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Applicant wisdom

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

LSAT 169 GPA 3.86 2022–23 cycle

Attending Yale University

***BLANKET THE T14 AS A URM, MILITARY, SUPER SPLITTER, AND REVERSE SUPER SPLITTER!!!! IMMATERIAL OF YOUR STATS, JUST DO IT!!!!!!! ***(Super means above a 75th but below the other 25th) Motivation and good advice: https://www.lsd.law/users/creep/Glaucon191 ***BLACK APPLICANTS READ THIS PLEASE!!!!!: ***…

LSAT 176 GPA 3.41 2021–22 cycle

Attending University of Chicago

…“I just studied a lot.”  Because I was such an intense splitter, my cycle was pretty insane. I never would have expected I would even have a shot at getting in to Chicago and I almost didn’t apply. Decided to send one just to see what happened and I’m so glad I did! My advice to splitters would be to not pay too…

LSAT 169 GPA 4.11 2021–22 cycle

Attending University of Michigan

Long recap below ordered by: Biographical, LSAT, Softs, PS, Applications. Summary: Had inconsistent results, but such is the life of a splitter. Apply broadly, study as hard as you can for the LSAT, and emphasize how you’ll fit into a school. I thought I was more likely to get into Cornell than UMich or NW, so 1.)…

LSAT 167 GPA 3.97 2022–23 cycle

Attending University of Virginia

Softs matter. Shoot your shot! Blanket the T20, especially if you’re a splitter or reverse splitter. If a $45 CAS fee gets you an extra acceptance or even $50 extra in scholarship money it’s worth it. All fee waivers unsolicited except Berkeley and UW. Wrote all optional essays. Also unsolicited Why X for CLS, UVA,…

LSAT 173 GPA 3.78 2023–24 cycle

Attending Georgetown University

…overcome mediocre softs, or at least not in 2024. Being a splitter didn’t help either, but I’ve seen enough people with my stats get better outcomes than me to say that it wouldn’t have screwed me on its own. Also, I’m pretty sure I might be the only person on this site to fail to get my GULC scholarship raised, let…

LSAT 173 GPA 3.27 2021–22 cycle

Attending University of Virginia

The Big Lessons From My Cycle: The biggest lesson to take from my cycle in particular is that, for super-splitters like myself (below every 25th uGPA median and above every 75th LSAT median), writing really strong essays can move the needle and make you stand out from the big crowd of “very good but flawed” T14…