December 2020. LSAT: 170 (May 2020)…
“Lock yourself in a room doing 5 practice tests a day for three summers.” I’m kidding don’t do that. Wrote Diversity Statement, Music & Classroom Essays for Stanford, Doctoroff Essay for UChicago, Jacobson Essay for NYU, Core Comps Essay for UPenn, Why X for UVA, Michigan, Berkeley, Duke, UCLA, WashU, Vandy, Notre…
No Why X essays, only PS and Diversity Statements and mandatory essays.
Wrote diversity statement for all schools. Did research and reached out to current students for required Why X essays. Showed strong improvement from first LSAT to last. Recent work experience was not very strong.
Wrote diversity statements, most optional essays. The softest of softs, 1 year of work experience with Americorps/public service and not many other work positions. Fiercely committed to PI work and nothing else. Literally did nothing during college years. T20~ undergrad.
T3 Softs- LGBTQ+, Published Academic, 3.5 yrs WE in law firm (certified paralegal) T4 Softs- Honors Societies, President Master’s Degree Submitted Diversity statements.
T2 softs and Ivy undergrad. Didn’t write Why X essays, but wrote other optional essays. Included a non-traditional diversity statement (meaning I didn’t talk about race) and a pretty wild academic addendum. I know for a fact that my essays and interviews were what got me very far in the admissions process- spend a…
…that much interest in the school. Lesson learned! I wrote diversity statements for every school and am an LGBT applicant.
Diversity statement about a unique childhood hardship and poverty (which by some classifications might mean T3 softs? T 3.5?) Wrote optional essays everywhere they were available Why x’s for all schools excluding: t6 (though included a paragraph in Columbia PS), WashU, BU, NW, + Core values instead of why X for Penn…
…my PS tied as much together as it could. LBGTQ+, but no diversity statement. Canadian w/Canadian GPA. Applied for joint degree programs at nearly every school, ultimately decided on Penn because of fit with joint degree program. I know that my acceptance to the joint degree program helped my application move through…
…for 6 years with two promotions during that time. Wrote a diversity statement: LGBTQ+ Wrote Why UChicago, Why UVA, Why Duke, Why Michigan and Why W&M. Completed Kira interview for Northwestern. Completed Alumni interview for Vanderbilt. Completed admissions interview for WashU. Submitted four letters of…
Included diversity statement in addition to PS in all applications (non-URM). Yale: N/A Stanford: wrote optional essay. Harvard: N/A Columbia: N/A UChicago: N/A NYU: Applied to RTK, wrote optional scholarship essay. Rejected from RTK. UCBerkeley: Wrote why X. UPenn: N/A Northwestern: Did Kira. UMichigan: Wrote why…
Use your softs wisely. I am 100% convinced my scholarship money came from my softs, I used my personal statement to explain my low GPA (mom had leukemia throughout my undergrad) but I explained how this made me stronger, more focused, and taught me how to overcome adversity. For schools where my GPA was below the…
…to display your reasoning and deducation skills Personal statement -> chance for you to bring out the person in all of these things. You want to go beyond the accomplishments and illustrate the person behind them - why did they do it? what core values do they have? What problems (business or social) do they want to…
Wrote optional essays for Duke, UMich, Notre Dame, UC Berkeley, and Cornell, including Why X and diversity statement.
Though my “softs” are individually T4, I have an outrageous amount of them; thus, on an overall basis, they may be considered T3. STEM Major. Wrote Diversity Statement for all schools. Wrote a tailored Why X for about 1/3 of applied schools (e.g., Berk, Penn, Duke, etc.) My advice is to focus on overshadowing your…
Do what’s best for you. Write Why X for schools that you are actually interested in. Write a diversity statement if you have something to say!
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