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Applicant wisdom

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

LSAT 156 GPA 3.86 2025–26 cycle

Attending University of San Francisco

…applicants but exacerbates anxiety for current applicants. splitters: apply as early as u possibly can, and pour ur heart and soul into your essays, even the optional ones first-gens: weigh your options! meaningful upward mobility + minimal debt > prestige (imo) :) love u down, a first-gen splitter

LSAT 173 GPA 3.46 2024–25 cycle

Attending University of California—Los Angeles

splitters beware: apply early! i don’t think i ever had a great shot at columbia/nyu/ucla/usc, but i snuck into one of them with a good narrative and a good “why me / why now”. but don’t listen to the people who say 173 is competitive everywhere. it’s not. the earlier you apply, the more you can get away with…