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Advice applicants left on their LSD.Law profiles, searchable by topic, school, and stats.

LSAT 168 GPA 3.95 2025–26 cycle

Attending Columbia University

If you are a splitter, the ball is in your court. It’s up to you to convince the adcomms that they should let you in over the competition. They know you will likely succeed (your gpa/lsat signals this) just as they that know the splitter you’re in competition with will likely succeed. You can seperate yourself by…

LSAT 168 GPA 3.97 2021–22 cycle

Attending Duke University

…non T14 T20 schools were not too friendly to reverse splitters this year due to intense focus on setting LSAT medians above 170. this could change but who knows try to interact with schools before and after you apply. go to the lsac forum and chat with adcomms. meet with them to ask questions about the school before…

LSAT 171 GPA 2.86 2020–21 cycle

Attending Georgetown University

…the GPA), but I would absolutely advise other splitters to shoot your shots and shoot them early. I’m always happy to talk to folks and offer suggestions or advice if I can be helpful.

LSAT 167 GPA 3.34 2020–21 cycle

Attending Boston College

…less competitive. Given the general unpredictability of splitter cycles coupled with this being the most competitive cycle in 20 years (in Spivey’s opinion), pretty happy with my results. I also worked with a Spivey consultant for the full cycle. I took the LSAT 5 times (166, 167, 166, 166, 165) because I was…

LSAT 173 GPA 3.42 2020–21 cycle

Attending George Washington University

Hello future splitter law applicants (if you ever see this). I’m a first-generation college student, and aside from that, am not in any way a URM. I only wrote a “why X” for Duke and wrote the “unpopular opinion” optional essay for Georgetown. In retrospect, I wish I had applied ED to GULC, and wrote more “why X”…

LSAT 166 GPA 3.98 2020–21 cycle

Attending Duke University

Good luck! If you are a reverse splitter really try to have a memorable personal statement! I think taking a bit of a risk there paid off for me.