thepiporron (2018-2019)

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Application Information

F - Fee Waiver A - Attending W - Withdrawn D - Deferred
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# Law School Status Type $$$ Sent Received Complete Interview Date Decision Updated
University of California Berkeley F Accepted A Type: RA $75,005 Sent: 11/15/18 Rec: 11/16/18 Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 01/11/19 Upd: 5 years
University of California Davis F Accepted W Type: RA $40,500 Sent: 11/19/18 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 01/11/19 Upd: 5 years
University of California Hastings F Waitlisted W Type: RA $30,000 Sent: 11/23/18 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 12/20/18 Upd: 5 years
University of Southern California F Rejected Type: RA Sent: 11/16/18 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/28/19 Upd: 5 years
University of Michigan Ann Arbor F Rejected Type: RA Sent: 07/19/19 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 01/14/19 Upd: 5 years
Stanford University Rejected Type: RA Sent: 07/19/19 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/01/19 Upd: 5 years
Harvard University Rejected Type: RA Sent: 11/16/18 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 03/22/19 Upd: 5 years
Cornell University F Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 11/16/18 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/05/19 Upd: 5 years
University of California Los Angeles F Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 11/16/18 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/05/19 Upd: 5 years
Northwestern University F Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 11/16/18 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/20/19 Upd: 5 years
Columbia University F Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 11/22/18 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/07/19 Upd: 5 years
University of Chicago Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 11/15/18 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/15/19 Upd: 5 years
Vanderbilt University F Waitlisted W Type: RA Sent: 12/26/18 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 05/15/19 Upd: 5 years
Duke University F Accepted W Type: RA $90,000 Sent: 11/19/18 Rec: -- Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/26/19 Upd: 5 years
Georgetown University Accepted W Type: RA Sent: 11/15/18 Rec: 11/16/18 Comp: -- Inter: -- Dec: 02/22/19 Upd: 5 years

Applicant Information

  • LSAT: 155
  • LSAT 2: 155
  • LSAT 3: -
  • GRE : -
  • LSAC GPA: 3.84
  • Degree GPA: 3.83
  • School Type: Top Public
  • Major: Political Science

Demographic Information

  • City: Los Angeles
  • State: California
  • Race: Latino
  • Gender: Man
  • Under Represented Minority: Yes
  • Non-Traditional Applicant: Yes
  • Years out of Undergrad: 3-4 Years

Extra Curricular Information

Personal softs: Immigrant and low SES.
Academic softs: Honors thesis (and award for it), Teaching Assistant, student leadership positions, student-athlete, paralegal certificate while in school, interned in state legislature few times.
Work softs: Legislative staffer, public finance/budget for a bit.

Additional info & updates

I know how much this website helped me when I was applying (and even before) so I wanted to return the favor. Hope this helps someone out there. You can do it!

Scholarship at Berkeley was after going through their reconsideration process by leveraging Duke offer.

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LSAT versus GPA
Friday, November 22 2019 at 03:00 PM

Congrats on all your acceptances! I see you received a 155 LSAT and have a 3.83 GPA, would you say that the GPA helped level out our LSAT score or do you think your personal statements is what helped out the most? I'm scoring lower than the 25% percentile for the schools I want to go to but have a high GPA, so was trying to get some advice on whether I had a shot or not.

Sunday, June 09 2019 at 03:05 PM

Thanks! I would say the GPA helped me go to the Maybe pile from and my essays pushed me to the Accepted pile. At some point, you have to benefit the school's hard data somehow (unless you have "unicorn" softs). On my essays, what helped was to weave a narrative throughout your life and extracurriculars/work experience to create an authentic picture of a person that law schools want in their classrooms: successful and with a perspective that will add to the class. Hope that helps!