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OldSharpRhinoceros

LSAT 158 · GPA 3.20 · 2020–21 cycle

Attending University of Oklahoma

…where my GPA was below the 25% line, I also wrote an addendum with no BS stating facts of how her illness affected my ability to go to class and how I managed school, work, visiting her in the hospital, and helping run her business. LSU requested a diversity statement and I chose to write mine about coming from a…

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SoggyParsimoniousPossum

LSAT 164 · GPA 2.00 · 2023–24 cycle

Admitted to University of Kansas

LSAC slaughtered my GPA (how the fuck do withdrawals count?). My LSAC GPA is actually sub-2. Degree GPA is 3.1. I wrote a really nice addendum. LSAT Strategy- I had an extremely demanding job while studying for LSAT. I’m fine at LR and RC, so I just spent all possible time doing logic games over and over and over…

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ENGtonotPL

LSAT 157 · GPA 2.50 · 2023–24 cycle

Attending Washburn University

…also had an upward trend in grades and I did not write an addendum. Well I wrote it, about 15 times over, but never submitted it. Every time I read it, it felt like an excuse. I took a hard degree, and I didn’t work as hard as I should have. That simple. The law school admission’s groups are incredibly smart people.…