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

LSAT 161 GPA 3.05 2024–25 cycle

Attending Suffolk University

…Start drafting everything (personal statement, resume, addenda, etc.) as early as possible. You will edit everything so many times that your first draft vs. final draft will look nothing alike, and they probably won’t even be about the same topic by the end. So it genuinely does not matter what you write, but it…

LSAT 167 GPA 2.63 2024–25 cycle

Attending University of Miami

…focus on the highs- : if you spend a paragraph in an addendum describing adverse circumstances from undergrad, spend a paragraph describing how you bounced back and put yourself in a position for it not to happen again **Way below 25th percentile? Go for it anyways: **- If a law school is building a 25th percentile…

LSAT 168 GPA 2.42 2021–22 cycle

Attending Washington and Lee University

…how I applied my skills throughout my career. I wrote an addendum concerning my GPA. This being a thorough honest assessment on my younger self then juxtaposing that assessment with the current academic me. I hoped to show myself being a simple, coherent, and thoughtful writer with every document I submitted. It…

LSAT 155 GPA 2.80 2021–22 cycle

Attending Albany Law School Of Union University

…I experienced, my GPA fell down to a 2.8. I wrote an addendum but I don’t know how much weight that pulled. The one main thing I would have done differently would have been to take the LSAT again in Jan or Feb, but I fully bought into the idea that the earlier you send in apps, the better. I hope my profile can help…