I hope these comments do not express hubris—this is my best attempt at an objective assessment based upon what I consider to be a very strong application. I have multiple ~T2 softs and sharpened my essays for nearly a year. Strategy Lesson - write all optionals I wrote all the “optional” essays. This seems to be…
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Admitted to University of Texas at AustinHere’s a summary of how I scored a 179 on the LSAT: The only service I paid for is Lawhub Advantage to access official LSAT practice tests. This is basically mandatory in my view. Other than that, I only used free resources. For LSAT strategy/mindset, I primarily learned from LSAT Demon/the Thinking LSAT podcast,…
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**some advice from my experience so far: ** do not submit your reach / first choice schools first. you will make a mistake somewhere in your first application (but also, if you make a mistake, don’t worry about it too much. I made minor mistakes in my applications to MSU, UT Austin, UVA, and Michigan and was…
Wow what I cycle I had! I wish everyone who comes across my profile the best of luck in their law school journey. I will try and impart my best advice. – Ranking the most important parts of your application: Get the best LSAT you can. Your highest score is the only one that matters. I had a 161 and a 176 (don’t call…
This cycle’s results are so surreal for me. So much advice and wisdom to leave, but I just want to share a few: You need to believe in yourself. Does not matter where you come from or what school you attended or your connections. Study hard and all will come into place. Study hard, work on your character, gain more…
Most of the advice you will find on this website is repetitive but true: take shots at dream schools, don’t count yourself out (let the adcoms do that for you), take time off the internet and do some hobbies instead. I would encourage that last one most of all. Adcoms know how to contact you. And when that email…
refreshing this website cannot be your only hobby please go play some baseball or something. have everyone read your essays. make sure they aren’t nice about it. it’s like pulling teeth sometimes but you need them to tell you everything you can improve on. apply broadly and apply early. financial aid matters way…
My handle is the same on Reddit if you have any questions (or if you want to view my cycle recap which includes more about me), and do feel free to DM there (as I don’t check this often). Best of luck to you in your application cycle! I’m so grateful to have received the AnBryce scholarship, and I have a lot of…
You are worth so much more than any application decision!! Determination, resilience, passion, kindness, integrity - all of these and many more matter more to the practice of law than your LSAT, or GPA. All it takes is one school! I believe in you. You should believe in you too!
Don’t be like me. Seriously… I am the poster-child of how NOT to go about this process. I chose to get around 1.5 years of work experience after college, thinking I could reach my goal LSAT (170) in a year while working in a high-stress, full-time job. I was very, VERY wrong. I knew I didn’t want to wait another…
“If you are feeling disheartened, that you are somehow not enough, set your heart ablaze. Dry your eyes and look ahead” -Rengoku My cycle is almost over so if you are clicking on this I want to give you my thoughts. I had a very tough road to get here. In 2023 I was incredibly depressed, hated my job, was…
Cycle Recap for the 24-25 Admissions Cycle TL;DR: Military work experience was a major boost. Targeted state schools to maximize partial veterans’ benefits. Thrilled to be attending UVA - was my dream from the beginning and so thankful it worked out. Preparation Studied for the LSAT on and off for two years, taking…
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someone on reddit told me i was “more generic than an extra from American Psycho”
30,000-foot View Advice: Apply Early:- I have all too many friends who applied later in the process and got totally shut out of schools that they may well have gotten an acceptance from had they applied early. This year (2024-25) was unique in the volume increase in applicants, so maybe with schools being better…
Your personal statement is your gold. Also, I highly recommend doing social work or something adjacent to it prior to law school. You learn a ton about how the law interacts with vulnerable people at systemic and individual levels, and it makes for a great narrative. I think that’s what gave me the edge in…
UT from the start was my most comfortable and “natural” choice as an Austin homeowner with numerous personal and professional ties to both the college and the law school. In fact, one of my recommenders was a Texas Law alumnus who could attest to my positive qualities as a student in his paralegal program. Still, I…
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