Strong essays are worth spending the extra hours/days on- even if you need to delay submitting your apps a week or two. Your LORs are much stronger coming from people who know you, not someone with high-status (think a partner at a law firm) who you barely work with. Apply early if you can, but just make sure you’re…
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Prior to law school, after graduating undergrad, WORK AT A LAW FIRM. Get experience feeling the pressure and having the work you do highly scrutinized. I worked for a year at a small but fast-paced law firm where I had a hand in everything. Extremely stressful but it motivated me to want to learn more because A. it…
“The mighty in their pride walk alone to destruction.” - Calvin Coolidge “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated…
Trust in God!
Have a compelling reason for why you want to go to law school (whatever that might be), and show it in your application! I also wouldn’t apply to 20 schools like I did – a few safeties is alright, but I think what I did was overkill. I attribute part of my success to my decision to write very specific why X essays…
ESL, Asian, Non US Citizen/Permanent Resident, STEM Undergrad Major… what else could be worse?
Apply early (december at latest). I was caring for a sick relative and couldn’t apply until March. It was a big mistake, but I got into a school I liked and decided not to R&R. A strong LSAT will balance out a bad GPA, get some strong rec letters either from work or professors (hopefully both), and shoot your shot.…
Applied to numerous top 14 schools for the 2020-2021 cycle, and received all R’s aside from Georgetown, who placed me on their preferred waitlist. However, I wasn’t ready to make the financial commitment of relocating from Chicago to Washington, D.C. and removed myself from consideration. This cycle, I decided to…
Applying late doesn’t hurt as much as your friends or reddit will tell you. Take your time and really flush out your application and essays (it took me nearly 4 months to feel comfortable with my essays and application, so make sure to plan ahead)! Despite applying late, the scholarship opportunities at my top…
I saw the most improvement on my LSAT score with LSAT Demon, listening to their podcast and using their LSAT study program. One big motto they have is to “get greedy” with your LSAT score, meaning don’t settle for an “okay” score - you can improve your score, and even one point can mean thousands of dollars in…
Applying to only reach schools is a great way to ensure you gain another year of work experience.
LSAT 167 GPA 3.86 2027–28 cycle
Working for a few years to wait out the current admissions climate…
I worked on applications as I went, typically spending a day tailoring each one. (I don’t recommend doing it as you go. I was very stressed.) I had no diversity statement and a bad interview at Cornell. I also had a bad why X for Michigan. All apps were the same after NYU, except for why X for Duke, perfect day for…
took LSAT in January 2021, graduating May 2022 (only took it once) take it more than once if you can commit yourself to studying. I couldn’t get myself to do it again, especially since my PTs consistently varied by 9 pts. write all optional essays no matter what!!!! especially if you’re a splitter like me… oh and…
LSAT 158 GPA 3.68 2024–25 cycle
Personal Descriptors Texas State University Undergrad alumna- TAMUC Grad alumna Non-traditional student Experience in state and local government (2 years), advocacy, and teaching (4+ years) URM: Indigenous, Single parent, Disabled, Educator, Published writer Seeking in Legal Education… Focus on Human Rights and…
Wrote ‘Why X’ statements for UF, Wake, UNC, U Richmond, George Mason, and FIU. GPA out of 4.0 not 4.3 Double Major in college and graduated a year early LGBTQ+ Woman so Underrepresented Individual in Law –> Contributes to T3 Gap Year of Service through Americorps –> Contributes to T3 Fine with 157 because COVID hit…
just don’t do it…. but if you’re going to - do everything (LSAT, submitting apps, questioning all your life choices that led you to this decision) at the earliest possible moment. find hobbies and interests outside of LSData and r/LSA. mine is my obsession with ginger ale, but to each their own. Law school is just…
LSAT 159 GPA 2.30 2026–27 cycle
tier 2 fee waiver extremely non-traditional (flunked out of college after 3 semesters straight out of high school, did community college for a minute but didn’t get a degree, bounced around customer service and then found my calling by getting my AAS in paralegal studies and got my bachelors online after) not…
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