I promise not to post every time a decision comes in, but I'm really really stoked to have my first acceptance to one of my top choice schools. YEAH! Literally could not have done it without this community, who helped me through the LSAT trials and tribulations, read essays for me, and been so supportive the whole way. (3 You guys are the best!(/p)

Hey everyone!

Just wondering if others have emailed schools saying that Feb scores are out and how you phrased it? I.e. did you format the email like an LOCI and say that you're still interested in attending X school or did you just say that the scores are out. Or did you do neither of these things haha?

Hopefully that all makes sense thanks everyone for the help :)

I'm interested in a handful of Canadian law schools -- primarily UBC, UofT, Osgoode, Queens, Dalhousie, UOttawa, and UofA. Can any current law students, previous applicants, or knowledgeable hopefuls shed light on LSAT/GPA stats for any of the schools?

EDIT: More specifically, I'm interested in hearing about individual stats, either of those who've made it in or of friends you know who've received acceptance.

Thanks, 7sage! I was recently admitted to a T-14 with a full ride plus stipend after I improved from my diagnostic of 155 to a 174 after a full year of studying. That literally makes 7Sage the best investment I have ever made!!

I have been out of undergrad for five years now working in elementary school. I currently serve as an instructional coach, which basically means I teach teachers to teach. I strongly endorse JY and 7sage's course of study for the LSAT. First, let me say that JY is hilarious--I literally would cry laughing during his video explanations sometimes. Humor is not sufficient or necessary for quality teaching, but quality teaching is always necessarily enhanced with comedy. Second, JY breaks the logic, grammar, and arguments into their essential component parts--allowing students to master the underlying concepts. Each concept is scaffolded on to the next concept so you can easily build an amazing, LSAT-destroying brain machine. Often, JY breaks difficult questions or logic ideas into visual schematics to help students process the information. When you are an LSAT beginner, this is a life-saver. Third, because the videos and work are online you can work through it at your own pace. Don't understand something? Slow down the video and watch it again. Need to review causation? Loop back to that in the core curriculum. Also, the ability to slow down and speed up videos is a life-saver, helping your breeze through question and games review videos to find the information most pertinent to your misunderstandings. Fourth, 7Sage keeps data for you after taking your PrepTests, allowing you to target the most high leverage concepts with a razor sharp scalpel. Further, this data allows you as a learner to become the driver of your own learning. Fifth, the fool-proofing and blind-review methods allow you to improve on your own mistakes through reflection--the hallmark of good learning. Not only that, they allow you to practice a sufficient amount with the concepts that are actually difficult for you so that you improve in skill. Sixth, the sorting of questions, games, and passages with tags allows you to find the relevant practice types you need and to address them easily. Seventh, this program opens up access to all learners who have internal motivation. When doing 7Sage, I sometimes get scared that it is going to make the tests harder over time as more and more people learn how to do destroy this test. Also, let's be honest, 7Sage is hella cheap. Comparable in person services--even the low quality ones--are way more expensive. As a side-note, the fact that the logic game videos are free is the best marketing tactic ever. I always smiled to myself when JY deftly placed an ad for the core curriculum into each one of the logic games videos ("if you don't know this (insert concept X), you really should review it in our core curriculum lessons"). Eighth, 7Sage is flexible. Not only has 7sage worked well with my schedule allowing me to spend heavy hours when I had them available and to skimp when my workload was extra heavy. Ninth, 7sage mimics the social environment of a live classroom with its awesome community. We know that learning is enhanced through social interactions, and the community here--the webinar videos, the discussion forums, the message boards after each lesson--do just that. Honestly, I should have been better at utilizing the community as a resource, but just being able to look up different user's responses to questions and seeing their writing helped me grow myself. Without the webinars and videos of JY/others taking their tests, I would not have learned efficient timing and skipping strategies for pushing myself into the 170s. The whole idea of "rounds" for LR was foreign to me. I used to just try and finish questions 25/26 exactly at the end of 35 minutes (can't believe I ever did this).

All in all, I appreciate everything and will be posting this on the reviews so other people can find this god-send course.

A question on an app has simply asked: "Did you take an LSAT preparatory class?" Do I answer yes? Seeing as I purchased the starter package and studied for the test using the CC, prep tests, etc.

excuse typos. my phone is annoying.

