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DeeplyDisagreeable

LSAT 173 · GPA 3.30 · 2020–21 cycle

Admitted to Boston University

I wrote almost every optional statement, a diversity statement detailing how my background has shaped my experience /will influence my future legal perspective, and used GPA+LSAT addenda to balance my app as a splitter and explain a 16 point increase on the LSAT.

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CeaselessNormalLadybird

LSAT 165 · GPA 3.72 · 2021–22 cycle

Attending Yeshiva University (Cardozo)

…First-generation lawyer App Materials: I wrote my personal statement on overcoming a chronic illness diagnosis during college and how that experience shaped my professional aspirations. - Provided diversity statement to all schools. Simple, 2-page resume provided.

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JustABoyFromGizo

LSAT 171 · GPA 4.00 · 2025–26 cycle

Attending Harvard University

…my applications in mid-to-late January. My personal statement focused on my military experience, centering on a leadership dilemma that left me with unresolved questions about the law. That experience became the thread connecting my subsequent path to my decision to pursue law and why now. I was candid about my…

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MindfulBindingPanda243

LSAT 169 · GPA 3.53 · 2025–26 cycle

Attending Yeshiva University (Cardozo)

…school prospect, I know that you’re a perfectionist). No diversity statement will seem heartbreaking enough. No supplemental essay will seem substantial enough. To you, the perfectionist, I say let go of your perfectionism. Give in to “fuck it, we ball.” I guarantee that your writing is leagues better than you think…

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SoftNightingale

LSAT 171 · GPA 3.28 · 2021–22 cycle

Attending University of Michigan

…I filled out first and made a grammar change in my div statement months later. I also got exponentially better at those why x statements as time went on- no reason to put your first choice with your weakest application. “Early apps” don’t matter like you may think they do- they only get earlier decisions for high…

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ereditaculturale

LSAT 171 · GPA 3.77 · 2021–22 cycle

Attending Fordham University

LGBTQ+ (nonbinary and queer/bisexual), first gen, low income background (wrote abt gender/sexuality stuff in a conservative workplace for my diversity statement). English, Italian, & German speaker. Latin/ancient Greek knower (can’t really “speak” these lol) I stuck with NYC area schools only because my partner’s…

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Harper

LSAT 163 · GPA 3.13 · 2020–21 cycle

Attending Fordham University

Wrote diversity statement, gpa addendum, character and fitness addendum. All were of high quality, reviewed by multiple people and worked on tirelessly for months on end.

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Shrek4EverAfter

LSAT 161 · GPA 3.98 · 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of California—Los Angeles

…Wrote all additional essays (except Why UMich)- Reused diversity statement for most Sent an updated resume to most schools on February 15 Toured GULC and BU post waitlist and emailed about it GULC preferred waitlist; feeler email May 30 Sent LOCI immediately for all waitlisted schools excepted UVA, Richmond, and…