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

LSAT 171 GPA 3.00 2023–24 cycle

Attending Cornell University

…DOCUMENTS LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION TRANSCRIPTS VISITS & INTERVIEWS CREATING A USEFUL EXCEL SPREADSHEET APPLYING RELAX CONCLUSION SUCCEEDING ON YOUR LSAT PRACTICE I spent a year studying for the LSAT. My first diagnostic score was a 142. After about 4 months of independent study, I was consistently in the high…

LSAT 163 GPA 3.94 2022–23 cycle

Attending University of Texas at Austin

…02/01- Georgetown: top ten (musical related), Alumni interview invite 1/4, interview 1/17, preferred waitlist BU: public interest scholly app & essay Vandy: Almuni interview denied bc I was studying abroad UT: interview invite 01/03, interview conducted 01/05

LSAT 163 GPA 2.88 2019–20 cycle

Attending University of Nevada—Las Vegas

…Lewis & Clark: 10/30 - got an email today inviting me to interview with adcomms - I scheduled a phone interview during the second week of November. 11/12 - interviewed. Conversational, low-stress. Indicated that decisions would roll around in early January. 12/18 - received the acceptance email! Surprised to receive…

LSAT 170 GPA 4.00 2021–22 cycle

Attending University of Notre Dame

…a very strong “why vandy” and completed optional alumni interview WASHU: no optional essays; invited to interview almost immediately USC: my dream school! tailored my PS to include “why usc” but did not write optional essay BU: wrote “why bu” UMN: tailored PS to include “why umn” NOTRE DAME: wrote a KILLER “why…

LSAT 170 GPA 3.51 2020–21 cycle

Attending Duke University

GPA had significant upward trend (near 4.0 for junior and senior years) Duke scholarship interview March 24; Duke scholarship decision April 7

LSAT 161 GPA 3.92 2024–25 cycle

Attending Emory University

…and wide, doing all optional essays and pre-recorded video interviews. I reused some of my essays but also wrote probably 10 unique essays in total. Every school I applied to was intentional– I didn’t throw out a reach school “just to see” (I didn’t have the money to do that). The “safeties” I applied to were all…