I’m a URM. AA Female.

3.5

“170”

I really want HLS. Maybe Stanford but I don’t wanna go to Cali & Yale is a funny joke with my numbers - but that would be nice too.

I’m confused because when I ask or search forums for people chancing URMs with my combo of numbers & sometimes lower #s closer to 3.2/165, 90% of respondents are like - “ENJOY HARVARD YOU’RE IN THERE FOR SURE!!!!!”

But then the lsn & other online calculator predictors will show the chance of URM with those same #s being in the 20% acceptance range. I get that the generators have smaller samples, usually like 5 applicants & so they get to their 20% with like 3 rejected, 1 waitlist 1 admit. but still.....

The confidence of respondents vs what these #s show makes me complete unsure of what to expect....

I guess I’m asking you guys some questions. So:

Why do people seem to think my #s and AA URM stat is a gimme at Harvard despite LSN & other # generators seeming to show otherwise.

Besides the obvious short answer of “softs” - when we have two applicants, both AA female / URM, both 170, both 3.5 - but one is rejected and the other accepted : what kind of softs are compelling enough? If my numbers ARE fine and it comes down to my softs - what kinds of things will push my borderline #s into being a lock at HLS???

I am very interested in attending UCI Law and wanted to see if anyone could give me an approximation of the likeliness of an acceptance. I took the December LSAT and got a 161. Retook in February and absolutely BOMBED with a 158.

My GPA is 3.45 and I am a URM if that makes any difference. I'm between the schools 25th and 50th percentile, but closer to the 25th.

Receiving back my February score was a shock and disappointment, especially because I was PTing consistently in the 166-169. And now, I'm just left unsure of what to expect and where I stand.

Any input would be appreciated.

Is anyone else having an issue waiting for LSAC to process a transcript? My undergrad submitted my transcripts via the electronic exchange over a week ago but it's still not showing on LSAC.

Hey all, I'm beginning to brain storm my personal statement topics. I am having an internal debate. I am 45 years old and spent 25 years in the military (active duty Marine infantryman). My resume that will accompany my apps obviously will reflect a huge amount of military jobs / assignments. I am questioning whether or not to write a PS that focuses on a military scene / setting or to branch out into some other aspect of my life. If I go with "other", the topic would likely be related to my running / triathlon hobby (How you tell the Ironman / marathoner at a party? Don't worry, he'll tell you) or something related to recent volunteer service (youth coaching). With any of the above options, I feel I can make it personal / unique and demonstrate something about me and my personality.

Option A - Military (the softball / most expected option): Go with what you know. Obviously, I identify with the military and even in retirement, feel it is a large part of who I am. The most likely PS from this would be my first command experience outside my career field in which I grew by learning to work with those of varied occupational backgrounds and experiences.

Option B - Athletic or Coaching option: Personal growth through perseverance and commitment to a goal, plus learning some sacrifices aren't worth it (loss of family time vs time / physical training required for certain athletic goals) or lessons from a youth girls basketball / track coach.

I am leaning heavily towards option A, but do I run the risk of painting myself as "the military guy"? Is that even a bad thing to be worried about? I don't have a "Moses came down from the mountain and said you shall be a lawyer" story, so none of my options will really focus on the legal profession.

I have to write a character and fitness addendum along with my application, and I was wondering if anyone could please provider some feedback? If you can, I would greatly appreciate it!

I have applied to several law schools, and I was wondering if they would consider the fact that I am an international student when thinking about waitlists. if classes start, say, in August, I cannot be waitlisted until July, as I would not have time to process my student visa. Do you think schools have that in mind?

What are things that can make my application stronger.

Hey guys, I'll be starting law school this fall and would like to enroll in a law school prep course. The three I've heard of are in the title. Does anyone have experience with any of these prep courses? If not, does anyone recommend a different prep course? I'm rather new to the law prep course business so any help is appreciated. I've also come across a handful of people on 7Sage using one or two of these courses so please enlighten us with details!

I've also attached an optional poll below.

How long after a school is notified of a new LSAT score do they usually notify applicants of a decision? I am on the wait list at my top choice school; the rest of my apps are on hold until February's score posted, so I assume they haven't yet reviewed it and would likely take longer from these schools to receive a response. Can someone enlighten me on the time frame I can expect a response for the wait list school and others? Would it expedite the process if I also notify my top choice that my new score has been posted and that I would like them to review my app again? Or will they likely review my app automatically upon receipt of the new score?

