Hi if any one knows this - do any law schools in US/Canada offer full/partial ride to international applicants?

Hi,

I am a 1L student right now. I am planning to transfer to another law school of exactly the same rank as my current school. (Both of these schools are T35.) I know transfers are for those top students who would like to go to T14 schools. But I have this plan because the school I would like to transfer to is super close to my home, which means I would not need to rent an apartment anymore and I could largely reduce the financial burden placed on my family. (I have been raised by a single parent who has lost the job due to the COVID-19 pandemic and my brother is also a law student.) Most importantly, I personally prefer to practice law in a city closer to my home in the future.

I was waitlisted when I applied for the dream school last year but I was rejected in late August (perhaps because my LSAT was one point lower than its 25-percentile score). While I am trying to be one of the top students at my current law school, it is much harder than I expected. (Grade curving is always my nightmare!) My 1L GPA so far is 3.37 and I am around top 45% of our 1L class, which makes me anxiously wonder if I still have a chance to get into another law school of the same school rank.

I would appreciate any advice! Thank you all!

Looking to get some opinions on my personal statement. I can send it to you via email, just PM it to me. Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks!!

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On law school website for the 25%-Median-75% GPA report, are the GPA that they have listed there the LSAC GPA or the Transcript GPA?

https://lsac-org.zoom.us/w/83216150914?tk=mTFL1dVpzeKpdbn25FAkG9Ihrar7rkeX2D5tucn2wz8.DQMAAAATYBGxghYwZFNZenVXclJ5YThGN2ZHLU1nb29RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA&uuid=WN_dUzOehR5SV6Svh-FwNV3Hw

Any pointers on how to draft a good LOCI especially when your score is below their median? And would anyone be so kind to review mine?

If so, can you ask after your app has been submitted?

Hello 7 Sage Community,

I recently received an offer to my best option school. I am still looking to apply to a school that I really want to attend.

If I do get admitted to the school that I really want to attend, can I still withdraw from the law school I deposited for?

My understanding is the only loss will be I cannot retrieve the deposit I put down for the best option school?

Thank you for your time and help. Good luck everyone!

Hi fellow 7sagers!

I'm wondering when is appropriate to ask for merit scholarship reconsideration from schools. Currently I am admitted into school X and Y, both being in the same tier. School X offers me more scholarship money and has higher ranking, but I like school Y more. I am still waiting for most schools I applied to, and I am expecting a higher LSAT score that will be released on March 3rd. Is it appropriate to ask for scholarship reconsideration from one school more than once? If I ask school Y now and they give me more money, does it look bad to ask school Y again in the future if I get a bigger scholarship from another school?

Thank you!

Dinosaur

Wondering if anyone here found the actual filling out and submitting of applications a problem. Personally I kept getting kicked out of the LSAC portal, which kept claiming I had several applications open. I didn’t realize how involved the process would be. I inferred that because we were paying LSAC to facilitate the process it would be somewhat seamless. I’m kicking myself because a couple of my applications were incomplete. Thank everyone. Best of luck in the cycle. Hope you get what you all want!

Does anybody know roughly what percentage of mature students(people in early to mid 30s) T14 schools accept?

I am wondering if I am considered a URM. I am an Asian immigrant, of an indigenous ethnic minority in my home country. I've heard that Asians are typically not considered URM, and since the 509 does not specify on ethnicity and indigenous status for students (of groups outside of the Americas), I would assume this means I won't be considered by schools as URM. Does anyone with a background similar to mine have any experience on this in the admissions process? Thanks in advance!

Update: If anyone else was wondering also, based on the questions about ethnicity LSAC asked me (the region where I'm from wasn't even listed... so I just chose Asian Other and my other race), plus based on y'all's feedback, seems like no.

Waitlisted at a school where I'm 2 points above their median and I planned to retake the LSAT to show effort and submit an update but have not studied that much and am worried of scoring lower that my highest score. Could a low LSAT score harm my waitlist chances or could retaking it only help me?

I want to express a deep sense of thanks to 7Sage for helping me get to a 174! I took the LSAT twice, the first time I received a 138, and right after that I found 7Sage! I am deeply indebted to everyone here, including my fellow 7Sagers who would comment and share their ideas via posts that helped me immensely.

I have learnt a lot and the Core Curriculum is so well designed!

Thank you everyone! And good luck on your LSAT journey.

The title says it all really. I have already taken the LSAT twice in February and April of 2021 (first at 158 second at 159).I have been accepted at 2 schools and waitlisted at 2 in this cycle. I applied during the priority binding decision deadline at my number 1 school and was waitlisted there. Of the 2 schools who have accepted me 1 gave me a half off tuition scholarship and the other did not give me any scholarship. So my question is, should I retake the LSAT in April or push it back until June? I am worried that April won't be enough time to insure that I raise my score to my desired 165 range. But I am also worried that if I push it off until June I will be too late in the cycle for it to matter if I improve my score. My goal is either: to be removed and admitted from the waitlist at my number 1 school, or to be given a scholarship at the one that did not give me one (its in my hometown so I would not have to move). Any information or thoughts on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Hello everyone, I am planning to apply in the next cycle and am currently stressed about my softs. I am an international student so do not have much idea about the criteria used by US schools. I'll be grateful if anyone could take out the time to review my resume and suggest improvements/how I can build it further.

Thanks in advance :)

Hi,

I know the Personal Statement for almost anywhere is required to be double spaced. I was just wondering if other essays like addendums and diversity statements also had to be double spaced? I know they are supposed to be shorter but a single page double spaced is not enough to really show anything unique.

