This may sound ridiculous, but it just so happens that I can be ridiculously indecisive. I know that it's important to consider employment stats, scholarships, national ranking, location, course offerings, specializations, etc. in making the decision, but I find it somewhat frustrating that there is no "logic games approach" for deciding on a school.

If you're reading this and you've made your decision or are in the process of making it, could you share how you went about it?

Did you go with a gut feeling? Do a chart? Do a chart with a weird point system that ultimately made the decision for you?

Did you talk to academic advisors, professors, friends, and/or family to get input on anything?

If you've decided, were you absolutely sure or more 80% sure or maybe even less?

These are the kinds of questions I've been dying to ask other people. What's your story?

Hi all, if I am hoping to convince school A to give me aid by letting them know how much I got from school B, should I wait until school A’s financial aid app forms are available and fill them out, see what happens, then tell them about school B’s offer? Or should I tell School A now since their $ is limited?

I'm taking the LSAT on Saturday. My practice tests have been about 158 so I will be content to be within a point or 2 of that given how anxiety provoking this whole test has been. My UGPA is a 3.94, and I will have completed my masters in forensic psych by May. I know that my score falls well below the 25th percentile for Georgetown and a lot of top schools, but is it still worth applying? Or is it a waste of money? Thanks!

Hi everyone!

So.. I have a withdraw on my transcripts from a billion years ago. It was due to time confliction and other reasons. My school did not count the withdraw as a fail or ding my gpa for it. I only spent a couple weeks in it, so was well within the acceptable withdraw time frame.

Would LSAC overlook this as it is "non-punitive", or will they punish me for dropping a class regardless?

On my transcripts, it looks like:

Art 199 Clay Sculpt. workshop Grade: A Repeat: N Attempted Credit: 3 Earned: 3 Pass: 0 GPA credits: 3 Quality points: 12

ENL 101 College Composition Grade: A Repeat: N Attempted Credit: 3 Earned: 3 Pass: 0 GPA credits: 3 Quality points: 12

WLD 125 Arc Welding I Grade: W Repeat: N Attempted Credit: 2 Earned: 0 Pass: 0 GPA credits: 0 Quality points: 0

Term totals: Attempted Credits: 8, Earned: 6, Pass: 0, GPA credits: 6, Quality points: 24, GPA: 4.00

I'm thinking it should be okay since it had no effect on the gpa, and wasn't a "Withdrawn/Failing". What say you?

And if it does, how would I go about maybe having this corrected at my CC so that it doesn't impact?

Has anyone done one? I have one scheduled for this afternoon and I could use some input! Thanks!

I've posted about this before, but have hit yet another road block and need some advice on how to proceed.

Back Story:

I've sent one e-mail to the schools I applied to letting them know my transcripts would change after my CC sent the right one. The transcripts did change, just not accurately. So now there will be a SECOND change to the transcripts.

So this is where I am stuck, do I e-mail the schools again saying "oh sorry, something else is messed up now" or do I just wait for it to get completely resolved? (I have no idea how long that will take) Will schools just auto-reject me because of this? This is absolutely insane...

The diff in GPA is 2.83 vs 3.1x if it is done correctly.

This is absolutely killing me!

I just wanted to publicly praise @"David.Busis" and the incredible difference the admissions package has made in my cycle! If anyone is even remotely thinking about purchasing it, have no more hesitation!! I firmly believe the admissions package has made all the difference in my cycle thus far. I just got in at UC Irvine today and I KNOW that my PS/Why UCI/Resume made ALL the difference!

Hi everyone,

I graduated in 2016 from XULA with a 2.3 GPA due to taking on many responsibilities at home. For example, I helped supplement the income in my household in which I worked full-time for most of my career. This is my regular GPA and not my LSAC gpa which I terrified about. I knew I wanted to be a lawyer since I was 11 years old but I have been through so much life wise. Is there hope for me and if so what are some tips I could use to improve my chances

What should I do if I already told law schools I'm going to take the Feb test but I know that I won't perform very well on it?

My applications are already in. GPA 3.74 Last LSAT 161. Really want to get into some reaching schools like USC and UCLA. Should I mentally prepare myself for rejections and apply again next cycle?

Hi everyone! I have recently decided to postpone my applications to next cycle. Having an active CRS registration, I’ve received a ton of fee waivers from schools. I was going to send out some quick “Thank you for the fee waiver” emails, and ask them to apply waivers to my account for next cycle. Do you guys think it would be good to do it now, or wait till closer to next year’s cycle?

In 2012, I received a NP in Intro to Political Science which LSAC considers an F. Long story short, I took that class a long time ago when I was first considering law school and it was purely for educational enrichment, I took it over the summer for christ sake.

