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

LSAT 167 GPA 3.70 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of Illinois—Urbana Champaign

…kinda weird to not get the full-tuition here. Plan to negotiate. 1/29-2/2 - UNC hold, which feels like a soft WL based on last year’s data. – TAMU WL… – BC WL… – IU negotiation did not work :/ 2/5-2/9 - no decisions, applied for UCI PSS. 2/19-2/23 - OSU A, scholly coming later. 2/26-3/1 - Emory A w/ $$$. 3/4-3/8 -…

LSAT 168 GPA 3.52 2024–25 cycle

Attending University of Wisconsin

…so I will likely end up there this fall. I attempted to negotiate with Illinois using the other three offers, but unfortunately they did not offer me any more money. They of course have the best Chicago placement out of any of those options, but the scholarship offers I had from the other schools ultimately made…

LSAT 166 GPA 4.01 2023–24 cycle

Admitted to University of Michigan

…AHHHHHHHHHHHHH I GOT IN TO U OF M WOOOOOHOOOOO (pls negotiation don’t fail me now) UPDATE 2/1/2024 - Georgetown wants to interview me UPDATE 3/1/2024 - Notre Dame law Acceptance!!!!! Woohoo!! UPDATE 3/7/2024 - wow cal does not like me UPDATE 3/8/2024 - WashU and Gtown WL. Been a rough week. UPDATE 3/19/2024 -…

LSAT 177 GPA 3.67 2021–22 cycle

Attending Washington University in St. Louis

…(for those with public service background) will try negotiate full ride if don’t receive Webster Northwestern Kira interview UT Austin Kira interview ASU waitlist 1/7/2022, LOCI 1/18/2022 UMich waitlist 2/4/2022, LOCI 2/16/2022 Cornell waitlist 2/7/2022, LOCI Vanderbilt Merit Award Why Vanderbilt Optional Video Why…

LSAT 171 GPA 3.75 2022–23 cycle

Attending University of Michigan

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…

GPA 4.02 2024–25 cycle

Attending University of North Carolina

…app pool out – once you get in, scholarships can always be negotiated! Remember, you are already on the path that you’re meant to be on. If I had skipped those years of LSAT anxiety and gone straight to law school, I wouldn’t have met my spouse.

LSAT 162 GPA 3.97 2023–24 cycle

Attending Indiana University - Bloomington

…Received all fee waivers that I requested. Did not negotiate any scholarships or write any LOCIs for the schools I was waitlisted at. Withdrew from WashU in late March - I interviewed in late Oct and was essentially ghosted. I had chosen a school already and elected to withdraw before receiving a decision.