submit your apps early* lol (◕︵◕) waited until Dec/Jan for most apps for new LSAT result.Better to apply early with your bad scores than late with your good- ones! Write academic addendum and then email them with your updated score. Personal statements, diversity statements & optional essays mean* EVERYTHING *if…
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10+ years Active Duty Air Force - Enlisted - SNCO Currently Air Force Reserves Multiple Decorated Combat Deployments Special Duty Positions and Special Operations GS-13 civilian position, Intelligence Community Harvard Law School - Rejection on 5 April 2021 - Not even an interview invite, unfortunately. Timing…
LSAT 151 GPA 3.75 2024–25 cycle
06/24 - Anticipated applying and beginning this cycle (Fall of 2024) But need to raise my LSAT Score. 1st attempt 01/24 was a 141, worked FT. I quit my FT employment in February and my 2nd attempt was in 4/24 and scored a 143. Retook in 06/24 and awaiting score release. In the meantime, I have been visiting schools…
I am very happy with how my cycle turned out :) My advice is to apply early but expect to not hear back for a longggg time lol
Don’t be afraid to take your time and apply a year (or few!) later than you planned. Improve that LSAT with months of drilling.
Did not write option essays or letters of continued intrest. After doing admitted student events I pretty much chose TAMU, even if I did get accepted to UT. Overall I believe I hit above my LSAT score, however the higher the ranking school the more that matters. Background: 4.0 Student - Dean’s/President’s list…
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…
I wish I applied to schools earlier and less sporadically. The earlier you get accepted, the more time you have to learn from students and admin & negotiate scholarships. Plus, some schools can take three or four months to get back to you, which leaves little turnaround before deposit deadlines. Aim for finishing…
Fordham “Complete Application” Date Change: 12/5 –> 12/12 –> Decision: 1/05 GWU “Review in progress”: 12/16 –> Date and paragraph disappear: 1/10 –> Decision: 1/12 Cardozo “Complete and under review”: 1/5 –> 1/11 –> 1/22 –> Decision: 1/25 UVA “Under review”: 12/07 –> 1/04 –> Decision: 4/12 GULC (stayed as app…
PS and DS for all 2 academic LORs for all, 1 professional for H/S/Col/Duke Essays: Yale - Required 250- Harvard - NA Stanford - One optional Columbia - NA Chicago - NA NYU - NA Penn - One optional (core values) Michigan - One optional (NOT why x) UVA - Required resilience, LOCI Cornell - Required short why x, KIRA…
Not an under-represented minority in terms of race (I’m white) but I’m disabled and lived in poverty until I was 18. I wrote my optional essay about growing up disabled (and going undiagnosed for a longer-than-usual time period) led to my involvement in disability rights orgs & how it has shaped my worldview and…
LSAT 164 GPA 3.50 2022–23 cycle
Admitted to Seton Hall (amongst others, but SH was the best) with a 157 with a conditional $45k scholarship. Retook June LSAT, got a 164, was given a $105k non-conditional scholarship within 36 hours of getting my score. Looking at graduating from a rock-solid T2 school with like $90k in debt. Life is good. Work…
Key Notes/Reflections: Got into the cycle a bit late (took the LSAT in November, submitted most applications in December)- Felt that I had a really strong Diversity Statement, solid Personal Statement, and good LORs I have a misdemeanor from within the past year, which definitely tanked my chances Couple this with…
LSAT 150 GPA 3.84 2025–26 cycle
Reverse Splitters out there, never give up!
A few bits of advice: Apply earlier than I did if you can, you’ll probably cut back on the stress a bit, but they’re right when they say you should submit when you’re ready. Really think about whether you’d actually attend a school before you apply, maybe save yourself the money. I sent in far too many applications…
Military experience seems to be a very useful “x-factor” in applications. Don’t self select, if you want to go to a particular school, apply. Maybe you get in, maybe you don’t, but it’s worth it to know where you hit your ceiling. Lastly, don’t stress too much about the whole process. Draft your essays, complete…
2 years UG gap to help family pay rent. Started studying March 2024, final test was October. Diagnostic with LG’s was 156, w/o was 160. Highest PT so was 177 (PT#158), average 167 but average for last 5 was 168. Study 2 times a week, practice test every 1-2 weeks using 7Sage. J.Y.‘s explanations are not super useful…
If you are struggling with an LSAT study platform, do not bend yourself to fit their study materials. Many of these companies were developed by a few people that did well on the LSAT. They are now teaching you how they did well on the LSAT. That doesn’t work for every brain. I wish I had more time before I realized…
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