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

LSAT 163 GPA 4.18 2023–24 cycle

Attending Stanford University

POST CYCLE COMMENTS negotiate. negotiate. negotiate- . During my cycle, USC and ASU were the only schools to offer me aid. USC offered $$$.5 since I was selected to be a part of the Honors Scholars program. I used that aid to negotiate with UCLA to get $$. Same with Berkeley when they offered me $$. I could have…

LSAT 166 GPA 3.89 2024–25 cycle

Attending University of Notre Dame

…few minutes after admission. Not as much as I wanted. Will negotiate loyola- got admissions email and waiting until 2/26 for financial aid. Will try to negotiate for full tuition Notre dame- got email around 3-4 PM ET. Got scholarship email a few minutes later. Will negotiate with them for higher scholarship USC-…

LSAT 179 GPA 3.50 2021–22 cycle

Attending Georgetown University

…apps to be perfect, and I am grateful I waited in the end. Negotiatie, negotiate, negotiate! I used different offers/asks and negotiated with Georgetown 4 times over 2 months before getting to a final offer. June 2020 LSAT Flex 179 (was PT’ing in the 170-175 range primarily) 2 years full-time work experience in…

LSAT 171 GPA 3.93 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of California—Berkeley

…this is the highest they offer outside of Rothman. Won’t negotiate. Duke: Scholarship interview 3/4. Received email 3/8! They told me it would be three weeks, but I got the offer only a few days later. Looks like a good first offer. Sent reconsideration 4/14 heard back 4/18. It’s a lot of money, and one of their…

LSAT 172 GPA 3.79 2022–23 cycle

Attending Duke University

…weeks later. My one complaint is that Duke’s scholarship negotiation committee was not very open to negotiations, and my financial aid award did not change after requesting reconsideration. **Yale: **March 07, REJECTED - Well, we all saw this coming. I never expected to get into Yale, being below both medians, but…

LSAT 172 GPA 4.10 2024–25 cycle

Attending Stanford University

…that consistency was key. I treated my studying like a non-negotiable commitment but also made sure I wasn’t burning myself out and took one day off per week. I took it twice and went from a 171–>172 (lol). After the second try, I decided to turn my focus to my other application components, as a 172 was at the…

LSAT 170 GPA 3.74 2024–25 cycle

Attending University of Minnesota

…According to their scholarship application, they do not negotiate. Application sent October 1, the day it opened Optional Essays: Supplemental Essay prompt 2 (Life Experience), Education Interruption (in app) Addenda: None Extra 500 word essay required for merit scholarship consideration, due ~2 weeks after…

LSAT 177 GPA 4.27 2024–25 cycle

Attending Yale University

…for all application fees and all but 10 CAS fees. Did not negotiate with any school since most got back to me after I was happy with other offers.

LSAT 170 GPA 3.96 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of Pennsylvania

Get your best possible GPA and LSAT. Write about what makes you who you are, discuss your identity. Apply early. Apply to lots of T14s. Negotiate your aid, communicate your needs.

LSAT 172 GPA 3.88 2023–24 cycle

Attending University of California—Berkeley

…as you have a decent shot of getting into, so you can then negotiate, though this worked because I extensively demonstrated why Berkeley was my top choice, but also why I would actually go to Duke without a competitive scholarship from Berkeley.

LSAT 176 GPA 4.25 2022–23 cycle

Attending University of Pennsylvania

…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 simply not worth turning down that Penn bag Also sent LOCIs to Chicago and Michigan

LSAT 169 GPA 3.91 2021–22 cycle

Attending University of Southern California

…want to go to them or want to use them for scholarship negotiations. My second and final piece of advise is that this process really is a numbers game (to an extent). There are exceptions for URM or impressive softs, but that’s not the situation for the majority of applicants. Look at your stats twins and see how…

LSAT 171 GPA 3.75 2022–23 cycle

Attending University of Michigan

Apply early, apply widely, craft a coherent narrative, and negotiate your scholarships aggressively. Numbers get your foot in the door, the rest of your application gets you the acceptance. I think that is really shown in my results – my numbers were not competive at the very top, but I did well at schools where I…

LSAT 170 GPA 4.04 2024–25 cycle

Attending Harvard University

Write the optional essays for every school you’re serious about, that is non-negotiable if you want the best odds. Also try and apply september/october, I still feel like that does make a difference at most schools. Did not think t6 was a possibility when the cycle first began due to my LSAT being lower than their…