Thanks in advance!

I know this is ridiculous because I've often been the person here who has given advice with regards to such type of questions, but now erroneously I am in the position to ask for it. I would still appreciate your help.

I've been averaging at around 174 among all PT's I've taken, and during the last 5 or so PTs I was able to hit a 180 and a 176. I had the suspicion that there might be an inflation because I had seen the vast majority of the PT's I've done before, however it was 1-1.5 years ago (I basically did non-serious on- and off- studying from late 2019 to May 2020, fully stopped and re-started in May 2021) and I honestly did not consciously remember any (!) of the questions - that feeling got corroborated when I simulated PT91 (100% fresh) on LawHub and scored a 173, which was within the range of my other scores (and honestly, it did not feel different from all other PTs I had taken).

I took the January International LSAT, and it did not feel significantly different from any other PT I've done (I was able to control the increased level of nervousness due to knowing that this is the real LSAT). However, I received my score yesterday which was a 168, and spent the whole day crying and vomiting (I wish I were kidding...). I never scored a 168 since re-starting prep in May (I can send you my personal PT excel file if you do not believe me)...

Before getting my mind clear, registering for June LSAT and using the weekend to think about an action plan, I would like to ask whether it makes sense now to apply to the Law Schools I planned to (these are Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, University of Chicago - no other schools, for personal reasons).

Things considering rn:

I often read here and on reddit that your chances are zero if LSAT is below last year's medians, however e.g. Harvard's 25th percentile score was 170, means that 25% of those admitted scored 170 or lower. Means to me that there is a realistic chance that there were at least some people with my score who got admitted.

It's February, admittedly very late, not sure how much of an impact that has (some say marginal, some say chances are 0).

Everything is set up for application, I paid here $600 for editing my Personal statement + diversity statement, for both I got verified by the editors that they are ready for submission now.

I can apply up to 3 times to each law school, however the thought of the miracle happening and thus not having to deal with LSAT anymore (i.e. getting accepted to one of those schools despite my weak LSAT score) is enticing.

No URM, however stellar CV and background interesting enough to write a diversity statement.

Bonus question:

After the 10 min break of the LSAT exam, I got another proctor. For some reason, the proctoring system kept calling my screen, there was no button where I could pick up and the new proctor was apparently so unfamiliar with the system that she could not make it stop - and instead of being able to calm down before the 2nd half of the exam, I was forced to listen to this annoying sound.

Furthermore, during the last 2-3 min of my LG section, it showed me that there was a connection issue for 5 sec or so, and suddenly it automatically switched to another window. I spent 30-60 sec yelling at the proctors to either stop the time or bring me back to the exam, when I suddenly realized that the exam window was still open and I was able to switch back to the exam simply with my mouse - I know that I could have realized it earlier/immediately, but, I mean, I was taking a very important exam at that moment...

At the end, I was luckily able to finish the LG questions, however: are these sufficient reasons to make this exam not count towards any limit (e.g. one can take the exam 3x in a testing year, 5x in 5 years and 7x over a lifetime, or sth like that) without being cancelled? This was the 4th time I took the LSAT, one of them though does not count because it was a Flex in summer 2020 (two of the scores are cancelled btw.).

Thanks.

I just got accepted yesterday!!! Thanks 7Sage

I just got my January 2022 LSAT score of a 166. This was a retake, and I first took the LSAT in October 2020 and got a 165. My goal was a 168-170. I am disappointed but whatever. I really really don’t want to take this again while working full time. I’m thinking of applying this September for the next cycle or throwing in a few applications right now for this cycle. I have a 3.9 GPA, graduated from a top-4 public college, and have a rare physical disability which is what my personal statement is about FWIW.

I applied last cycle with my 165 and didn’t get in anywhere except GWU (but no scholarship). I did get waitlisted at Penn and Michigan fwiw. I am determined to going to law school and would like to get a good amount of scholarship money if I can. It’s just a matter of when. I’m looking at the lower t-14 to t-20s-30. I’m casting a wide net for schools.

Should I even throw in a few applications for this cycle right now or just wait entirely until September? I am very conflicted. Thanks.

It seems this current cycle is not as hectic as the past one, but still a difficult one! I submitted my applications at end of November/beginning of December, and I’m still waiting to hear back from most schools. Would anyone be interested in having a (discord) group to discuss things we (could or should) do post application? Let me know!

Hey everyone,

I'v read here that some people send in their applications in order to meet the deadline, but before receiving their LSAT score. Is this possible? Will it hurt my chances in getting in? How do I make sure that they know not to make a decision before they receive my score? Will I even be able to submit the application without the score?

Pleased Advise

If someone updated to current application cycle in their CRS recently 1 week ago, then how long after can they expect CRS application fee-waivers from T14? How long does it take for CRS fee-waiver to trigger?

I mistakenly didn't update CRS app cycle until last week, and plan to apply to a few schools in T14 that are known to give out fee-waiver from CRS. Should one hold out for waiver or at this late in the cycle CRS doesn't do it?

Any thoughts? I applied in September, schools median, GPA above median. They started reviewing my application 11/04/21, official review time for the school is between 8 and 12 weeks. I am super concerned because I have a feeling that no response for that long means I am essentially being waitlisted. This is very disappointing considering median's match and GPA being above, plus a pretty impressive resume. Share your stories, thoughts, ideas...