…know in my gut that without it I definitely would’ve been waitlisted. Not to fellate myself too much but I cooked on my personal statement. Specifically, my statement was focused on explaining the circumstances surrounding my low GPA and why my GPA isn’t a good indicator of the caliber of student I am. I also…
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LSAT 151 GPA 3.70 2026–27 cycle
R&R isn’t always bad. Retesting in November ‘26. 2026 cycle (151/3.7): Accepted: FAMU. Waitlisted: Hawaii, Vermont, Lincoln Memorial, Mitchell Hamline, NCCU, Campbell, New England - Boston, & Detroit Mercy. Rejected: Stetson, FSU, Maine, & Syracuse.
3/13/26: Some law schools really favor their undergrad alums. 7/28/26: Sometimes, the waitlist pays off.
They call me the waitlist of all trades, master of two. I never expected to score this high on the LSAT (I retook with a goal of a 168 to be closer to Fordham and GW’s median) and had to completely redo my list a few days before applications opened. It was an absolute blessing to not only get in to schools that were…
LSAT 168 GPA 3.32 2025–26 cycle
…total: Rejected in 2023 from UCI - 153/3.3; and the recent Waitlist in Summer 2026 at UCI Law - 168/3.3). Being above medians =/= Guaranteed admissions. Same as being below medians =/= flat-out rejection. The former still occurs, while the latter happens more often. Likely that there are other factors at-hand that…
Applied with 170 and retook in April (173) for waitlist consideration
waitlist karma is real
…if it doesn’t seem that way stats-wise. And hang in there! Waitlists are good news!
…I got into most of the schools I did this for, got waitlisted at a few, but rejected from zero.
I applied with a 160. Got 11 waitlists so took April lsat and got 164
…packet (LSAT and/or GPA-wise) can still get immediately waitlisted or rejected. Hard Metrics LSAT: 173, three attempts GPA: 2.72 LSAC (3.mid degree, not relevant to ABA reporting/admissions criteria, but important for other sections in this post) Soft Metrics Applicant: Non-traditional, more than 5 years out of…
Before you begin the process, write down WHY you want to go to law school. It was more difficult than I originally imagined to wait, get waitlisted, get scholarships, get not enough scholarship money, go to Admitted Student Days, etc. etc. But when it finally came time to make the ultimate decision, I put away my…
…show specific interest in the school so that you don’t get waitlisted for yield protection (especially at Michigan, they really emphasize “fit”). Letters of Rec: I think that these are playing an increasingly important part in applications. You need to get a recommendation from someone close to you who you trust to…
You already know… GPAmaxxing. You can’t change it so don’t let it slip. I think being above at least one median helped me get on some of these waitlists. The optional statements, do them! You really have to. LSAT is most important but I felt as though my other attributes carried my application despite being 9 points…
…offices was exceptional. I didn’t pursue any of the waitlists because I was happy with my offer at Michigan. However, the 135k figure includes need-based aid which I didn’t receive until mid-March. Best of luck and remember that your stats, acceptances, and your scholarships do not define you as an individual. Don’t…
…2010 when I went to college with a 141 LSAT score and was waitlisted and rejected from North Carolina Central University and accepted to Cooley. Hoping for better success this go or I will study for and retake the LSAT.
…working the way I wanted it to (as my excessive amount of waitlists can testify) so I went back to the drawing board and started an entirely new perspective statement that ended up getting me into Stanford! The waiting is absolutely terrible but if admissions are still open, you still have time to decide where you…
Applying earlier would have likely to my getting accepted instead of waitlisted for a number of these schools
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