Welcome to my profile! Feel free to peruse my “decision diary” below :) April 20, 2026: WL -> R @ Wisconsin Okay, I guess that’s one less LOCI to write? I don’t know if I would have wrote one anyway. I have NO clue what Wisconsin admissions is looking for this year, but I guess it’s not me. March 30, 2026: R @ USC I…
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Admitted to University of Michigan…it’s time, let them be the ones to say yes or no! **START EARLY, START EARLY, START EARLY!**If I had one major regret for this cycle, it was waiting so long to get started on my statements. I didn’t realize how much work it was going to be… I kept hearing that it’s okay to apply in Dec/Jan (and it is), but for me-…
…what separate you from other applicants. Ultimately, my decision came down to UCLA, Michigan, Duke, and Virginia. I loved all four of their environmental programs. Virginia came in with the lowest scholarship offer of any of my acceptances, and UCLA was just a little too far away from home, so it became a battle…
…the week I got the A Gray bar at WashU within a week of decision GW date did disappear but I do not remember when NDLS admissions department is a hot mess Vandy didn’t need this many WL waves. They could have just sent them all at once. W&L is not the kind of school I would have felt comfortable at. If you are…
…like housing applications that you will want to submit early to ensure you have the best possible living situation for your 1L year. In my case, I wanted to live in the Lawyer’s Club at Michigan. Those housing applications opened on April 8th, which accelerated my decision. This meant that I didn’t have time to wait…
…The first list is of when people reported getting decisions from various schools back here and on Reddit (days of week and times of day in PST). This does not show what times or days I heard back (necessarily)—it’s just what I was using to know when to obsessively refresh my email. The second list is my manual…
APPLY EARLY! I submitted all applications except for Penn and NYU in early September. While I had strong personal statements and wrote optional ‘Why X’ essays for Berk, Duke, Mich, UVA, Georgetown, GW, and Vanderbilt, I think being in the first wave of applicants in the early fall helped me stand out. I also highly…
…UMich or NW, so 1.) don’t fall in love with schools too early and 2.) apply broadly because the process is unpredictable. Finally, apply broadly. Also, make sure you apply broadly. PM me on Reddit (u/CertifiedClairvoyant). I’m more than happy to put my now irrelevant admissions knowledge to use. This especially goes…
…. They can’t afford to risk their medians by admitting you early, and will generally only do so once they have solidified their GPA median. Not every school will be in this position, nor will every school need another high LSAT to boost that median, which is why you need to apply widely and why you shouldn’t get…
…also has great applicant advice videos on their website early in the cycle). Adcomms and their official advice should be your first and most trusted sources of information. You have to be willing to do some basic background/cursory research before engaging or asking questions in a public forum or you risk looking…
…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 have a VERY fine line to walk. Put a lot of effort into supplementals for schools with a tendency to yield protect…
…once my apps were in and only rejoined once I had some decisions I was proud of.- Don’t write an “aww poor me” personal statement about oppression. If you wanna write about -isms make it bigger than yourself. Write about how you volunteered at XYZ organization because alleviating the -ism in ABC community is…
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