Take a deep breath, get yourself a cinnamon roll, and watch the office <3 ““You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” -Wayne Gretzky” -Michael Scott I panic applied to so many schools because I was unsure how my cycle would turn out as a reverse splitter. My cycle is proof that the LSAT isn’t everything! My…
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Admitted to University of TorontoAPPLY EARLY. (i.e., by Nov) I got this advice from every 1L I spoke with, yet I really let time slip from my hands - sigh. What took me so long was in part because I kept revising my essays - wasn’t totally in love with them. Should’ve had them polished and ready to go in the summer, but was exhausted from working…
Wrote LSAT FLEX 3x (170 -> 166 ->177), no addendum. Wrote 3 Books Essay for Stanford, Core Values Essay for Penn, Why Xs for Michigan and Berkeley, Programmatic contributions for UCLA, applied for Furman Academic for NYU. For most schools (all but Harvard and UCLA because of space restrictions) tailored the final…
Study for the damn LSAT. Don’t hold yourself back because of self-doubt - the worst they can say is no. It ain’t over til its over.
Allow yourself to dream
never doubt urself. write all the optional essays
I applied broadly across the T14 with no safeties because I’m a KJD and decided that unless I got into a school I was really excited about I would R&R. There were definitely some T14s I was more excited about than others, but because I got fee waivers from CCN–>GT I applied everywhere. Why X for all schools except…
Fellow international applicants, consider seriously about applying to U of Toronto Law and UBC Law; admission into T14 is a lottery system for us…
I got that dog in me Post-cycle notes: Submitted all my apps within 2 weeks of apps opening (most on Sep 19, except for Yale which opened later)- Didn’t do a whole lot of scholly negotiation because by March I was between UCLA & Penn (barring Stanny) Sent several LOCIs to Stanny, which was my top pick, but a WL is…
Bonus info for Canadian applicants! UofT: Wrote optional essay about “a meaningful intellectual experience”. McGill: Interview was conducted to determine French proficiency. I answered most questions in French, and I have a high-intermediate ability in reading and aural comprehension UBC: Index score of 94
168 September 2022 LSAT Applications put on hold in January pending Score 172 January 2022 LSAT Received February 1st off hold Cancelled February 2022 LSAT Sometimes the correct lesson to learn from a surprise is that the world is surprising
wow this is a brutal cycle
Don’t stress out too much! Everything about applying to law school takes far longer than it really should, but someday it’s suddenly all over :)
Are Canadians URM?
Graduate GPA: 3.95 2nd-4th Year GPA: 3.72 1st Year GPA: 3.0
Canadian School Stats: OLSAS GPA 3.77, L2: 3.76, B3: 3.86
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