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Always aspire to be interesting, kind, compassionate, and understanding of others. Embrace the changes in your life, and trust that your journey will be beautiful, even if it isn’t what you expected. Never been much a religous or spiritual person, but I do believe in Karma. If you live with purpose and exert…
Started off college as a computer science major, realized it wasn’t for me and made less than stellar grades. Switched to International Security Studies and did very well. Unfortunately, old CS grades pulled my GPA down nonetheless. Had a couple internships in Tribal politics and a Tribal prosecution office and…
Included diversity statement in addition to PS in all applications (non-URM). Yale: N/A Stanford: wrote optional essay. Harvard: N/A Columbia: N/A UChicago: N/A NYU: Applied to RTK, wrote optional scholarship essay. Rejected from RTK. UCBerkeley: Wrote why X. UPenn: N/A Northwestern: Did Kira. UMichigan: Wrote why…
A note to current and future GRE-only applicants: You can do it! Also, most talk about GRE prep gives little time to the writing section, but the top schools seem to give it a lot of weight. Look at the admitted scores. I was fortunate to read something about the importance of the AWA a few weeks before my test and…
Just have a really high LSAT score. I’m a New York Press Club award-winning journalist who has written for Rolling Stone, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, and many other outlets. I’m a decorated combat veteran. I graduated summa cum laude with a 3.98 GPA. My memoirs were recently published by a prestigious British…
–KJD but with some interesting softs: extensive work experience while in undergrad at a small startup company I helped build, numerous publications, and involvement/competitive success in a collegiate activity (think debate/Mock Trial). They fit together well into a narrative, but aren’t rare enough to be more than…
After three attempts at the LSAT, my lsat score is a 160. I tried my best, all that I can with this test and am just gonna let fate bring me the results. As long as you tried your best its all good. I went from a 129 diag to a 160 which is 31 points higher. First half of my studying (8 months) was done while in…
If you work hard and trust in God’s plan, you’ll end up where you’re meant to be.
If you are planning to take a gap year to work fulltime, try to study for the LSAT before you start working because you will not be able to optimally prioritize and dedicate time to the LSAT while working. LSAT resources used: 7sage, PowerScore Bible Trilogy, The Loophole Rather than just prioritizing rankings, take…
2022–23 cycle
I did like 500 million things wrong but I still got into a law school because I kept trying and was persistent. If you want to be a lawyer, you can be a lawyer. Dont let anyone tell you otherwise. If you have stats for a T14 and want the highest prestige law school possible, don’t let people shame you and go for it.…
Shoot your shot, put good essays together, and sell yourself to the max (and always, ALWAYS negotiate scholarships)!
It’s not over until it’s over. I applied to most all of my schools in November, and by February I was either waitlisted or rejected at all my targets and reaches and I only got into safeties. I applied to ASU on a whim because I was interested despite being below both medians and late in the cycle, fully expecting…
Shoot your shot! Was leery about my T14 chances, but I’m so glad I applied regardless. My atypical WE definitely helped. I feel like I did well because I REALLY knew myself, my why law, how my legal experiences shaped me, and my plans/goals. With that down, no interviews caused me issues. I also came up with answers…
“Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.”
LSAT 158 GPA 3.93 2025–26 cycle
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” ― Norman Vincent Peale
Don’t settle. I had no T14 A’s on my first cycle with a 177. There is no need to rush into a school that you do not want to attend just because it is the only option currently available. Take a year and reapply. Based on the 10+ waitlists I have been on, waitlists are the same as R’s. This is not just a numbers…
I think my personal statement was probably a bit weak, I really struggled to even write the mediocre one I ended up with. WashU undergrad with strong ties to the law school. Admittedly not the best applicant, but hey, worth a shot. Want to be back in STL, love the city, so SLU at $$$$ meant I was free rolling the…
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