…with. I did not write LOCI for any of the schools that waitlisted me because I was already comfortable with where I had gotten into and I honestly wasn’t going to wait until June-August to decide where I was going to live anyways. I did, however, send an updated resume as I got a part-time job on top of my full-time…
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Admitted to Columbia UniversityA few thoughts on waitlists, “your chances,” R&R, the LSAT, and advice in general: Never give up on waitlists, especially ones that are known to have good movement (like in my case with HLS). A strong, school-specific Letter of Continued Interest (LOCI) can go a long way. Do not send the same LOCI to every school,…
…on academic potential Public Interest Scholar essay Waitlisted 1/24 University of Pennsylvania (9/7) Core strengths essay- Academic addendum Waitlisted 1/22 University of Chicago (9/11) Why UChicago- Academic addendum Interview invitation (10/31) Interview completed (11/11) ACCEPTED 1/24 Harvard Law School (9/20)…
3/13/26: Some law schools really favor their undergrad alums. 7/28/26: Sometimes, the waitlist pays off.
…YP (if you look at applicants with my stats, 21/23 were waitlisted). Apply to your top schools LAST, your application gets stronger as you continue to submit.
…topic in my PS, which I think led to a lot of the waitlists and the SLS admit. All in all, I wouldn’t change things, but in the middle of February I was definitely regretting it.
Shoot your shot and APPLY EARLY because timing matters (especially for $$)!!! My friends with similar backgrounds, gpa, and higher lsat scores get rejected or waitlisted after applying in January rather than October/November. As long as your score isn’t horrendous, apply with the score you have instead of waiting…
Wrote optional essays for Michigan, Penn, and Stanford (ironically, the schools I didn’t get into lol). I did not write any LOCIs and was rejected from all my waitlists. PS was on my personal growth through taking on a hobby-related challenge. I brought in my legal work experience at the end, but probably could have…
Notes and dates for future applicants to promote transparency in this painstaking process :) Harvard 3/18 - Waitlisted 5/1 - Sent LOCI 5/3 - Interview invite 5/8 - Interviewed 5/14 - Feeler call (5:30pm ET) 5/15 - Acceptance call (11:31am ET) UChicago 3/14 - Received initial scholarship award ($30,000). 3/22 -…
…I would’ve gotten acceptances at most of the schools I was waitlisted at, and possibly stronger financial aid offers, if I applied sooner. For those a year out or more from the application deadline, this might mean beginning studying for the LSAT sooner! I took the LSAT 3 times to achieve my 177 (a total of 7 months…
Applied to same schools (minus Stanford) in Jan 2020 with 168, got into Georgetown, rejected from Harvard and Yale, waitlisted at the rest. Reapplying this year in October with 174, a new rec, and a revised statement to see what happens. white, female, decent but not exceptional softs
LGBT+ GPA was 3.70 when I applied, updated schools with my new 3.73 in December. Chose not to be on any waitlists I was offered as I did not want to have to wait longer for decisions/change my plans
…though, I would probably be sitting on the Harvard waitlist (if I’m lucky) until August, and it just wasn’t worth putting my life on hold. Best of luck to all; you will get through this.
…why X essays only when it made sense. That said, I was waitlisted to Northwestern (probably) because I did not request an interview and did not express that much interest in the school. Lesson learned! I wrote diversity statements for every school and am an LGBT applicant.
…Georegetown WL was “special group within the preferred waitlist” Sent LOCI to UVA in March (I heard we were supposed to do this very late. It clearly didn’t help lol)
…would have been if this cycle hadn’t been abnormal. I was waitlisted at schools I expected to get into and received full-tuition scholarship offers from a couple of reach, even super reach, schools. Considering how discouraging this application cycle was for many people, I feel incredibly lucky (that’s an…
…first wave of admits) and UChicago (which obvi ended up a waitlist). Other details about stats/softs. I took the LSAT 3 times: 169, 173 (Flex), 178 (flex). I listed my softs as T3 because I played D1 baseball (non-HYP Ivy) and made the Academic All-America team one season. My job out of undergrad was very unique…
…the updated score to the higher ranked schools where I was waitlisted, but am going to reapply in the fall unless I get a solid WL acceptance with $. Be above at least one 50th percentile/median (GPA or LSAT) to the schools you are applying. If you are below both medians, you will be a long shot at best,…
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