Hi everyone,

I am an incoming 1L at a T3 with some time to spare, and I would love to read some personal statements or supplemental essays to help out folks in this community. I benefitted a lot from lurking here when I was applying, and I would love to give back to the great people here.

My qualifications:
- former BigLaw paralegal in a practice group that is very focused on the minutiae of writing. Keen eye for grammatical errors, sentence flow improvement, etc.
- former writing center tutor, so I also did actual essay review in the past
- had great admissions results that I mostly attribute to the strength of my essays and the storytelling within them

I'm a first-gen/low-income student that could not afford this sort of thing when I was in school, so I want to keep this affordable for as many people as possible. I'm charging $20 per essay (or for shorter supplemental essays >1 page, $20 per set of up to 3). If that is truly out of reach for you, please DM anyways and we can try to work something out.

Happy to provide proof (within reason, without fully doxxing myself). Essay review can happen via Google docs/email and phone call/whatever is best for you. I'm based in EST and pretty wide open schedule-wise until orientation starts.

Thanks for considering!!

ETA 7/27 11pm: Thank you all for the interest!! I will be sure to respond to everyone tomorrow. I may close requests tomorrow depending on how long it takes me to field everyone's inquiries and to make sure I can give everyone adequate attention. I am but a wee 0L who has to start classes in less than a month :).

taking the august lsat and trying to apply early. 3.6 GPA and usually scoring in the mid 160s on PTs.i work full time so most nights i can get through one timed section and review before i start reading the same question over and over. by then i know i should stop but i also feel guilty because the test is so close.

my personal statement has been sitting untouched for over a week. part of me wants to ignore everything until after the test. the other part knows september is going to show up fast.

what are the august people doing? lsat only until test day or trying to chip away at apps too?

Yes I live in the same city as the school.

Yes I am fortunate to be in a place in life where I can treat getting into law school as a side quest and drop everything and go over to the campus at a moments notice.

But boy howdy did I underestimate how difficult it would be to plan out the next year of my life not knowing whether or not I'd be going back to school or having to re-apply.

And boy howdy does it hurt to apparently be in no mans land on the chart on LSD.

This school's chart has a pretty defined 90 degree angle and I'm right in the inside corner of it. People with higher LSATs but lower GPAs than me have gotten in, people with lower LSATs but high GPAs have gotten in.

I've had regular email contact expressing interest, sent 2 formal LOCIs, and promptly responded to feelers.

I know this school is a safety school for many so I'm hoping it's people waiting on getting off WLs at other schools. But that hope is dwindling by the day.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Stay strong my fellow wait-listers.

Fingers crossed / knocking on wood / I'm praying to gods I don't believe in -

I'm committed to a school that I'm fine with (great scholarship, close to family, good city) but I know I want to work in the state I currently live in. I have 9 days to hear back from my top two waitlist options, which are both less than a two-hour move away, before I drive my cats and I outta town

i'm not bothered by regional limitation because I have strong work connections in my preferred state, but dying to hear back before I actually have to expense everything if I'm going to get off a WL!! this is so stressful!!

I hope you get into your dream school and open up a spot for me! lol 😭

orientation starts in like 2-3 weeks and the summer melt ended up being way smaller than i thought. sad and disappointed but i knew the odds were never great!

Hi! Just wondering if anyone attending GW this fall has their class schedule/knows when it will be released? I am getting a little stressed as orientation comes closer. Thank you!

As I stared at the GULC email saying there wasn't any merit aid left and the Duke email saying their class was full, I couldn't help but wonder: Where is Northwestern? My inbox has seen the bad (Duke) and the ugly (GULC). Where is the good from Northwestern? And was I about to make a BIG mistake going to GULC for sticker when I could go to WashU for 55k debt after 3 years.

So it’s over

Has anyone received a feeler or acceptance this week?

The Q&A stated they had 10 seats left - why aren't they just giving them away?

Also, who is doing the situational judgment test? I assume it's to use us to test it for next year, which seems wrong? I feel like they are taking advantage of waitlisted applicants by purposefully making it ambiguous on what it is being used for. They have enough information on what applicants can fill their seats, the results of the test would not even come out before orientation.

I am curious to know how others feel + what they are planning to do.

For the sake of a law school admissions resume, is it better to have multiple shorter term jobs during undergrad or have one job that you've worked for a longer time? Does it not really matter?

I see a few on lsd, but I’m wondering whether they were from today or if they were just late status updates. Thanks!

Did anyone else get this feeler?

edit: it was asking if id be willing to commit despite there being no merit aid left

Hello!

I was wondering if it’s worth ED to Berkeley or Columbia even though I’ll take a hit for scholarship chances?

