Take a deep breath, get yourself a cinnamon roll, and watch the office <3 ““You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” -Wayne Gretzky” -Michael Scott I panic applied to so many schools because I was unsure how my cycle would turn out as a reverse splitter. My cycle is proof that the LSAT isn’t everything! My…
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Admitted to CUNYDeciding to look at this after a semester of law school I wanted to reflect back a bit. First some softs and bio, I’m a 30 year old trans woman who had multiple careers before going to law school, I was a chef, then baker, then sales woman for an automotive manufacturer. Some hard stats, My technical GPA is 3.17…
Accepted to CUNY and put in a pre-study program from July 2026-May 2027. No matter how many rejections you get, keep your head up. Law school will always be there waiting for you. Don’t beat yourself down for taking gap years. Make the best of that time and get experience!
I wish I had given myself enough credit for getting to the point where I’m applying to law school. I was so stressed about the strength of my test scores and my essays. All of these things were important, of course, but I was so focused on the next step that I didn’t appreciate how incredible it was to have made it…
Going off private for my fellow splitters and my fellow splitters only <3
What’s meant to be will be. Keep your head up!
LSAT 163 GPA 3.29 2024–25 cycle
Admitted to University of California—Los Angeles
let them tell you no, apply everywhere!
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take! Everyone can count you out, but the one person in the world that should believe in your capabilities is yourself. Just apply.** ** 05/07/2025: My cycle is officially over! Heading off to Cornell in the fall. Please, bet on yourself!
Applying Truly, apply anywhere you want to go (finances willing). You don’t want to leave any stone unturned- If you can, try to have a least two safetys Nothing is guaranteed in this process. Most schools do not admit in a predictable pattern or timeline and even if they do, you can always be surprised. When I…
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…
I wholeheartedly believe that my work experience in public service organizations and the strong narrative within my application helped me earn acceptances (and at least no automatic rejections) from T20 / T14 schools. The award offers I received seem to prove that further. I’m a big proponent of working full time…
Probably only applicable to nKJDs without direct legal experience. No matter when you graduated, contact your undergrad school’s career development office and pre-law advisors. I graduated [redacted] years ago, and it was invaluable to have an objective assessment of my application package. They can help you edit…
I ended up at CUNY Law and feel very much like I am in the right place for myself :) The application process is wild and I know how anxious you’re feeling if you landed on my page but I can tell you… I was terrified and as you can see, nervously applied to so many schools with my very average stats… but despite…
the year of the waitlist I guess, lol. More than 50% of schools I applied to I was waitlisted at so that’s fun. Here’s some more info on my cycle: completed all optional essays - submitted unsolicited “Why X” essays to Cardozo, UW, and CU Boulder completed kira interview for Northwestern and interviewed with…
when a school asks you where else you’re applying, if the question isn’t required don’t tell them!!!!!!! if you do and they realize they’re your safety you might be yield protected !! after the t-20 rankings don’t matter, just look at employment outcomes for what you want to do/where you want to be. my last piece of…
YOU GOT THIS BABES!! <3 Wrote all of the supplement essays that I could. Made sure to also include test score addenda but only briefly gave reason to lower score. Used addenda instead to highlight accomplishments and how those offset low score. Undergraduate published thesis work -Overly involved in ECs (Mock Trial,…
Apply early, apply widely, craft a coherent narrative, and negotiate your scholarships aggressively. Numbers get your foot in the door, the rest of your application gets you the acceptance. I think that is really shown in my results – my numbers were not competive at the very top, but I did well at schools where I…
i am EXTREMELY debt averse, i think paying tens of thousands in tuition for grad school, especially when i intend to enter a very low paying field (public defense) is a fucking racket. so while i’m disappointed by not getting the Toll at Penn, I feel very good about turning down my other offers for a full ride at…
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