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

LSAT 171 GPA 3.47 2020–21 cycle

Attending University of Notre Dame

…And none of that is really quantifiable. 6. Fordham’s waitlist is fake. I’m serious. Go look at their charts. They’re Waitlisting their A’s to get out of accepting sooner than later. They WL’d someone who got into NYU and CLS. Go look. If you got the Fordham WL, take it as an A and move on. They dont deserve your…

LSAT 159 GPA 3.84 2024–25 cycle

Admitted to University of San Diego

Optional Essays: (REJECTED) UCLA: Challenges Addendum, Optional Addendum USC: Diversity of Background Statement, Rothman Scholarship, Other Addendum (WAITLIST) UCI: Optional Statement, Interest in UCI (WAITLIST) Pepperdine**: Optional Statement, Addendum** (ACCEPTED)** Loyola****: Background/Identity Statement,…

LSAT 173 GPA 3.93 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of Texas at Austin

…to that, think about cutting it out. Decisions Getting waitlisted or rejected sucks, but it can be a blessing. It’s easy to get caught up about getting into* *every school, but in the end you’re only choosing one. Even the most perfect applicants still get denied from schools, so don’t take it personally or beat…

LSAT 180 GPA 3.95 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of California—Berkeley

…1 pm FColumbia: 1:26 pm Th (at least most recent time) Waitlists: GULC: around 1:45 pm FBerkeley: around 7:30 am or at 5 pm (sometimes same time as Rs, sometimes not) (in status checker) UCLA: around 12:15 or around 3 pm or 5 pm UT: around 3 pm ish or 4 pm ish, same time as Rs (email) (around 3 pm) Th for sure and F…

LSAT 165 GPA 3.49 2021–22 cycle

Attending Loyola Marymount University—Los Angeles

…a campus designed by Frank Gehry…). Sent LOCI for every waitlist within a few days, that touched on new positions/promotions and also pseudo-mini-WhyX and how I can contribute to their student body. No 10k LSAT tutor, just the extended practice tests and Khan academy (for the first test: good starting place but gets…

LSAT 169 GPA 3.45 2021–22 cycle

Attending University of California—Davis

…employment can’t be made up with likely scholarship $. **Waitlists: ** **Northwestern **I withdrew. The cost would be too much and having to turn down an offer would hurt my soul. Pretty sure the WL was only because I applied ED with borderline R stats. **USC **Withdrew mid-may. They sent an email saying it was…

LSAT 162 GPA 3.64 2024–25 cycle

Attending University of Illinois—Urbana Champaign

I think I underestimated how much scores really matter. But if you’re waitlisted, I would just continue following up with the school, go visit, and attend as many admission zooms as possible to show interest. That’s what worked for me. Good luck! This process is a doozie.

LSAT 166 GPA 3.89 2024–25 cycle

Attending University of Notre Dame

…ucla- a little disappointing I was hoping for at least a waitlist. Wrote their extra essay thing Davis- got email at 6:05 PM accepting me. Financial aid email to come shortly BU- got the call around 12 ET. financial aid came with admissions packet. Two days later they sent a revised scholarship offer without any…