My T2 softs have to do with disability, ethnic background, and speaking a language with ~50-100 speakers as part of a revival project. I was waitlisted at every T20-T30-T40 I applied to… then somehow rejected by two T60s.
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55 yo - It’s never too late to get a fresh start. It’s never too early to start out fresh.
Trust Jesus and ask him to be in your life! He will get you into your dream school and He got me into Harvard law. It was my dream for years, and it was an impossible, unreachable, depressing, and unrealistic goal. But if He is truly God, then the impossible for us is simply nothing for him. Ask him to show you…
Casted a shallow net, applied to only ABA-approved online/part time programs. I plan to stay Active Duty Army while in law school (non-FLEP, 9 years of service) so I had to find to schools whose synchronous classes would not interfere with my duty day. I also had to rule out hybrid programs that required bi-monthly…
Study no less than 10 weeks for LSAT - I recommend the book the LSAT trainer. Do your absolute best to take the August LSAT, so if you have to take it again you can next take the October or November one, since by the time the August scores are released the registration for the September test will be closed. Start…
Forget all the fancy LSAT prep. I made more score improvement using Law Hub’s additional practice tests and just taking test after test. Couple this with Khan Academy’s free LSAT prep worked wonders. Be careful reading Reddit. You have a whole lot of people pitching and moaning about not getting into an Ivy League…
You are never too old to follow your dreams!
Go back in and double check all your applications. It’s not too late to send something you may have missed.
Never too late.
“Hurry up and wait” is real. It’s not just you - we’re all refreshing our status checker any time we have a chance.
The emotional vulnerability and big feelings that will arise AND how long it all takes.
Start studying for the LSAT early and apply early!!
Non- Traditional doesn’t mean it can’t happen.
You got this.
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