stay off reddit, and limit your time on here too. if you find yourself checking this site every day, please make a conscious effort to stop. pick up a new hobby. touch grass. im not joking. this site is majorly helpful for future applicants but exacerbates anxiety for current applicants. splitters: apply as early as…
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Admitted to Southwestern Law SchoolIf you are in undergrad and you know you want to go to law school, don’t graduate with a low GPA. Definitely don’t graduate with a sub-3 GPA. Ask me how I know. Just keep taking classes until you can get it up as high as you can. If you’re already out of undergrad and you fucked up and got a low GPA (especially if…
Your hard work and dedication will get you far. Trust in yourself and be a good, honest, ethical, and kind person. You got this! The world is your oyster.
You’re just a number on a spreadsheet unfortunately.
LSAT 165 GPA 3.95 2025–26 cycle
Attending University of California—Irvine
Don’t let the recommended experience you lack on your resume completely block you from applying (though please get that experience if it makes sense for you to; it didn’t for my circumstances). Admissions are looking for human beings and their stories, not a list of filled checkboxes. You can demonstrate your…
It’ll workout how it’s meant to. Go where it makes the most sense to you/where they give you the most $.
“You don’t want a criminal lawyer… you want a criminal lawyer,” jk jk jk. Worked 10+ years. Non-trad student. South east-asian. Spent 4 years in community college while working full-time. After receiving my Associates in Admin Justice, I left the States and taught English in a latin country for 3 years. I was a…
Work hard, get into the best school you can, but don’t beat yourself up. If you can, listen to Malcom Gladwell’s episode of Revisionist History about law school and the LSAT titled “The Tortoise and the Hare” to give you perspective. The practice timed runs for exams are helpful for timing pressure, but they are…
Really try to get the highest LSAT score possible. I took the LSAT 6 times (129,139,145,149,145,157) over a five year period. I wanted to go to law school since I was 22. Im now 27 turning 28 and will be 30 turning 31 when I graduate. Never give up on your dreams if you really want them. Where there is a will there…
Mid-cycle: Horrific so far. WL at 4 targets and safeties. No A’s. 1 R. Still waiting to hear from 8 schools, but 4 are reaches, 3 are targets, and 1 is a safety. I will add that I paid for a consultant, and clearly not reaping any benefits of that. 1/8/24: And it seems that’s the ballgame folks. R from Kansas, which…
Studying: Try your best, don’t get disappointed at low scores because you are trying and that is what’s important. (◕-◕) Taking LSAT: Breathe and keep going no matter how hard a section is. Waiting for score: Calm down and stop thinking about how terrible you did! (I thought I wouldn’t even get a 150 but got 155…
“Nineteen years on the street taught me that the law is a blunt instrument. Law school is where I learn to sharpen it. To the non-trads and career-changers: do not let the years intimidate you. Experience is not baggage; it is the framework that makes the theory make sense. Chase the work that keeps you awake at…
Optional Essays: (REJECTED) UCLA: Challenges Addendum, Optional Addendum USC: Diversity of Background Statement, Rothman Scholarship, Other Addendum (WAITLIST) UCI: Optional Statement, Interest in UCI (WAITLIST) Pepperdine**: Optional Statement, Addendum** (ACCEPTED)** Loyola****: Background/Identity Statement,…
I had an awful GPA due to a traumatic event that happened the beginning of my second year in school. Had to throughly explain that in my addendum. I had super strong softs in my opinion that saved me lol. I interned for my city’s courthouse, I started a nonprofit at 17 plus had so many volunteering hours outside of…
The first time I applied was in 2019. I had a 145 LSAT score and didn’t get in anywhere with my low GPA. A year later I took a Blueprint prep course and got a 150. I was very discouraged and decided not to reapply so I took a 2 year break which I don’t recommend because I lost all the progress I had gained. In 2023,…
Comparison is the thief of joy. Remember this as you’re doom-scrolling on this site.
You only need 1 “admitted” decision to go to law school, so apply broadly—including safety schools.
“LSAT is the wrecking ball.” Control what you can.
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