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

LSAT 175 GPA 3.80 2024–25 cycle

Attending Yale University

…11/6 University of Virginia (9/1) Why X- Academic Addendum Interview invitation (9/5) Interview completed (9/9) ACCEPTED 9/10 Northwestern University (9/3) Optional on public service- Optional on academic history Interview invitation (9/6) Interview completed (9/12) ACCEPTED 1/23 Cornell University (9/3) Why X…

LSAT 168 GPA 3.96 2022–23 cycle

Attending Stanford University

…with as official scores!!!!! ««< Good luck! **Harvard Interview: ** I am one of the few people who got rejected from Harvard after getting an interview lol. Harvard published stats from the 20-21 cycle and reported that 74% of interviewees were accepted, making me part of the bottom 26% (assuming the percentages are…

LSAT 179 GPA 3.95 2024–25 cycle

Attending Yale University

…11/22) and then UR4 on 12/4 (the day before I got the II). Interviewer was the sweetest person in the world and was just incredibly kind to me. Got the acceptence call around 7:00 am MST, and had a voicemail left (I was sleeping). Called back when I woke up :) ASU was my second A, I found out via email right as I…

LSAT 174 GPA 3.71 2021–22 cycle

Attending New York University

…got the R in Feb when I already had 8 T15 acceptances, an interview for BLOS for $$$$ at Berk, and $$$ from Michigan). Now, I look back and I am so grateful I had the choices I did, because it made me make the most financially sound decision and I am happy where I landed- . If Harvard would have accepted me, I would…

LSAT 173 GPA 3.95 2024–25 cycle

Attending University of Michigan

…a friend. **Personal statement ** Do not use AI at all! **Interviews ** I thought most of my interviews went poorly, but I was admitted to 4/5 of schools I interviewed at. I still cringe thinking about some of my interview answers, so know that there is hope if you feel like an interview didn’t go well. Although I…

LSAT 176 GPA 3.91 2023–24 cycle

Attending Harvard University

…essays submitted with app. Felt good about the interview. Penn (A) - Submitted a supplemental essay, felt like it was strong and expressed good alignment with Penn offerings in it. Duke (A) - Felt good about this whole app. Re-used and adjusted supplements. Did not complete financial aid interview – was awarded $0.…

LSAT 172 GPA 3.89 2022–23 cycle

Attending Yale University

…Scholarship the following week. Michigan Invited to interview for the Darrow- 12/16. Interviewed on 1/16 and got the award one week later on 1/23. NYU Invited to interview for RTK- on 2/7. Withdrew from RTK before the interview because I knew I would take the Darrow/Mordecai/AnBryce over the RTK with its five-year…

LSAT 171 GPA 4.00 2025–26 cycle

Attending Harvard University

…focus on outcomes over rankings, and be personable in interviews. Background: I am a highly non-traditional applicant. Although I was born in the US, I spent my entire childhood and high school abroad, followed by four years of mandatory military service as a combat officer in that country’s military. I later…

LSAT 178 GPA 4.00 2020–21 cycle

Attending Columbia University

…at Michigan on 11/11/2020 and got the invite for a Darrow interview in early December (interview date and date awarded the Darrow are listed in scholarship details). There aren’t a ton of details about the Darrow interview, so I’ll say it was a very standard interview by law school admissions standards—the person I…

LSAT 177 GPA 3.58 2022–23 cycle

Attending New York University

…college grad and first-gen professional. NYU Received an interview invite for AnBryce on February 13, 2023. Roughly 30 finalists interviewing for 10 spots. Interviewed in the Clifford Chance panel in NYC on March 30, 2023. There were 3 other panels at other NYC firms going on simultaneously, as well. And there was…

LSAT 178 GPA 3.97 2025–26 cycle

Attending Yale University

…yourself time to come back to them with fresh eyes! For interview preparation, I kept it simple. I reviewed questions that other applicants reported they had been asked or that the law school provided in advance, wrote out some possible answers to start thinking it through and two or three questions I had about the…

LSAT 176 GPA 3.70 2023–24 cycle

Attending Stanford University

…throughout to understand how and why your hook fits in. Interview Lesson - be risk averse and avoid politics at all costs Yale rejected me after a bizarre interview where Dean Ingber explicitly strayed from the purported interview script and inquired expressly into religion/politics (I was polite and was trying to…

LSAT 168 GPA 3.90 2022–23 cycle

Attending Harvard University

…I wrote optionals for every school I could and took all interviews. I bombed the NU KIRA so if you get nervous during interviews I would practice first. I think I did well for most of my other interviews, with Chicago’s being my favorite! If you do not have the strongest numbers, make sure your essays, rec letters,…

LSAT 177 GPA 3.92 2023–24 cycle

Attending Harvard University

Notes and dates for future applicants to promote transparency in this painstaking process :) Harvard 3/18 - Waitlisted 5/1 - Sent LOCI 5/3 - Interview invite 5/8 - Interviewed 5/14 - Feeler call (5:30pm ET) 5/15 - Acceptance call (11:31am ET) UChicago 3/14 - Received initial scholarship award ($30,000). 3/22 -…

LSAT 172 GPA 4.11 2021–22 cycle

Attending University of Michigan

…wrote small why Chicago paragraph in PS, felt like interview went well NYU: wrote RTK scholarship essay, submitted GRE (336) UVA: wrote small why UVA paragraph in PS, felt like interview didn’t go well (Zoom link was sent for the wrong time so flustered) Berkeley: wrote Why Berkeley additional essay, did not extend…

LSAT 180 GPA 3.97 2020–21 cycle

Attending Yale University

…No Why X. Did not have good answers to “Why Harvard?” at interview. | UChicago: No Why X. Interview was conversational and nice. | CLS: Included Why X in PS. | NYU: Included Why X in PS. Applied for programmatic scholarships (finalist for 2 (withdrew before interview), withdrew before hearing back from 2). |…

LSAT 175 GPA 4.09 2023–24 cycle

Attending Yale University

…and the to-do list will get shorter. Be authentic in interviews. I was kind of weird in all of my interviews, but being yourself is always better than trying to be “more impressive” or “smarter.” Prepare a little bit ahead of each interview and then just go do your best. They are interviewing you because they like…

LSAT 168 GPA 3.72 2023–24 cycle

Attending Columbia University

…beg Dean Andy to let me in. - I got invited to do a Group Interview around 2 days after I submitted my app and interviewed on Nov 6. I got the “exceptional group” speech during the group interview and in the email after. WL email was the “special group within our priority waitlist”. Idk what that means because they…