Hi everyone! I'm dedicating most of my time to achieving the highest LSAT score possible. However, I'm curious as to what role one's GPA plays in the admissions process. Are the LSAT and GPA of equivalent importance or can a higher LSAT compensate for a GPA that may fall at or slightly below the 25th percentile? I understand the process is subjective and depends on a case-by-case basis. I studied abroad for a semester and the overseas school's grading system is stricter than the way my home university transferred my semester GPA so I graduated with a 3.82 (magna cum laude) but LSAC has processed my cumulative GPA to be 3.78 (still magna cum laude). Will this .04 drop have a significant impact on my application? I identify as a minority but probably not URM and I will be applying to T-14 schools aiming for 171+ LSAT score.

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I am here because I wonder where people usually get the review of their personal statements.

When I wrote my other personal statements, which were not for law school admissions, I got the help of the writing center from the college I went to.

However, this is not a possible option anymore after graduation last year. Since I could not think of different options, I decided to listen to other people's experiences to see where can I ask for advice.

Therefore, I would be grateful if you could share how did you get the review of your personal statements.

Happy to hear any of your experiences regarding it!

By the time I apply in September/October, I'll have had a 1.5 employment gap in my resume. Since graduating undergrad, I've never had a gap in my employment and worked full time while receiving MS degree. But I'm a non-traditional applicant, age 30, and the recent 1.5 year gap looks pretty bad IMO.

Out of that 1.5 gap, I spent half prepping lsat full time and the other half prepping about 30 hours per week and doing food delivery apps in the evening. No volunteer work. I live with my parents who are extremely "high risk" for covid-19, which is why I stayed away from employment and volunteer work where I was in regular contact with people. The heavy LSAT prep was necessary for me bc of low ugpa (CAS 3.1), and being out of school so long really degraded my test taking skills.

Beginning of this year through the summer I was applying for jobs almost everyday, but was getting rejected left and right bc I worked in the cannabis industry for 4 years, and cannabis in state I currently live is illegal. The few jobs I did get offers for during that time were not better than what I was making with food delivery apps, hence sticking with the delivery apps so I could focus on studying.

The intense studying was worth it, I went from 140's to 170's on my last 4 practice tests, and I'm taking Aug 2022 LSAT. I also have a job lined up for September. But I still don't have a legitimate sounding excuse to explain my gap in addendum. I'm also already writing an addendum for my low ugpa (bad freshman year taking all the premed science course).

I feel like I'm pretty much screwed getting into a top 30 program being a splitter (hopefully august goes well), and having a large gap.

Any advice is welcome

Hi! To those who have already done this (e.g are in law school, just gained admission etc.), or just plain knowledgeable about this, when you wrote your personal statements, did you always include somewhere in that statement "why school x"?

I'm applying this fall, and I honestly hadn't plan on including this in my PS. My plan was to write a separate essay for any schools that ask for this specifically. But I had a phone chat with a school rep today and she told me the admission committee at this school expects you to address why you want to go to this school in your personal statement. What are your thoughts?

Appreciate all your responses. Thanks

Can anyone provide some insight into the comparable accuracy of the 7Sage and LSAC admissions predictors? I am seeing drastically different percentages between the two as I'm creating my school list and it is giving me pause as to what schools I should be considering safeties, targets, and reaches. I'm of course taking it all with a grain of salt and using the percentages as guideposts instead of certainties, but I am hoping to get some clarity on the discrepancies. Thanks in advance!

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Hey guys, I have recently immigrated to USA and I have done Bachelors (4 year) and Masters from India. I got my degrees evaluated from a NACES member agency and they have given my degree as equal to bachelors in USA as well as my Masters as Masters degree in USA. They gave me GPA A(3.93) in my bachelors and A(4.0) in my Masters. Then i came to know that my GPA would not be calculated as i am internationally educated. So, my concern is that will this thing effect me during my admission process? Will my admission to law school be entirely dependent on my LSAT score? Will i be considered as international or domestic students during my admission?

Please help if anyone has any information regarding this.

Thanks in advance.

An old boss of mine has agreed to provide me a LOR but was asking for some guidance on the finer points like:

Also if anyone has samples of strong LOR from an employer, I'd love to see them.

Thanks!

Hi all,

I'm having a bit of an existential crisis and could use some words of wisdom. I took the March 2022 LSAT and got a 160 with very little studying (~30 hours total). At the time, I didn't know whether I wanted to apply to top schools -- I likely have an opportunity to live with my parents and attend a T-60 with a good-sized scholarship, which would obviously leave me in a better financial position than a T-14 with loans, even taking advantage of an LRAP -- and wanted to use a real test as a diagnostic, to gauge how much studying I would have to do in order to make myself a competitive applicant at top schools. (There were some other considerations, including financial ones -- e.g., I make enough money to be ineligible for fee waivers but not enough to have much discretionary spending, and I didn't want to pay for an LSAT prep program if a top score was way out of reach. Trust me, I am now well aware that this strategy was misguided.)

