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Admitted to Vanderbilt Universitywrite all optional essays spend time cultivating a strong narrative connect with current law students at the law school you’re applying to if you use reddit, use it with discretion attend info sessions for the schools you’re applying to write your essays the summer before so you have time to edit them and get them…
They can’t all reject me right….right? HARVARD- DA FIRST R BBY HIT ME WITH IT GW THEY TOOK ME- 1/13/2022 VANDY- LETS GOOOOOOO-1/19/2022 IT’S BIGGER IN TEXAS-1/28/2022 No Boston for me and on Chinese New Year :(- 2/1/2022 UCLA- Waitlisted 2/8/2022 Stanford R- Expected 2/11/2022 Berkeley R- I am rooting for the forest…
slay <3 Now that my crazy cycle has come to an end here is my advice to future applicants: Put your soul into every essay - make sure they should who you are and your perspective. Find what you’re passionate about and follow it headfirst. Don’t let the application process stop you from enjoying life. Law school…
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.…
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.
My advice: blanket the t-14 and the t-20 pretty broadly! I felt that applying to HYS, UPenn, UChicago would have been a waste when I was applying (and the thought of more apps and more $ sounded stressful) but now I realize that I should have done it anyways, just to shoot my shot! The Duke WL was a nice suprise.…
Wrote why X/supplemental essay for Georgetown, NYU, UVA, Michigan, Penn, Stanford, Duke, UCLA First Gen, but then T4 softs Double humanities major and a minor from prestigious liberal arts school, multiple published academic papers, extensive volunteer and club involvement GPA actually went down .01 after first…
If you have a low GPA and want to get into a reach school, give the LSAT everything you have, even if you have to take it 3+ times. I think I left a few points on the table because I didn’t study as long as I should have, so don’t do that. Put a lot of effort into addendums (if you have a valid reason). Schools are…
T3 based on LSD’s definition - At the time of submitting apps I had 3.5 years of consistent legal employment at one firm. One LOR from boss and one from former professor. First-gen college. Looking back, I would have put more time into my writing pieces. In this crazy cycle, I believe stronger writing could have…
Shoot your shot and APPLY EARLY because timing matters (especially for $$)!!! My friends with similar backgrounds, gpa, and higher lsat scores get rejected or waitlisted after applying in January rather than October/November. As long as your score isn’t horrendous, apply with the score you have instead of waiting…
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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…
Apply to more places! It’s worth it to have the backups and will save you much in terms of emotional stress. I didn’t think it mattered until I had been waiting for decisions for two months. Also, while it may seem like a waste of money, applying to schools solely for the purpose of using their scholarship award for…
I’m a late-cycle applicant, and I applied to UChicago last (besides WashU). Shoot for the stars and focus on your softs! I almost didn’t apply to Chicago because I didn’t think that I would get in without insane stats (read: 175 or higher). Clearly my softs made a hell of a difference and ended up getting me into my…
(∩｀- ´ )⊃━━☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ background: master’s student, minor c&f issue (grades only), no special softs supplementals for: yale, stanford, chicago, penn, michigan, berkeley, cornell, georgetown bonus tea leaves: chicago: went UR2 through UR5 after interviewing, decision two days after UR5 michigan: date changed two thursdays…
This cycle has been whack for my buddy, highly recommend taking a time machine so you can apply prior to covid stay frosty
LSAT: 164 (Sept. 2019) –> 169 (July 2020 Flex). Studied using 7Sage for over a year, with a few-month break in the middle for basketball season. 159 diagnostic. Attended a small liberal arts school, not prestigious. Softs: NCAA athlete but otherwise pretty common softs: Internships, PT jobs, etc. UVA’s been my dream…
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