GPA 4.01 2023–24 cycle

…send your recommenders a packet with your personal statement, diversity statement, and resume so they can help add to your application’s narrative apply to a range of schools so you can negotiate shot your shoot!

Chanel-num03

LSAT 170 GPA 3.74 2020–21 cycle

Attending Yale University

Ivy undergrad Legal job after gradation Strong personal statement / diversity statement (I think this was the most important part !!!) Recs from professors I was very close with

RaiseYourCanes

LSAT 170 GPA 4.00 2022–23 cycle

Attending Harvard University

…together every single part of my application. My personal statement, diversity statement, resume, and school supplemental essays were all related in some way. Always remember that this is a marathon and not a sprint. The anxiety of waiting for decisions can be excruciating at times, but in the end, you will end up…

GreatPeacock

LSAT 172 GPA 4.01 2023–24 cycle

Attending Harvard University

…I filled one of their prompts or used a more general Statement of Perspective (diversity statement). No clue if this helped or not, as I literally just applied, but it makes me feel as though I’ve sent in more comprehensive apps. Cheers!

HungryAgreeableGrasshopper

LSAT 180 GPA 3.99 2021–22 cycle

Attending Columbia University

…my apps were not submitted earlier. Essays: Personal Statement on my work experience and why I want to be a lawyer Diversity Statement on growing up in a lower socioeconomic class w one parent who didn’t go to college and one parent who went to college in another country. Some supplemental essays on times I’ve been…

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…

cryptanon

LSAT 179 GPA 3.50 2018–19 cycle

Attending Harvard University

PS included very strong reasons to stay in Boston. HLS interview went smoothly, neither great nor terrible. No “why X”, optional essays, or diversity statements. I’m having lots of fun with this text editor.

TameSteadfastOriole

LSAT 176 GPA 3.91 2020–21 cycle

Attending Yale University

…to display your reasoning and deducation skills Personal statement -> chance for you to bring out the person in all of these things. You want to go beyond the accomplishments and illustrate the person behind them - why did they do it? what core values do they have? What problems (business or social) do they want to…

WindyThickParrot

LSAT 172 GPA 3.88 2022–23 cycle

Attending Harvard University

(in the order that they notified me) Harvard - A Penn - A - just updated my diversity statement to mention Penn by name; didn’t write any specific why Penn essay. Yale - A - 250 was on a time when I changed my mind in academics, but nothing to do with the law. Also, I believe them when they say that there’s no…

pitiful-location

LSAT 175 GPA 3.83 2021–22 cycle

Attending Harvard University

…women who are incarcerated and low income high schoolers Diversity statement about being bi and having an invisible disability (sent to every school, sometimes with modifications to better address the prompt) Wrote Why WashU; interviewed with adcom Did the Vandy video and interviewed with alum BU: applied for…

BoorishHomelyGrouse

LSAT 173 GPA 3.96 2024–25 cycle

Attending Harvard University

wrote why X for Columbia, Cornell, Northwestern, UVA, Michigan, and Duke submitted Diversity Statement for Yale, Harvard, Penn, UVA, and NYU

HandcraftedHazyManor

LSAT 177 GPA 3.97 2023–24 cycle

Attending Yale University

…Stanford Songs/Class, Stanford Optional, and submitted a diversity statement or equivalent to everywhere but Yale and Stanford. 4 LORs (2 academic, 1 research position, 1 WE). LPT: Help pay for applications by applying for a new credit card that has a sign-on bonus. The Chase Freedom Unlimited, for example, will…

Goff

LSAT 176 GPA 4.00 2025–26 cycle

Attending Harvard University

…get your out-the-door before they even read your personal statement. Professional school requires a professional-looking candidate. Rewrite your personal statement a hundred times over. Talk about your accomplishments and frame yourself as someone who succeeds. Your diversity is a strength. I am a first-gen from a…

SquidwardsHouse

LSAT 174 GPA 4.00 2023–24 cycle

Attending Harvard University

…my interviews, and I think it was well-received. Harvard Statement of Purpose -I opted for a different approach contrary to what many recommended. I did not use my traditional Personal Statement for this topic. Instead, I went with a much more direct 1-page statement addressing why I no longer wanted to pursue the…

TheBookThief

LSAT 174 GPA 3.90 2021–22 cycle

Attending Harvard University

…by my non-prestigious background or by my risky personal statement topic choice! Finally, I took the LSAT 3 times. 168 and 169 in back to back tests, then I took a 10 month break (6 month break and 4 months of studying) and then got my 174. **I just wanted to start off by highlighting that and saying PLEASE study…

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