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

LSAT 166 GPA 3.72 2022–23 cycle

Attending Temple University

…and draft optional essays. Prepare for different types of interview formats. If given the option to interview, be ready for anything. I found that schools usually do interviews through pre-recorded video responses instead of you talking to someone directly. One school only asked low-stress icebreaker questions and…

LSAT 162 GPA 3.70 2021–22 cycle

Admitted to University of Virginia

…I should have wrote them regardless. Especially for Duke. Interviewed at WashU (adcomm), Vandy (alumni), GULC (group), Cornell (KIRA), Northwestern (KIRA). Advice: I think I re-wrote my PS and DS statements over 20 times lol. Create a really strong and cohesive narrative. My PS and DS were on different topics, yet…

LSAT 165 GPA 4.00 2020–21 cycle

Attending Yeshiva University (Cardozo)

-wrote programmatic contribution for ucla -did upenn’s values essay -vandy interview on 11/11 (requested in app a week prior to interview date) -published undergraduate thesis in liberal arts field

LSAT 166 GPA 3.89 2024–25 cycle

Attending University of Notre Dame

Minnesota- did interview and got response a week later. interview important to do ASU- did not write any of their essays and only applied because it was free. I wasn’t gonna go if I got in anyways Temple- got scholarship with acceptance. got what I expected when I applied 1/30 no response from any school in January…

LSAT 167 GPA 3.73 2020–21 cycle

Attending Pennsylvania State - Dickinson Law

Wrote Why X and optionals Public interest law White, LGBTQ+, disabled Dean’s list Published writer, interviewed for national and international publications, professional speaker Assoc. Dir. at an advocacy nonprofit Art background

LSAT 172 GPA 3.73 2020–21 cycle

Attending University of Michigan

…has their life together” things. ⛧ I am really garbage at interviewing, so I’m pretty sure those hurt me across the board. ⛧ ☠ ⛧ Go blue! ⛧ ☠ ⛧

LSAT 162 GPA 3.97 2023–24 cycle

Attending Indiana University - Bloomington

…I was waitlisted at. Withdrew from WashU in late March - I interviewed in late Oct and was essentially ghosted. I had chosen a school already and elected to withdraw before receiving a decision.