…172 in March. While I submitted most of my applications by early November, I took advantage of my improved LSAT score in March and applied to Duke, UT, GULC, and NDLS. It’s important to note that my application faced significant C&F challenges, which I believe played a significant role in some of the…
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Admitted to University of Florida (Levin)Ask for fee waivers, I was only told ‘no’ twice. Apply early and widely. Look at the NALP and ABA Employment reports and base your decisions on where to apply and attend on those. Assume you will be an average student and make sure you’re ok with the average outcomes for the schools you consider. EVERY part of your…
…vouch for you. Bland letters do not help. Apply as early as possible. Once you’re happy with your LSAT score, you have as good a GPA as you can get, etc., then apply. It definitely helped me with my applications. Being in-state and out-of-state does play some sort of a role in admissions decisions with public…
Ask every school for fee waivers, apply early, and max out your LSAT and GPA. Your softs will not make you but they can break you, so make sure your personal statement, additional essays, and resume are coherent and typo-free. Other than that, you’re at the mercy of the admission cycle. Also, try not to constantly…
Application Timing: Apply early, especially if you have lower stats. The majority of my apps (including Duke) were submitted mid-September. I don’t think I would’ve gotten into Duke if I had waited a couple months longer. GPA: I went to an undergrad with severe and notorious grade deflation, and the law schools were…
…How I made decisions + thoughts and math on CoA (3 year total): Most of my withdraws happened after getting a full ride to UIUC. Schools I was most interested in post-offers: Davis, Iowa, W&L, UIUC. It came to Davis and Iowa, Davis barely won with their late scholarship increase. In the end it didn’t really matter,…
…format for an entire year, but also due to my **graduating early **and working throughout my time in school). As such, I’m hoping that my work experience will carry my résumé. Where possible, I wrote Why X’s that connected my technology work background to my goals in law and each school’s particular offerings. My…
…all accepted me with a 3.52, no other schools gave me any decisions (unless you count a hold from Fordham) until after my transcript was updated. My advice/takeaways: It only takes 1 acceptance. Don’t be so hellbent on BigLaw, plenty of ways to make money and have great careers within law. (Big4, Midlaw, regional…
CAS updated on 2/9 with new 3.95 GPA, all decisions made after this date had this new GPA on file. Only a .01 difference so probably didn’t make a difference. Lots of leadership positions on campus, research positions & published article, regular degular on-campus job Would definitely say that I had a consistent…
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