@JoshNoa Sometimes they'll even tell you that the LOR from POTUS isn't special enough, lol. Reddit is awful, sometimes (surprisingly) TikTok is better at showing what realistic applications are like and what the stats actually are. I, for instance, am taking the Feb LSAT and hoping to apply for this cycle, so you're not in this boat alone at all! Worst-case scenario is you either don't get into the school you want and either go somewhere else or reapply the following cycle, or get less money than expected/needed and end up choosing somewhere else because of it, or take on loans. Other than that, you will be a lawyer in 3 years! You got this!

I would check what the deadlines are for schools you’re planning on applying to and base it on that. There is a risk that you might get less scholarship money but that’s also not guaranteed to happen. Don’t ask Reddit though, they’ll convince you that you shouldn’t apply EVER lol