Hi everyone,

Question for you...a school that I’m trying to negotiate scholarships with asked me to show them my other offers. Is that normal? Are offers from other schools confidential? A little confused as to how this process works, so any insight would be great.

Thanks!

https://www.lawschool.life/interview-with-dean-zearfoss-umich/

Here's an informative interview with UMich Dean Zearfoss! Hope you guys find it useful

So I just got my feb score and really screwed that one up. My Dec test score is higher than the feb score. I already told schools that I will be taking the Feb test so they are waiting for my score. Should I and can I call the schools to tell them I don’t want to report my Feb score? Or would that not matter because my highest score is my Dec score and they won’t bother with my new score?

Thanks ??

I use all these law school forums a lot so I don’t want to put my exact LSAT score. Pretend you didn’t read that disclaimer, please & can you chance be based on:

170/3.5/URM - Af. Am. Female

• 5+ years work high ranking employment

• one prestigious job shadowing opportunity

• 3+ years of totally immersed community service

• I did all three at same time [heavy demanding work load for 3-5 years post undergrad & pre law school]

• have two great LORs from high ranking known people who were part of two of those endeavors.

I have a good GPA (3.84), but I am unsure how high I'll score on the LSAT. Where do I need to be in comparison to a school's average to have a good chance of acceptance? I know this is subjective and there are many other factors, but I would appreciate any input. Thank you

Does anyone know how admissions are affected if you have a truly unique hook/atypical applicant? Rhodes Scholar, olympic experience, military hero, celebrity, NFL/NBA star, etc? I was on the US Paralympic team for a winter sport and was curious what kind of advantage that might give me. 3.7 GPA, diagnostic was 161, 77% done with CC.

I emailed one of the admissions counselor to meet with her, I have not heard back anything. I wanted to re-email and ask for an interview date again (as I have heard many students are doing this prior to admission to law school). Any advice on politely emailing and meeting with admissions counselor?

Apologies in advance for this horrible question. But while signing up for an LSAC account, if you're a non-URM, should you still check whatever caucasian/white boxes you fit and "yes - report my information" to law schools? Or check the caucasian/white boxes and "no - DO NOT report my information" to law schools? Or is it best to just check the decline to respond box altogether? Ack.

I heard a rumor that employment history is required to sit for the bar, therefore its required to list on your applications. Does anyone know if this is true? I was told I have to list fast food employment from 20 years ago and if I don't when the BLE looks at tax returns I will be denied for lying about employment. Does anyone have any info on this?

Hey guys,

I have been trying to write my personal statement for the past few weeks, but I feel stuck. I know more or less what I want to write about, but I feel pretty overwhelmed considering the fact that I'm supposed to 1. grip the reader within the first sentence 2. make myself sound likable, thoughtful, unique, etc, person that makes admissions officers want me at their school 3. tell a story about overcoming an obstacle, and how I grew because of said obstacle 4. discuss my reasons for pursuing a legal education and my goals for the future..... all in less than 3 pages.

I suppose I do have a decent athlete/injury story to tell that conveys my perseverance, but I am honestly still kind of bitter about it, and I am quite self deprecating and pessimistic, so drawing out the "how I grew from what happened/ why I am a better person now" part is a struggle, and composing something about how I'm so awesome is just agonizing. I'm also having a ton of difficulty with the intro, as well as narrowing down my explanation of what happened (I am trying to use one event in my athletic career to summarize the numerous years of injuries). Also, I do not have much on my resume to back up my reasons for going to law school, since I decided that I wanted to go to law school when I was in my senior year of college.

So yeah... I want some guidance/ help, but I can't afford to pay someone $200 an hour. Are there any more affordable options in terms of personal, one on one guidance/ counseling? I know there are free resources on the web, but I want something a bit more personalized.

Thanks for your help

Hello 7sagers,

My name is Alex, and I will hopefully being applying to law school next year. After my undergrad, I decided to take some time off the academics and work full time. I worked for almost 4 years. My question to the community is this, I would prefer having letters of recommendations written by my former professors instead of my former employers, but I don't think any of my professors could even pick me out of a line up. How should I handle the situation?