Hi! I am a prospective applicant who just graduated with an undergrad degree at the end of May. I was planning to take a gap year before law school and have been applying to jobs while I study for the LSAT (which I am taking in August). But so far, I have struck out in the job market. Does anyone know how long is too long before a gap off work is a red flag? And does anyone have any advice on how to land a job that could help my application?

I have a few quick questions about the LSAC GPA. Hopefully someone can help :)

I ended up undergrad with a 3.84 from my institution. My school only did A, B, or C, etc without the + or -.

I had 33 straight up A's and then 7 B's. The only other differences are some summer classes that I took from a different institution that come just as credits, not grades. Will that hurt my LSAC GPA?

I have one class that I dropped a week into the semester and it just has a "W" next to it. I didn't fail it or spend any time in it. My academic counselor just thought I needed to take it but I did not.

Hopefully this makes sense! Already struggling on the GPA side so I am hoping that LSAC does not destroy me.

UPDATE - I calculated my LSAC GPA and it's a 3.85.

Every time that I updated a grade to an A+, it made my GPA go up. You're telling me that if you just went to a school that offered A+ that it would boost your GPA that much? What a scam...

I'm an American who went to university in the UK and am now going back to the US for law school. I am wondering if anyone has experience with how law schools see this/how grades are converted to GPAs? Is anyone going through the same process?

Hi everyone,

I applied for the 2026 admissions cycle and did not get into the schools I wanted. Because of that fact I decided retake the LSAT and reapply for fall 2027. I am almost certain my LSAT score was the defining factor in those decisions, but was curious about my personal statement. I felt my personal statement was strong, but when it comes to reapplying to schools I applied to this year, is it smart to change it up? Or the better question I suppose is, does it look bad if I resubmit the same personal statements from the previous year?

hello, i am going to apply to a lot of schools for fall 2027 admission and would love to start writing essays this summer. i have personal and diversity statement drafts, which i know stay the same each year. however, i worry that if i work on school-specific prompts from previous years, they might change. are the 7sage prompts accurate? also they dont really list response length which is also a problem for me. should i just work with that, or what do you recommend? i have a busy fall and want to take advantage of my summer

if you have any tips on how to organize my time with what components of my apps i should work on, please also lmk, thanks!

Hi everyone,

I'm planning to apply to law school this cycle while also preparing for the LSAT. I have cerebral palsy with severe muscle spasms, so balancing my health with studying and the application process has been challenging.

Has anyone here applied to law school while managing a physical disability or chronic medical condition? I'd love to hear any advice about staying on track, managing the application process, or anything you wish you had known before applying.

Thank you!

Hi everyone — I'm in the process of finalizing my law school resume and have two questions I'd love input on.

Community College: I completed a pathway program at a community college where I earned both an Associate's in General Studies and an Associate's in Science before transferring to my undergraduate institution. I've seen conflicting advice on whether to include it — some say it shows your full academic journey while others say it's unnecessary once you've completed a bachelor's degree. Do law schools expect to see it, or is it safe to leave off? I'm also wondering if the pathway program context changes anything.

MPH Practicum: I completed an MPH and my resume currently includes my practicum experience. Since the practicum was a required component of the degree rather than independent work, I'm inclined to remove it to keep the resume focused. Has anyone navigated this — does removing it look like a gap, or does the MPH degree itself speak for the experience?

Would really appreciate hearing from anyone who has faced similar decisions or has insight from the admissions side. Thanks in advance!

Hey 7Sage Community! Apologies for not posting this earlier today but just FYI that we're doing our weekly admissions AMA class on Zoom right now, until 1:15PM Eastern! If you like this message board but like it in VERBAL form, please feel free to come on over here: https://7sage.com/classes/evt_033OEJeaAeikw5wcHyCGSx

Hey guys I'm spiraling slightly lol. I'm 27 (which by no means is old i know). Studying to take the LSAT in September but am planning to be flexible because I am aiming for a pretty high score given my lower-than-median GPA in college. I've also been working for 4 years since I graduated college. I feel like I'm feeling some pressure to apply to law school sooner rather than later because of the age factor (I know this might be irrational). Is that something law schools will take into account? For additional context, I'd definitely like to go to a T20 school but I know I need the test score to get there so I want to give the LSAT my best shot and not rush the process (even if that means going past September). Any thoughts would be appreciated, I just feel like I don't have anyone to talk to about this who fully understands what goes into taking the LSAT and then putting together a good law school application.

Has anyone used Spivey Consulting?

I can’t seem to find anything about them that isn’t 6 years old.

I would like to try them out but have no idea if it’s worth it.

Maybe even Anne Ivey Consulting?

Let me know, thanks! :)

I was curious if it was a smart idea to ask schools where my application could be improved. I got denied from the schools I wanted to attend, and wanted to know if it would be a bad look to ask those schools what I could do to improve. Obvious one for me is my LSAT, but more to find out what was good and bad about my application.

Hi. I wasted my first two LSAT attempts in 2024. was pting high 170s before my 3rd attempt, and got a 172. I decided to retake to see if I could hit the median of my dream school. I took 3 more pts before the next exam, and once again saw 170s, maybe just a bit lower than it had been before attempt #3 (but still above 172). when I retook for a 4th time I got the exact same score (172). I'm getting some conflicting information about whether to retake, if it's worth it admissions-wise. My GPA is at the median of the school. I havent been studying since I sat for the most recent exam, June 5th. Thank you for your thoughts!

