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Set yourself apart! In addition to boring but rigorous corporate work experience, I also had a 5 year long small business that is truly unique among law school applications. Additionally, I overcame legitimate, significant adversity during undergrad. In a cycle which strong stats and work experience are commonplace,…
queer woman closer to 5 years of WE than 9. work was in political campaigns (local to national and everything in between) wrote a gpa and lsat addendum (retook the lsat for waitlists and got a 166 - likely not enough to move any needles) only wrote a LOCI for fordham bc i committed to dozo, signed a lease, and…
I applied to a lot of reach schools because I just wanted to go somewhere with great employment options, so I shot my shots. My GPA from undergrad was a 3.5, but because of one bad semester and a bad 2 years at community college due to multiple traumas I experienced, my GPA fell down to a 2.8. I wrote an addendum…
Did not write a why X for ASU. Look at my gpa. If I can do it you can do it! I worked very hard on every aspect of my application, including meeting with adcoms and doing every info session. It also took me 3 years (and 6 reportable scores) to get the LSAT score I wanted. Don’t give up, know your worth, and an extra…
Sucks being waitlisted from most of the schools. With every cycle getting more competitive and not being a URM, you definitely need a high LSAT score it seems. At minimum a 170, for you future applicants out there. I’m also a KJD and an early one at that (graduated in less than 3 years), think maybe more working…
Over five years WE in legal field; winding educational path (GED, community college to T25 undergrad) + health setbacks; LGBTQ+; used admissions consultant *Yale – 250 on legal topic I’ve dealt with professionally *Harvard – Email confirmation of under review status on 16 Mar., rather than tracker update. *Stanford…
I applied broadly across the T14 with no safeties because I’m a KJD and decided that unless I got into a school I was really excited about I would R&R. There were definitely some T14s I was more excited about than others, but because I got fee waivers from CCN–>GT I applied everywhere. Why X for all schools except…
As a disclaimer, I took the February LSAT, which is when I received the 177. All decisions rendered before March 10th were with a 170. I asked UVA and UChicago to wait for that score; I did not for Columbia, NYU, Penn, or Northwestern. Columbia, Penn, and NW (as you can see) did not wait for my score. NYU did.…
Life is short. Do the things that make you happy.
Unfortunately, my 169 didn’t take me as far as it might have in previous cycles (with the specific schools I was interested in, anyway). It was rough checking the LSD charts and seeing those right angles develop above my stats. Despite my lack of A’s, I’m still very satisfied with this outcome so I will not be…
You only need 1 :-) Reddit is full of people who have no idea what they’re talking about. Trust your advisors, listen to podcasts by adcomms, and BE. YOUR. SELF!!! Don’t overthink it. Be clear, concise, and genuine. Those three things are the key to any successful application. Note: It’s very natural to feel like…
Another thing, of course, is life will have terrible blows, horrible blows, unfair blows. It doesn’t matter. And some people recover and others don’t. Every mischance in life [is] an opportunity to learn something and your duty [is] not to be submerged in self-pity, but to utilize the[se] terrible blow[s] in a…
I applied with a 170 at first then raised to a 172 during the cycle. My advice: apply broadly and apply early (before Thanksgiving: perfect). As soon as I got the 170, I knew I was applying everywhere with that and riding with it even if I didnt raise my score. That absolutely hurt me at some schools but it all…
woah… doozy of a cycle. WRITE AN LOCI TO UVA IF ITS BEEN OVER 3 MONTHS SINCE YOU SUBMITTED!!!!! Also attach a Why UVA statement to your application.
LSAT 174 GPA 3.92 2026–27 cycle
If you feel like you should, you can always try again. This is round 2 for me. I got into a couple good schools last cycle, and even got a near full ride at a historic T25, but I felt like I should try again. Got good advice on resume, PS, and letters, and my LSAT went up 4 points, so I think it was worth it given…
Study for the LSAT at least 2 years before you plan on applying…
Focused more on my GPA to retain Summa, hence being a bit of a reverse splitter (only took LSAT once), but I recommend this: APPLY EARLY! Some at Fordham had similar stats to me but applied a month later, to be outright rejected while I got some scholly money (renegotiate attempted and failed, but I was happy enough…
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