Should I explain this in the addenda? I do have a reasonable excuse for not taking the final, the professor was very strict about when he wanted his tests done and when I exceeded the time allotted for both tests with my one Philosophy final (with testing accommodations), I asked for an extension and it wasn't granted. If it were any other class maybe it wouldn't matter but since I'm applying to law school I feel as though I should explain this. But I also don't want to look really dumb by exceeding the time limit for two tests with just one. The philosophy final was super writing heavy but still.

Any thoughts? Suggestions?

Thank you,

Steph

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Hello all, I am hoping that someone could give me a little bit of insight here. I took the December LSAT and I do not plan on taking this test again! I have a 150 w/a 3.6 GPA. I have 2 degrees and a paralegal cert graduating with a 4.0 GPA. I graduated undergrad in 2012 and from the ABA paralegal program in 2016 so I know my GPA and school activities may not play that much of a factor. I have over 5 years of experience in the legal system. I have some pretty strong LORs. I want to apply this month to begin this fall. I am looking into Rutgers, Temple, and Drexel. I am concerned because I know my LSAT it not as highly competitive as some schools would like.

Basically my question is should I shoot for it and apply now or wait and apply this fall for next year when there are more seats available?

Any info helps...Thanks

I took the December LSAT and scored a 150. My last score reported was in Decemeber 2016 with a 141 and before that in 2013 with a 143. Should I write an addendum explaining my scores or is it not worth it?

Thanks for all of your responses.

Just realized I actually need to send a C&F addendum to one of my schools--it's a really minor issue. Anyone willing to look over a draft?

Although most law schools claim not to have a preemptive cutoff score for the LSAT. Let be real, they have to draw the line somewhere. Let’s say for a school whose median is 153, and a mean of 150. Would you say that cutoff is 149?

Got 108k in scholarship to UUIC. Numbers close to median and a special shout out to @"David.Busis" for helping me prepare a stellar application! Highly recommend his services!

I am still waiting to hear from 4 of the schools I applied to (application submitted in November) and received a notable award at the company I work for at the end of 2017. Since I've been out of school for a few years I consider this an award worth informing schools of but I've noticed that some blatantly state to submit updated résumés while others don't. Should I submit an updated résumé if a school doesn't specifically say I should? I assume that it wouldn't hurt but could be wrong, any thoughts?

Does anybody know if there is a specific timeline for this scholarship?

Hello,

so I have a 3.28 and a 169...

USC rejected, UCLA waitlisted, and UC Irvine accepted with 90k, Loyola with 110k.

If UCLA rejects, I'm left with Uc Irvine as it is higher ranked than loyola...

Given I can make good grades and work hard (yada yada)...am I in a bad spot?

I dont have solid career goals right now but I know for sure that I dont want to graduate with 100k in debt with a 60k a year job IF that...

how likely is it that I go to UCI and crap out? Ive already waited a year and increased my LSAT by 10 points to get to where I am now and was extremely disappointed USC and UCLA didnt accept/waitlisted.

Thanks all

Hi there! I’m late to the application game and just submitted the first half of my apps. Only to realize... I sent an old draft of my resume (really dumb mistake, I know). Everything is up to date, but I wrote my present tense parts in third person. Throughout college, I was taught to use third person on resumes, but only recently learned that it’s not preferred. There’s also a minor formatting issue on that version (something is bullet pointed that should have been a subheader... but I re-read it like 12 times without noticing and considered making it a bullet point beforehand, anyway).

My question is: should I email an updated resume to those schools? I submitted to my biggest reach schools and my safe schools. Will they care about the third person thing? And if I do resubmit, should I do it today or wait a little bit (I literally just send the apps in last night)? I asked some people on Reddit, and they said I should be fine. But a dream school that I feel like I have a solid chance at got the bad resume, so I'm still a little nervous.

Thanks for the help!

Hi everyone! I'm really liking these non-LSAT related posts. They're a fun way to take a break from the LSAT. I'm just curious what law schools you all have visited and which ones you liked and disliked and the reasons why. Were there any law schools that you visited that you thought you wanted to go to but visiting made you reconsider?

I have worked babysitting and served as personal assistant for 10-20 hrs a week all through college (in addition to another PT job for first 2 years).

Should/ how should I list this on my resume?

Thanks!

Hi all!

Happy studying! I am currently in the middle of submitting apps. I sent an application to Georgetown ED with only one LOR (they require one but accept up to three). My other recommenders just finished and sent it to LSAC. Once I assign the LORs, will Georgetown receive the new letters?

Thanks in advance!

My name is Stephanie Gonzalez. I have been using the email address of stephgmeister[at]gmail.com since the beginning of time. However, this may seem adolescent and ridiculous because "meister" is not apart of my last name at all, it was just one of the options that wasn't taken. Also, this email works great with the space I have on the header of my resume. Does anyone advice against using this email address?