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

LSAT 165 GPA 3.49 2021–22 cycle

Attending Loyola Marymount University—Los Angeles

…easier to find 70ish minutes than it is 150+. Wrote an addendum for the schools that explicitly mentioned a 4+ point increase (only USC). 3.46 transcript GPA from a T5 public school (they have a T14 law school atm), 3.49 CAS with a stem degree and a minor. Upward trend that I wrote an addendum about (trend started…

LSAT 177 GPA 3.18 2022–23 cycle

Attending Boston University

…~4.0 in my final year) at a top 30 undergrad, submitting addendum. Took the LSAT four times (157 to 177), submitting addendum. 1/4 Egyptian and grew up in middle class white suburbia, not writing any diversity statements. Two years of work experience at a couple law firms, currently in tech finance BigLaw. Personal…

LSAT 170 GPA 3.59 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of Florida (Levin)

…related to your applications, try to fit it into a GPA addendum or an optional essay. This was another mistake I made. If you’re below the 25th on GPA, you better be above the 75th on LSAT. I don’t think a single school (besides maybe USC) genuinely gave a flying fuck about my GPA uptrend. Go Gators :)

LSAT 170 GPA 3.60 2022–23 cycle

Attending University of California—Davis

…you are below median GPA, explain why. **- I wrote a GPA addendum for Berkeley, and I think it helped me get WL’ed below medians instead of R’ed. I also wrote it as a response to one of USC’s application questions, and I actually got in.