Take your time studying for the LSAT. It took me quitting my job as director at a non-profit, going part-time, and spending almost everyday studying for about 1.5-2 hours, mainly focusing on review. I used the LSATDemon tool to conquer the LSAT. Prepare your essays ahead of time and always send professional, cordial…
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Admitted to University of California—BerkeleyT3.75 imo, I don’t think being LGBTQIA+ is that much of a boost (though I did write about it). Biracial nURM, T20 undergrad. Wrote DS for some schools and integrated it into PS for others. Wrote Why X for Berk, Duke, GULC, UVA, Option 8 for UMich, Core Strengths for UPenn, and Top 10 for GULC. Foolishly waited until…
Disclaimer: BDE, so I was NOT going to take the LSAT again. <3 AA woman. Graduated 2 years ago from a T30 university Numerous leadership positions and extracurriculars. LORs from two professors I did research projects with that led to close relationships outside of class. My advice is to perfect your essays, get…
LSAT 164 GPA 3.93 2024–25 cycle
Attending University of California—Berkeley
LSAT is not everything. Strong softs, great essays, strong letters—those count a LOT ! Breathe and do not check reddit too often.
Try not to go insane. Study early and study hard for the LSAT. Have a rock-solid study routine. Don’t study full-time, though; losing all external structure in your life can be very destabilizing. Don’t be afraid to say no to higher-ranked schools in order to stay close to loved ones. Apply broadly. Take at least…
All apps sent in either the last week of September or early to mid October, except for YLS (right before Thanksgiving). Wrote supplementals for Stanford (time travel, 3 songs), Penn (core values), UMich (why Mich), Duke (why Duke), UCB (why Berkeley), Georgetown (top 10) and UCLA (programmatic contribution). To all…
Start studying for the LSAT early and get books to study with. I highly recommend The Loophole in Logical Reasoning (Book by Ellen Cassidy) and Powerscore’s Logic Games Bible! The Ellen Cassidy book changed everything for me and had I started studying with both books way earlier, I would have certainly scored well…
Wrote Why X for CLS (integrated into personal statement), Penn (core strengths), Mich, Berkeley, Fordham. Did optional essays for SLS, GULC, NYU (Furman public policy scholarship app), and BU (PI scholarship app). Extremely minor C+F (speeding ticket) disclosed on applications that required disclosure of civil…
the basics: why law, why X school, why now! don’t overcomplicate it and stay off reddit‼️
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…
I panicked in November and ended up not sending my apps until late Jan/early Feb. Obviously I wish I had sent them earlier and I wonder if my results would have been better if I had. I am proud of the essays I ended up submitting in January and I think they are what made the difference at my As. I also wish I had…
write about what you’re passionate about~~ i wrote one essay on a professional passion and another on a personal one. as opposed to the so-called “cohesive narrative,” i tried to show two different sides of myself, both of which will contribute to who i’ll be in the class- and courtroom. good luck!!
Just breathe and try to keep your hope alive, even when the cycle is hitting you hard. You are incredible for even embarking on this journey. No rejection or waitlist has any effect on your value and worth. You’ll find your way in the end. Finalist for NYU AnBryce, UCLA Achievement Fellowship; not selected for…
Shoot your shot
To all my low-income, first-generation black applicants: Trust yourself! Do not be afraid to ask for what you deserve. I know my success relative to the circumstances of my peers puts me in that top tier. I asked for a fee waiver from every school and a CAS waiver from many. I asked for RUBY I asked for Mordecai I…
no “optionals” are truly optional shoot your shot!!! you only apply to law school once (or twice, or thrice :p) cohesiveness is super important; softs only matter insofar as they fit into your narrative Wrote optionals: Penn, SLS, Berk 4 pg PS and why berk, why uva, vandy video essay, NU kira, why UCLA and prog…
essays are SO important, and stats are not everything. was PTing in the 170s but flopped on test day, but evidently it wasn’t the end of the world and I still got into my #1 and only (GO BEARS). my essays were very personal and genuine in regard to my “why law” and upbringing. I also had consistent work experience…
Engineering student looking to do IP law, DI NCAA athlete. Applied to a bunch of other schools in early November (all T14s except Cornell, H, and Y, also applied to UCLA and WUSTL), heard back nothing from any of them except an interview offer from WUSTL by the time I had to withdraw my apps for Berkeley ED. Didn’t…
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