MistyUnicorn’s Tips From Someone Who Got a T14 with a 3.5 and a 163 **Do not be a KJD if you can help it. ** This is by far my number one tip. I wish I could shout it from the rooftops. I would recommend being a KJD to absolutely no one. I believe that it will only hurt you. Why on earth, if all things are equal,…
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Admitted to University of Michigan…not a good match for them and they saw that too. I went KJD because I felt my resume/background/stats was strong enough to get me into my schools without work experience. But honestly, getting some work experience would’ve made my application stronger– and I probably could’ve gotten some better scholarships. Okay,…
…(expect email sometime before the A asking for KJD fall grades) BU: around 10:30 am ish or between 12:15 pm and 1:15 pm or around 12:45 or between 1:30 pm and 2:15 pm (call) USC: at 9 am or around 12:30 pm or around 1:15 pm or some time around 2 ish maybe maybe?? (email) ThVanderbilt: at around 11 am or around 2 pm…
I applied to some schools in the 2022-23 cycle as a KJD with the same LSAT and GPA. I was still admitted to UCLA, but was put in the “special group” on the preferred waiting list at GULC, and rejected at Berkeley, Harvard, and UChicago. I didn’t apply for a merit scholarship at Duke after it became clear to me that…
…rec letters are a good idea! I included 2 as a KJD, and it has gone pretty well. Things I wish I knew: NEVER count yourself out! I thought about applying to Knight-Hennessy early on, and then thought I didn’t have a shot/that it was too much work. Regretting that now haha, I may have had a chance!- High-stat KJDs…
N-KJD (2 yrs WE), N-URM minority, low-income HYPSM undergrad
Hard work and a cohesive narrative help a lot. I spent approximately 1 year (mixed levels of intensity) studying for the LSAT and went from 152 to 171. I’m a KJD, but I’ve had several unusual internships. I’m also an engineering major in a genuinely unique program. Experiences in this program have shaped my…
…my family to go to law school, but that isn’t very unique. KJD who graduated in three years from University of Alabama with a double major in Philosophy (with a Jurisprudence concentration) and History. Minored in English. Had a 4.11 uGPA at the time of applying, maintained 4.11 for Spring semester, graduated with a…
…Advice for future applicants: Don’t be KJD unless absolutely necessary- . Most of the below advice hinges on having a longer runway to prepare for law school. I’m glad I took time to work, and not just because (as a splitter) it probably improved my admissions outcomes. Don’t take the LSAT until you’ve reached your…
…early fall helped me stand out. I also highly encourage KJD applicants to take a year off and get some work experience before applying. I am a reapplicant from last cycle and having some exposure to the legal field (as a legal asst/paralegal) made me 10x more confident in my decision to apply to law school. It’s…
KJD but graduated from undergrad with BA & MA in 4 years. Withdrew from Stanford, Columbia, Penn, and Duke before receiving official scholarship offers. Did not negotiate for more aid from schools.
Reapplicant. Last year is https://www.lsd.law/users/creep/MindlessUsefulFox. Focusing on my essays and not applying as a KJD helped a lot the second time around.
…was way too casual. Don’t try to be funny :( Re-applicant KJD 169-> waited a year reapplied with a 179 + one year work experience
**Please please PLEASE take time off in between undergrad and law school! ** So many KJDs just want to go straight through “to get law school over with” or “not waste time because they’re 100% sure they want to be a lawyer.” And while the latter may be true for some, there is so much you learn—about yourself, your…
R&R applicant. Applied in the 2023-2024 cycle as a KJD with 165 LSAT and struck out of T-14 with some acceptances in T-30. Hope that my outcomes this year can convince others that gaining some relevant work experience and boosting your LSAT score is 100% worth it.
…be high quality if you decide to write them. If you are a KJD, I know the pressure to enter the legal field early is real and the whole “why would I waste my time in another career” mentality may exist, but please consider taking a gap year or two to work. It can be the difference between As vs Rs at top law schools…
…in a school, it made the essays much better. If you’re not KJD, ask for your rec letters in the spring and start writing your essays in the summer. Saves a whole lot of anxiety. Good luck and Go Blue.
…originally dead-set on wanting to go completely through KJD, but the pandemic happened and it didn’t work out (I didn’t want to do Zoom University School of Law). Honestly, so thankful it happened that way (everything happens for a reason as the cliche goes.) I was not emotionally, mentally, psychologically,…
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