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

LSAT 170 GPA 3.74 2024–25 cycle

Attending University of Minnesota

…(in app) about Why ASU law, Inclusive Excellence Statement Addenda: C&F (traffic), LSAT Score Increase George Washington University Accepted - 11/7 (39 days) via email, $40k/yr ($$) emailed 2/26 Application sent 9/29 Optional Essays: Identity Statement Addenda: Education Gap Washington and Lee University Accepted -…

LSAT 167 GPA 3.65 2022–23 cycle

Attending University of Washington

Application Components:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PKETmeTic01VbUu0nRdaOcLqXJbejtd8?usp=sharing Finding any examples of personal statements, addenda or scholarship applications were like gold to me during this process so I’ll try and pay it forward. Anyone who knows me will be able to fully tell so…uh,…

LSAT 175 GPA 3.54 2021–22 cycle

Attending Georgetown University

Note about low GPA: I had a 2.4 GPA my freshman year, then roughly a 3.9 across my last 3 years. I wrote a strong addendum that I think explained this as well as possible. That said, I’m not sure how sympathetic schools were to my story. I’m a KJD so this only happened 2 years prior to me sending my applications. It…

LSAT 167 GPA 3.34 2020–21 cycle

Attending Boston College

Wrote diversity statement and GPA addendum; Over 4.0 GPA at degree-granting institution (50% of units completed there); Wrote Why NDLS and Why Irvine; Wrote Programmatic Contribution for UCLA; Explained desire for criminal law through PS, Diversity Statement, and letters of rec Based on projections for this cycle…

LSAT 174 GPA 3.71 2024–25 cycle

Attending University of Pennsylvania

…went UR III 3/21 Additional application info: Did a GPA addendum for all schools (was sick for part of undergrad)- Did no optional essays for UChi, Harvard, UVA, NYU, Northwestern, Michigan, Berkeley, UCLA, WashU, BU, TAMU, Fordham, ASU, UW, or UBC Submitted the music optional essay for Stanford, the resilience…

LSAT 180 GPA 3.43 2024–25 cycle

Attending University of Virginia

…from studying before the actual exam. **GPA: ** -Wrote an addendum addressing a neurological issue and several family deaths that all happened during undergrad. -Will also be 7 years removed from undergrad when starting law school. -Didn’t have a STEM major, but had a STEM-heavy course load. Personal Statement:…

LSAT 170 GPA 3.60 2022–23 cycle

Attending University of California—Davis

…you are below median GPA, explain why. **- I wrote a GPA addendum for Berkeley, and I think it helped me get WL’ed below medians instead of R’ed. I also wrote it as a response to one of USC’s application questions, and I actually got in.