I am going to law school no matter what — Reverse splitters unite 🩷 UPDATE Mar. 2026: Seat is secured 🎂 I found my calling heading into my third year of college, though I’m a “KJD” on paper, I’ve already found my life’s work. I’m a first-gen lawyer that doesn’t know what I’m doing. I credit a lot of my knowledge to…
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My priority was staying out of debt, so I used this site to maximize my scholarship potential. You should too! I didn’t apply to any “reach schools”, only schools were people with similar stats got a decent scholarship. My number one piece of advice is to prioritize staying out of debt over rank or prestige. I’ve…
LSAT 166 GPA 3.51 2025–26 cycle
Admitted to Indiana University - Bloomington
If you’ve already applied, get off this website (and r/lawschooladmissions) for your mental health’s sake. If you’re anything like me it won’t make you feel any better regardless of what you see.
LSAT 153 GPA 3.85 2025–26 cycle
Attending University of Illinois—Urbana Champaign
Being put on the waitlist does NOT mean a rejection. In order to be accepted off the waitlist, you have to put yourself out there and become comfortable doing things that you otherwise wouldn’t have done. Persistence is key!
Apply wide. Really wide. Embarrassingly wide. Then let the dust settle and make the smartest boring decision available. Prestige is a fine thing until you’re paying for it with money you don’t have chasing outcomes that aren’t guaranteed. The humble path taken confidently beats the prestigious path taken anxiously…
If I can do it so can you!!! Don’t let anyone rain on your parade!!! 🌟
Let the schools tell YOU no if you have the means to make it rain applications. I strongly suggest 7Sage to study. I also used the LSAT Trainer, and the first 5 pages of the PowerScore Logic games bible.
You get what you put into it… tell the truth.
Had awful GPA in teens/20s. Took a decade off from school. Came back with a bunch of work experience and ran off a 4.0 to end my college career despite maintaining a full time job with kids.
Apply everywhere you want to go. The worst that could happen is they say no. Even if you receive a rejection, that is not an indicator of your worth or how successful you could be one day.
There is a road, no simple highway, between the dawn and the dark of night. And if you go, no one may follow. That path is for your steps alone. Robert Hunter
Don’t pay for grad school!
If you get sent to WL for your dream school- fight for your spot- you just might make the mark.
Keep going toward your purpose. The right school for you won’t care about your LSAT score.
Fight until their last breath because a victor never stops breathing.
have fun giving oral arguments and having anxiety during cold calls
Never give up, if it was easy everyone would do it
you made it this far, so don’t give up now :)
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