…retake the LSAT (preferably 160 and up) or win competitive scholarships [i.e., MMSP, Mcdonnell, Earl Warren, SEO Law, etc.]. Don’t get me wrong; I was super proud of myself for being waitlisted at top schools with a 145. However, I think I was a bit unrealistic, but it worked out, so do what you want with that…
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…essay; applied for Toll and rejected. Dean’s Fellow scholarship. UVA: Interview was super chill. Enjoyed it. Wrote a why UVA about civil rights Duke: UR3 1/20 — wrote a why Duke on civil rights Mich: Couldn’t get excited enough about it to write a Why Mich (would’ve felt forced). Wrote one optional which I thought…
…of your application to get into a top school with a large scholarship (and to get into Harvard). No element of my application, as far as I can tell, would have been the kind of thing to knock an adcom’s socks off. Rather, I spent a good deal of time making sure that each piece was as polished, intentional, and as…
…Finding any examples of personal statements, addenda or scholarship applications were like gold to me during this process so I’ll try and pay it forward. Anyone who knows me will be able to fully tell so…uh, hi. Personal Statement: Two examples, the standard one and Berkeley’s four page one.- Résumé:…
I left notes for some schools: Hover your cursor over the “Result” and “Scholarship” cells. Main takeway: Focus on what you can change. You can’t change what happened in the past. Softs: HYPSM undergrad (with tough course load + GPA addendum), prestigious post-grad fellowship, legal work experience, salient…
…taken more time to study to get into better schools/scholarships but I really just wanted to get it out of the way more or less. -Applied to 4 reach, 4 targets, and 6 safety schools because of fear around the hyper-competitive cycle of 2020-2021 -Applied to schools near or around cities/markets that I would want to…
LSAT 163 GPA 3.79 2021–22 cycle
Attending Loyola Marymount University—Los Angeles
…an option. I go to a “lower ranked” school, but with a scholarship that is basically paying for my entire tuition. My scholarship is conditional, but it keeps me motivated in class! If you found my page, take a deep breath. It will be okay. Which I remember reading and never believing. But it is true!
…that will cost you nothing. Veteran-specific stuff re: scholarships: if you get a scholarship offer from a public school and you are planning on using GI Bill (i.e. you don’t need the money), ask them if they will convert at least some of it to a stipend you can use on top of your GI Bill. I was able to do this at…
…your essay (excluding public interest/targeted/conditional scholarships of course), so be aware of how to best “sell” yourself as a candidate regardless of how you actually feel/what you’re actually planning on doing in law school. In terms of tips for getting merit scholarships at UChicago/NYU, I’ve heard it’s…
Don’t make the same mistakes I did. 1.) Apply early as possible. (September/October) 2.) Take the LSAT more than once (I assumed a 163 would get me the scholarship and schools I preferred) –> Study for at least three months (Not two weeks like I did) 3.) Use LSAT prep courses. You will get the money back via…
GPA had significant upward trend (near 4.0 for junior and senior years) Duke scholarship interview March 24; Duke scholarship decision April 7
…Got a 164 in the June 2021 LSAT in hopes of increasing scholarship offers and getting off WLs. Worked for Georgetown, GW law. Scholarship increase at USD. If I could do this all over again, I would apply early, early, early. It’s better to wait a cycle, have your best application, best LSAT score, best everything,…
…LSAT, the schools that admitted me offered me little to no scholarships. Apply to schools you know you’d get scholarships at and leverage! You can find me on reddit at u/hundaddy20 if you have questions.
Retook the LSAT in Feb and got 164 Applied to ASU after 164 Accepted off Hold at W&L after 164 Scholarship Increase at GW after 164 Scholarship Increase at Maryland after 164
…did better early on than later. Acceptance rates and scholarship amounts. December is still considered early but in a competitive cycle not early enough and it only became more competitive each month. Apply broadly. Not everyone knows where they want to practice or what type of law they are interested in. And that’s…
…schools that you wouldn’t even think of attending, and use scholarship offers from those schools to progressively leverage your safeties, then your targets, and then (if you’ve gotten in) your reach schools to offer you more money. An app might cost $100 or so, but that’s chump change compared to the thousands, and…
…That’s just my opinion. I am going on a full tuition scholarship. When it came down to Temple or about 40% off at BU, I was faced with a really tough decision. Ultimately, I chose Temple due to the scholarship, due to liking the people in the Groupme of classmates more, and because I think I’ll have better chances…
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…
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