Quick question: are LOR required to be connected to your undergrad instructors? I am able to get LOR, but from attorneys and managing partners in my Law Firm. If I need to get these from my previous instructors however, this may prove slightly challenging.

I'm drafting my email to a professor I have a very good relationship with, and I'm planning to include my resume, transcript, and a "brag" sheet just reiterating some experiences I remember in my classes with her and TA-ing with her that I want to highlight. Do you recommend also including a "why law" bullet point or two? And, do you recommend highlighting specific things from my resume that I think are particularly important, or is that redundant/misleading in case the bullet points I include are all she focuses on? I wouldn't want to include too much in the "brag" sheet that she only focuses on what I selected, instead of writing honestly about what she appreciated about me. Any advice is appreciated! Thanks!

*I haven't started my personal statement so I won't be able to include that. But if there's anything else I'm missing, let me know!

hi, i am in the process of asking for LORs. however, i am unsure how long they are supposed to be. i dont know if it differs from school to school, but my recommender would ideally write a general letter. also, do i need to give them any information like school /company information to add, etc?

hi! i am confused on how 7sage decides the chances you'll get into a certain school. For example, why is it that I have more of a chance of getting into a school where i am farther away from the median than another school...?

I've just recently realized that Law School is something I want/am interested in. I'm a decade out of undergrand and I feel like I should make haste in my application process if I'm really going to go for it. It's late June and I'd hope to apply for Fall 2027.. is the October LSAT cutting it too close on admissions?

Of course, everyone wants to apply as early as they can but I also want to be sure I give enough time to study and do this properly!

all advice welcome!

hi, so i just got my lsat score back. im pretty happy with it, but it is on the lower side (25th percentile) for the T-20 schools i am considering. i was nervous while taking the test, but of course that's not really a valid excuse. i was thinking about writing an additional statement on how my standardized test scores dont define me. i applied test optional to an ivy league school for undergrad and got in despite my sat/act score also being on their lower side, yet i am graduating near the top of my class with a 3.9x gpa. i wonder if this will convince admissions officers that my score doesn't define my potential. any thoughts?

Hey, heres some background before I get into my question. I completed a 3 year Geomatics Engineering Diploma here in Canada which saw my GPA go from 1.56 to 2.38 over those 3 years. But now I'm doing my Survey Engineering Technology Bachlers here in the US and I've only done one semester so far but my GPA has improved significantly (3.71 GPA). If I keep this up over the summer term and next two semesters after which I'll graduate. Will the upwards GPA trend look good to US law schools? Also, I used a GPA calculator and even if I get an A in the rest of my courses till I graduate my cGPA will still be under 3.00. Most of the schools I'm planning on applying to schools that are ranked between 35 and 100 for your information.

I have a 2.8 GPAm very low but I definitely want to go to law school, I am looking into Touro and Hofstra but is it even worth trying with my low GPA score, even if I aim for 170 on the lsat? Or is there anything else I can do to offset my low GPA. Should I consider grad school?

Hi y'all,

I'll be applying to law schools this Fall and I'm currently in preparation mode with my personal statement, essays, and resume. I'm currently using 7Sage's School Data portal as my main resources for finding what all I need to prepare to include in my applications. How much do law school change their applications year over year? I'm preparing early because I have a quite busy month of August with work, and want to be ready to submit applications come September.

Also, when will 7Sage switch their cycle from 2025-26 to 2026-27? Will what I have starred/saved remain?

Thanks everyone. Best of luck!

Hey Everyone! Just a brief mention of the admissions classes that we're offering at 7Sage this week. Given that it's an LSAT Release Week, we have a little more going on than usual!

• "What does my score mean?" at both 12PM and 3PM Eastern on both Wednesday and Friday. This session is meant to given you added context for the role the LSAT does - and does not - play in the admissions process.

• We'll also have our normal weekly AMA on Wednesday at 1PM Eastern. We're looking forward to getting a lot of LSAT questions there, too!

Full schedule, details, and registrations here!

Hi all, I have a question on how law schools consider undergrad GPA based on hearing various takes in the past. Starting college, I initially performed not as well as I would have hoped, as college was a big adjustment for me (first gen student). My GPA was lower for freshman and sophomore year (probably in the 3.6 -3.7 range), although I eventually was able to adjust and I would estimate my GPA throughout my last two years of undergrad to be in the 3.9 area. Ultimately, my final GPA ended up being 3.79. I am wondering how law schools (especially T14s) react to situations like these. Is the GPA improvement not really that beneficial? Or will law schools (without a better way of describing it), largely interpret my stats based on my latter performance as opposed to the former two years? Somewhere in the middle?

Pretty non-traditional student but I just feel very intimidated looking at all of the admissions communities (reddit, tiktok, here) with people posting doom and gloom about their 3.7s and 170+s.

I graduated from the US Military Academy (West Point) back in 2020 and have spent the past 6 years and change in the army including a combat deployment to Iraq. I'm really hoping that this non-traditional experience will help me out and get me into some solid schools.

I've been really trying to focus on what I can control, my personal essay, my resume, etc. I've finished my personal statement (I think its lowkey a banger but it might just be your run-of-the-mill army guy essay ngl). Currently looking at applying to schools in the 40-100+ ranking with my absolute number 1 being Oklahoma.

Am I cooked?

Hey All! Just a plug for today's AMA class. If you enjoy this forum but were like "what if I could ask these questions LIVE?" then this class is for you!

Details here.

And FYI that we do this every Wednesday at the same time!