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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Admitted to (Part-time) Mitchell HamlineTrust 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…
Be kind to yourself. Don’t check application statuses daily or you’ll drive yourself crazy. If you score low on your LSAT, and you can take it again, do it. But if it’s messing with your mental health, it is OKAY to take a break! Don’t drive yourself into the ground over law school admissions. Also, remember to be…
You are never too old to follow your dreams!
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. -LBJ Quit letting people tell you what you can and can’t do: Tanked my GPA my freshman year of undergrad (with F’s) and dropped out of college to focus on working. Returned to finish undergrad while working full-time and proceeded to earn a 4.0…
As a non-trad student, keep in mind what your lifestyle is and what you’d like to maintain as you attend law school. Be honest with yourself as you decide where to apply. Continue to be honest with yourself as you consider the full cost of attendance for each school, keeping in mind tuition cost, travel cost, the…
Patience is everything, don’t check your status everyday because it will consume you. Let what will happen, happen. Also LSAT is not everything, don’t let a score lower your confidence or make you feel less than. The worst part is over, and you will become a lawyer.
Go back in and double check all your applications. It’s not too late to send something you may have missed.
Holistic applications will get you farther than you think. Write the addemdums. Show the schools who you are, explain scores, why you want to go to law school, and be honest! Tour if possible and always be polite when emailing when admissions. Apply for some reach schools! Good luck and take care, this process is…
Visit at least one law school and sit in on a class before you even apply! Then ask yourself if you can truly envision being totally immersed in that type of environment for a few years.
Don’t do what I did… Take care of business while you are young.
‘You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.’ - Eleanor Roosevelt
Never too late.
LSAT 157 GPA 3.40 2022–23 cycle
Attending (Part-time) Loyola University Chicago
Apply early. If you think you can get a better LSAT score, keep trying. It’ll be worth waiting another cycle (trying to take my own advice here).
_ Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. _
Retook the LSAT and am following up with schools that waitlisted me as well as schools that offered to see if I can get more money.
All you can do is your best. Give it, and watch how the universe works in your favor. Again… be nervous for what?!?!?
Start studying for the LSAT early and apply early!!
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