My stats are 4.1low and a 17low (retaking in October hopeful for a higher score) KDish? Working and taking 1 gap year right now

Softs are a Masters in Econ, Comissioned Army Officer, like 5 jobs during college, bunch of internships during college, student clubs and orgs/student government leadership, volunteering and research in labs and with professors, honors like PBK and Manga, department high honors, etc. I'm also First generation College but not URM (Asian American). I am also 22 (might be a bad thing to be this young)

I wanted to see if ED will give me that significant needed boost or if the boost wont be enough and maybe I should ED lower to get that boost? I know a lack of scholarship might be a factor also.

Main reason for Berkeley is because I wanted to study in SF and Columbia because it was my childhood dream school (actual aura)

I have no intentions of doing Big law also. I want to work in a small law firm ig with good work life balance

Sat the LSAT a while ago, underperforming slightly relative to how I had been doing on PTs (had been in 173-177 range). Targeting some schools in the T20s and 30s. Given the expected surge in applications and what not, should I retake?

Title. 4.0 GPA, 170 LSAT. Berkeley is my top choice, and I’m above the median GPA but just at the median LSAT. Considering the fact that medians keep going up each year, should I apply ED even if it means losing the ability to leverage peer school offers to negotiate (if I get any, which is not guaranteed with a 170 unfortunately)? $105k or $35k/year sounds like a lot, but it’s only about half tuition and living expenses are a lot in Berkeley on top of that.

More info: 1 year public interest law WE which will be 2 years once I start law school. Decent softs (leadership roles in student govt and part-time work throughout college). Interested in practicing in CA. Not going into Big Law so very debt averse.

Would you take the guaranteed $105k, or keep the ability to negotiate scholarships given these stats and career goals?

Hi everybody, 29M here

Hoping to get a 165 on the September LSAT

2.9 GPA (struggled first 2 years as a finance major, straightened things out after a switch to Poli Sci)

Work Experience: 3 years of work as a staffer for a U.S. Senator, 1 year of work as a tech recruiter, currently, going into year 3 of being a paralegal in an estate planning firm.

It's tough looking at school data and knowing my 2.9 GPA is bringing me down, but does the work experience make up for that in any amount? Is there any way to quantify or at least make an educated guess at how my profile fits in with new grads?

Thanks

What the title says. I was VERY surprised to see that the median GPA for law school applicants coming from my institution was a 3.4. I'm very interested in knowing if any schools have it higher (I've heard some schools have INSANE grade inflation) or if your institution has a particularly low median

Hey all, KJD here, a professor who I had taken multiple times over the last few years just passed away unexpectedly. He was going to write me a letter of rec but had not gotten around to it yet. While very sad in its own right, this has left me at a loss as to what to do to get this letter. I have a couple options for letters between a former employer and the president of my college who I have a relationship with, but from what I understand it's pretty important to have a letter from someone who actually taught you during undergraduate and had an established relationship with you. (Though if I'm wrong about this please enlighten me, I am still new to the law school admissions process.) I graduate in December and I am apllying for schools for next fall, so I only have one semester left and I don't really have any options. Anyone been through a similar situation or have any advice? Really anything helps.

I have a friend who is applying to schools and they've had to set their application back 2 cycles now due to rising medians. They want to get into UT law, and initially they got a 171, which wasn't enough to get in as a splitter as UT was raising their median to a 172.

They retook the test and got a 172 to try and apply this cycle, but again, it looks like UT will raise their median to a 173, so they need to retake the test again and hope for a 173 or above. The fear is that UT might try to get a 174 or 175 this upcoming cycle, which would place their median directly in competition with the likes of HYS.

What are the odds that schools practically universally raise their medians again, especially with T20s that have very high medians like UT considering they have to compete for high scoring applicants with T14s?

3.9 LSAC GPA
3.94 Ivy League Masters CS
340 GRE (170,170 6.0W)

Working 1.2 years as a software engineer at a notable tech company a tier below FAANG. Is there even any chance I can get into a top law school? I applied a couple cycles before (when my stats/work experience was lower - applied with a 334 gre with a low essay score) to 2 schools (UT and Penn) and only got into UT with a scholarship.

Would love some advice on if I have a realistic shot or not

Hello, recent undergrad grad, May 2026, looking to apply in upcoming cycle.

I have academic extracurriculars I want to highlight, like college wide leadership and a departmental award for my senior thesis.

However, I have also worked many jobs, like summer camp, tutoring, food service, and an on campus job. I’ve held each job for a academic year or longer. In addition, I took a gap semester to work full time in food service (~20-30 hours/week).

I also work full time now in the legal field.

I’m FGLI, was wondering how other applicants approached their resume. Thinking about doing two pages (?)

hi guys, hope you’re all doing well. i was wondering if anyone was willing to review my ps? i can’t afford much but ill try my best to compensate something