Don’t listen to the people telling you not to be KJD (or in my case super KJD). They are right that you need time to prepare, but they are wrong in thinking that the clock only starts after you graduate. Take the LSAT as early as possible, apply as early as possible, and believe in yourself. A lack of work…
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Admitted to University of Texas at Austin…but i was more than happy with a 170 and wanted to apply KJD so decided to roll with it. GPA: went from 3.98 to 4.0 halfway through my cycle thanks to fall semester grades. communication-esque B.A. at a relatively prestigious public university with a minor in english lit. total of 3 ‘withdraw’ grades over 4 years of…
…I have to offer you as a bright-eyed, barely drinking-age KJD: Take the LSAT multiple times if possible—a point’s difference can be the difference between an acceptance or a denial For your personal statement/essays, have the smartest people you know critique them, and make sure they don’t pull their punches. When…
…they tell you not to write a “why law” PS if you’re a KJD polisci major (like i was) but ultimately i think law schools like to see that you have an actual reason for undertaking the giant project of becoming an attorney, have direction, and generally aren’t just running around like a chicken with its head cut off,…
…essays that have a strong why law, especially if you’re KJD. KJDs routinely make up the majority of applicants who underperform their stats and it’s almost always due to lackluster essays with a weak why law. Don’t take your results personal. Admission decisions are so random and this isn’t a meritocracy. Just…
I applied to some schools in the 2022-23 cycle as a KJD with the same LSAT and GPA. I was still admitted to UCLA, but was put in the “special group” on the preferred waiting list at GULC, and rejected at Berkeley, Harvard, and UChicago. I didn’t apply for a merit scholarship at Duke after it became clear to me that…
…college do your absolute best to earn all A’s. If you’re a KJD and can tolerate it, consider working for a year or two before applying. People with a couple years of professional WE tend to significantly outperform KJDs. Write at least one optional essay for every school. I didn’t do this because I felt like I…
…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 can be hard to show significant growth in that time, so I would’ve benefitted from a few years of distance from my GPA. Also, I went to a top 20 undergrad known for grade inflation (over…
Technically not KJD because I spent a year to get a Masters in between graduation from undergrad in ’21 and law school in ’22 but never worked full time. duke ur3 on 1/6/22 chicago ur3/4 on 1/18/22 & ur4/5 on 1/19/22
not technically kjd - im a year out of school but did not work during the year off
…thats understandable I guess a 172 is a dime a dozen for KJD.
The KJD tax is real, but you can get great offers if you have strong essays! Also, don’t be afraid to apply for schools you didn’t necessarily think you wanted. For some reason, UT Austin wasn’t really on my radar until I talked to an admissions rep at an event. Through the cycle, I fell in love with the school and…
international student, US undergrad, STEM major, KJD, URM, no law related experience
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