stay off reddit, and limit your time on here too. if you find yourself checking this site every day, please make a conscious effort to stop. pick up a new hobby. touch grass. im not joking. this site is majorly helpful for future applicants but exacerbates anxiety for current applicants. splitters: apply as early as…
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Admitted to University of San FranciscoNo regrets about the amount of apps submitted. Knew with my stats I would need to apply broadly. Had fee waivers at every school plus 6 CAS waivers not including the three below. UPDATE: Got into my dream school!!! Don’t let anyone convince you not to apply somewhere you want to go. Most people told me to only focus…
You’re just a number on a spreadsheet unfortunately.
It’ll workout how it’s meant to. Go where it makes the most sense to you/where they give you the most $.
Going to try to keep this updated through my cycle to help out any other super-uper-duper splitters out there. Brief background**:** Changed my major twice with a strong upward trend in GPA (~2.0 in my first year vs ~4.0 in my final year) at a top 30 undergrad, submitting addendum. Took the LSAT four times (157 to…
Oct 2024 (1L year edit): Absolutely no regrets about my choice! Helpful advice for students with significant others/spouses! Why I’m choosing SCU over a full ride at McGeorge: Normally I would suggest going where the money is, especially if the schools you are considering are virtually identical academically.…
Hoping my stats give people in a similar position some hope.
Focus all of your efforts on the LSAT! Don’t think about any essays until you are completely done with the LSAT! Start the essays early. You will probably go through 20 different topic ideas (don’t delete anything when you move onto a new draft/idea - you may be able to draw from your previous drafts). Don’t get…
T3/T4 softs. Not a lot of softs to speak of. Admittedly, law school has been a dream I only recently started taking seriously. I definitely wish I would have done some more extra curriculars during undergrad but oh well! Very interested in immigration law as I’ve spent a lot of time dealing with immigration stuff my…
Softs: Political Science undergrad specializing in East Asian Foreign policy& Philosophy minor at UC Irvine. Published undergraduate research on the implications of COVID-19 in East Asia. Grew up with a single navy veteran parent. Struggled to overcome undiagnosed ADHD until the end of high school. Three recs: 1st…
Took the LSAT twice: April ’23 - 165 June ’23 - 171 Full-time work in construction and full-time undergrad throughout the whole lsat/application process. So I’m both a non-traditional student with 15 years of work history, and in some ways a k-jd My low gpa was tempered a bit. All my low grades were from more than…
You can do it! Schools want students who will enrich their classroom environment. Sell your story. Show them how much they need you. LORs and ECs can make up for lackluster academic performance, although it will not make up the difference for the top-ranked schools. That being said, every school has more applicants…
My biggest advice is to RETAKE** **the LSAT if you are not content with your score! It’s one of the best things I’ve done in my admissions process. A STRONGER APPLICATION IS BETTER THAN AN EARLY ONE! Don’t stress about the timing of your application. I took the October one and was supposed to apply in November, but…
Apply wide. Really wide. Embarrassingly wide. Then let the dust settle and make the smartest boring decision available. Prestige is a fine thing until you’re paying for it with money you don’t have chasing outcomes that aren’t guaranteed. The humble path taken confidently beats the prestigious path taken anxiously…
Pay as much money as you can to do well the LSAT, especially if you are a splitter. A few thousand on a course can make up for tens of thousands in scholarships. Originally applied to 5 schools 2020-21 cycle with a 15low and got 4/5 waitlists, no acceptances. Reapplying this cycle with higher LSAT and fingers…
You + me both need to stop obsessively checking this and reddit; they’ll get to us when they get to us.
My words of advice to applicants: Make sure you are looking forward to law school and truly excited about it! As someone who has enjoyed another career as a performer for 15+ years, I can say that my younger self would have been way too restless to manage law school. School will always be there, so if another path…
LSAT 159 GPA 4.03 2025–26 cycle
Admitted to Washington University in St. Louis
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