After getting the score, I was encouraged that a 170+ seemed within my grasp with a reasonable amount of prep, which prompted me to look much more seriously at the T-14. I want to be a PD and already have 2 years of WE in NYC courts as a criminal defense paralegal, so I figured out not long after that NYU is an ideal pick to apply ED. However, I decided not to cancel my March score in part because I didn't know that NYU explicitly says they average reported LSAT scores when evaluating candidates. That'll teach me not to do exhaustive research before committing to a strategy to the exclusion of all others.

I'm scheduled to retake in August and I'm PT-ing around 172. Even if I improve another 2-3 points before test day and submit an LSAT addendum describing the errors in my strategy that led to the March score, I'm worried that I still won't have a good enough score, or that I will have a big red flag attached to March. Any thoughts on that?

Assuming I score around my average in August, would you advise retaking in September or October as well, in order to get (hopefully) 1-2 points higher than the August score? If so, would you recommend September or October? And would you advise submitting apps before or after the September/October score is released? In my view, retaking after August (1) would demonstrate that the 160 is the outlier and (2) would bump up my average score significantly. But of course, there are also risks, including: (1) that I won't improve in October, or will even score 1-2 points lower, (2) that the adcom would reject me outright if I submitted while still waiting for the score from the post-August retake, and (3) if I retake in October, that I would be applying too late in the ED cycle if I waited to submit until getting the score in early November.

There's also the question of what to do if I score below my PT average in August. It seems that if I get a 169 or below, I almost certainly need to retake before submitting, and I think I wouldn't have enough time to prep meaningfully between August and September, especially because I need to use that time to focus on refining my PS and other written materials (I work full-time, so I have limited ability to do law school stuff during the weeks). Am I definitely applying too late in the ED cycle if I wait to submit until early November (after getting the October score back)?

For context, I went to a T-5 undergrad with a 3.8-mid (no Latin honors) and have Tier 3 softs (see aforementioned 2 years WE as a very hands-on criminal defense paralegal). And the deadline to register for September is in 5 days. I'm freakin' out!

Any advice deeply appreciated.

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Hi everyone. I'm planning to apply this fall and would love some insight on letters of rec. I'm four years out of undergrad and have one letter already completed by one of my professors from freshman year. Thinking about the other two letters I need, here's where I stand:

I've worked for a small nonprofit since graduation and have a fantastic relationship with the Executive Director. I know she would write me a wonderful letter of rec and has worked with me for 6 years (two internships in the summer at the same nonprofit). This is a non-legal job.

The husband of my Executive Director is a trial attorney and partner at a firm in a mid-sized city, and has an excellent legal reputation. When he found out I was interested in law school and specifically public interest he asked me to interview for a part-time comms position at a pro bono legal clinic - of which he is the Board President. I have been working there for nearly two years very part time. I also have a great relationship with him and he would write me a wonderful letter of rec as well.

I'm not sure if I should use both of them for my letters of rec as I'm unsure how it would look to have a a husband and wife each writing me a letter. I've had a longer and more comprehensive working relationship with my Executive Director, but I don't want to leave out a letter of rec from the only recommender who is in the legal profession.

Any thoughts? Should I speak with an admissions consultant to further discuss this? Thanks in advance!

Hello all. I am intending to apply this upcoming cycle, and I was conflicted on who to ask for my LoR.

For context, I decided to apply to law school after graduating college, and I am now 2 years out of college. I did not intend to pursue further education, so I do not have too many professors I had close relationships with. Furthermore, I studied biostatistics and computer science, which are both very unrelated to law, and I currently work as a software developer. Being a STEM major, I often found myself in huge lectures with little face time with professors.

My question is who would be the best people to ask for LoRs? The relationships I have with my professors translate very little to a good law school candidate. I completed an undergraduate thesis, so I had an advisor I collaborated with, but our work was strictly technical. I have a couple of superiors at work I could ask, but again, the work was mostly technical.

I asked my employer to write a letter of recommendation for but they asked what I want them to include in the letter. Aside from a resume/why I want to go to law school cover letter, is there anything in specific people usually want their recommenders to write about?

Does anyone have experience (either themselves or know of someone else) who has applied to law school during their third year of undergrad? How did it go?

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Hello Everyone!

I am applying to Canadian law schools. I am planning on applying by November 1st as that is the deadline and I plan to write the LSAT in October. Here are some questions, please answer if you have experience:

Does my AA transcript at my first school need to be sent to CAS? Or just the final BA granting institution/transcript

(edit) From further research I believe the answer is yes

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I was pretty involved in extracurriculars while in undergrad (SGA, Alpha Mu Gamma, Honors Program, various volunteer opportunities) but have been out of undergrad for about 5 years. I've been in the military since finishing undergrad and have had little free time. The little bit of time I have had was spent pursuing my MA and studying for the LSAT. Should I include my extracurriculars from undergrad on my resume? Will the lack of extracurriculars in recent years hurt me? If so, is there anything I can do to limit that impact? Thanks for the help!

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Hello, I am a reapplicant this coming cycle and I am wondering if it is recommended to submit both a reapplicant addendum and a Why X essay or to combine them? Any advice would be strongly appreciated!

I was just wondering which T14-T20 law schools ask for why statements. I have seen them come up on many podcasts and blogs about law school applications, yet most schools I've looked at don't seem to require or even offer any essays other than personal statements, diversity statements, addendum.