…lost. Now on to business: Background: I decided to apply KJD for a number of personal reasons, but I want to emphasize the fact that this was *a calculated risk *and that I was prepared to reapply should I have not gotten the results I wanted. Quite frankly, I believe the KJD disadvantage will only grow in the years…
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Admitted to Vanderbilt UniversityKJD (putting in full-time employment during college removes KJD from LSD’s algorithm) Shoot above what you think you can make!
…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…
…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,…
…(expect email sometime before the A asking for KJD fall grades) BU: around 10:30 am ish or between 12:15 pm and 1:15 pm or around 12:45 or between 1:30 pm and 2:15 pm (call) USC: at 9 am or around 12:30 pm or around 1:15 pm or some time around 2 ish maybe maybe?? (email) ThVanderbilt: at around 11 am or around 2 pm…
…statement. Otherwise, I was a fairly standard KJD-adjacent applicant (graduated May 2023), with lots of extracurricular involvement and some internships but nothing crazy in the way of work experience. If I had to guess this would be one of the reasons I struggled with H/Y/S/C, but who knows. I had a very hard time…
…taking time off before applying to law school (not KJD) If I were to do it again, I would have never applied to law school straight out of undergrad. My senior year would have been far less stressful // more fulfilling having focused on job applications, and then only start studying LSAT once out of college. For me,…
N-KJD (2 yrs WE), N-URM minority, low-income HYPSM undergrad
…the t3, i think i would have wondered about applying kjd. if you can take time off, and especially take time off and get work experience, it’s rarely if ever a bad idea to do so. i didn’t have a great reason for going straight through; i wanted to do the lsat while i was still in test-taking mode from undergrad, and…
…early fall helped me stand out. I also highly encourage KJD applicants to take a year off and get some work experience before applying. I am a reapplicant from last cycle and having some exposure to the legal field (as a legal asst/paralegal) made me 10x more confident in my decision to apply to law school. It’s…
…(made sure it flowed and had genuine reasons). Super KJD as I am a bit young (graduated HS early)
I put myself as T4 softs because I’m KJD and most of my resume items are typical undergraduate activities: legal internship, lab research, TA position, and club leadership. However, I am a first-generation college student with 2 majors (STEM + business-related), which maybe helped me standout a little bit, but…
…staying on any WLs. Get your LOR early, but don’t apply KJD either! You’ll be better for at least a year of work/life experience.
…the undergraduate school year, not in any organizations, KJD.
I was convinced going into the cycle that my KJD status would completely bar me from the t 3-5 schools, but I’m happy to have been wrong. Work experience is the right call for many people, but if you have high stats and have had exposure to legal work, I think you can have some confidence going in. A few random…
international student, US undergrad, STEM major, KJD, URM, no law related experience
…is the dialogue if Donnie was applying to law school as a KJD: Dr. Lillian Thurman: How are things going at school? Donnie Darko: I think about my status checker a lot. Dr. Lillian Thurman: I asked you about school, Donnie. Donnie Darko: I think about my fucking statuses on the LSD site a lot during school. if u…
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