Mightyhim (2022-2023)

I think I I will apply to HYS. I guess I maybe surprised. Stay tuned! Best of Luck!

I'm going to add HLS to my list just for fun. Sending out my applications starting tonight, so I'm gearing up for an interesting cycle. I'm sure you're going to have some great results too.

hey man, GOOD LUCK. not that you need it. honestly if I were you I'd apply just to HYS, CCN and then maybe Michigan if you're interested in full darrow. its always great to see other black males doing well

you are without a doubt probably among the top 10 black males numbers-wise in the country. haha don't underestimate a 177 - thats just unheard of for us, which is unfortunate but i mean take advantage. no i haven't taken the LSAT yet. I took a diagnostic last October with a 152, got a 157 a couple of months ago (no additional prep, just figured I'd check to see any progress) and I'm doing full-time LSAT prep over the summer. I'm hoping to get what I think is a realistic target of 172 so I can get into H-Bomb. Thats the goal But yeah man any advice would be great

I think you're going to have some tough decisions too.

Did you self-study or take a course? I'm leaning toward Testmasters.

I never went complete at Columbia. Because I was on academic probation 8 years ago, they required a letter from my dean at my old university, and she never sent it despite repeated requests. I probably could have tried harder to get the letter out of her, but I was never big on Columbia anyway - not a fan of NYC.

hey man, to be honest unless you\'re getting a fee waiver, if I were you I would just apply to HYS. With your stats you really don\'t need to apply lower than that. You should get into HLS basically a few weeks after you go complete.

hey i didn\'t take it. i got a 165 on my last prep exam and testmasters starts next week, so things are going pretty well considering i still have 3 months

i\'m not sure about a 177, but as long as my score starts with a 17, i\'ll be happy

Thanks for the message. How did you prepare for the LSAT? Any tips?

Thanks for the message. How did you prepare for the LSAT? Any tips?

with your LSAT and being URM, i\'m sure you going to get into some GREAT schools. good luck this cycle!

Penn, I think. It would be Columbia, but I\'m just barely within the number ranges there and it probably won\'t happen =(

I cant help but be wowed by your LSAT. Any tips please? Would be taking in a lil over a month.. Anxious and nervous times!!! :)

congratulations, and good luck with this cycle (not that you need it!) cheers!

i hit a wall around 170, so i took a couple weeks off and am resuming studying now. i really *really* want to break 175 on test day, since my GPA is waitlist territory for a lot of schools. hopefully PTing once every day or two will help me get there!

it\'s SO nice to meet people who are sincerely good and kind, you deserve everything you want with your cycle and MORE -- i\'ll be in touch! best wishes!

good luck! you have better numbers than i did and i only ended up applying to three schools. hey you could probably just apply to HY and be golden.

good luck trying to compete with me! i'm the best law school applicant ever!

you have your apps in already? yeesh

whatever dude you're money, good for you though. i'm just trying to study as hard as i can for this thing. i just hate it so much, haha. its just getting tiring. BUT i got a 173 the other day, and while that was on the older curve (-10), it still means I'm improving. still have 3 weeks, i'm going to work as hard as i know how...wish me luck god knows i'll need it

it was preptest C...i thought the older tests were easier? i think the biggest difference is the curve. one of the '98 tests i was doing had -10 at 176. which is absolutely ridiculous. i'm just struggling with mbt/weaken/assumption/flaw. my score is pretty much going to be determined on how well i can improve on those areas between now and test day

i did the june 2007 and that didn't go so well. but i've definitely improved since then...i've been focusing on refining my reasoning. i'm going to start doing a post 2004 preptest a day starting on monday

why are you applying to so many schools? I could see HYSCCN and then M if you're interested in the darrow, but the others? as long as your rest of the application is good enough i'd be surprised if you didn't get offered a hamilton from Columbia

well good luck. and the HLS application is available, in case you want to submit it the 14th at midnight, haha

you know, we'll see on October 27th thats all i can say for certainty at this point

what are your numbers?! you are going to get in everywhere! congratulations!!

Who is checking the status checkers every five minutes. The sad thing is I'm not even complete yet, still waiting on my lsat score! Good luck!

i'm shocked you didnt get a T1 already but you'll definitely get one soon enough!

dude whatever you'll be fine i really wouldn't worry about it

haha well i've had a lot of work to do in school so i haven't thought about it too much - i have kept checking my LOR status on my school's website every five minutes. it takes then 3-5 days to process the recommendation, then they have to mail it to LSAC and then it takes them another week to process it. I was hoping to go complete next Friday, but I doubt thats going to happen at this point. in regards to the LSAT, I know that I got at least 4 wrong and I know why (which is even worse!). Other than that, I'm bound to have a few surprises, but I actually probably didn't do *that* bad. I'm retaking in December though because although I'd love to prove myself wrong, I don't think I got a 172 and no 172, no HYS so its worth a re-take.

are you sure you checked the black box? haha

I didn't get a TS1 either, but my application just switched to "under review" yesterday. I haven't gotten the "complete" email yet, but I'm not looking for anything until at least 10/27 (per that email posted on TLS).

i just hope i didn't bomb it. i know exactly what 4-5 questions or so I think I got wrong and I just hope that was it. it'd be really disappointing if after all that I didn't do well. we'll see what happens. and you'll be fine. just have to wait a couple of months

like, seriously

Congrats on Georgetown!!! Oh my, I better get my app in--didn't know they'd get back to people so quickly. Hope to see you next year!

on G-town!

on georgetown!

On Georgetown - You are in for a very successful cycle....

on GULC!

but I just submitted it last week ::nervous::

It would be awesome to be accepted... but I would not be able to pass up $$$ at other schools

I didn't include all of the schools Im applying to. I'll put all of them up near the end of the cycle. I don't want to do big law so Im pretty averse to big school debt.

Congrats on the email - you were my partner in worry! I'm sure it will go great!

I am retaking it in Dec. I got so nervous that I canceled.

on the ts1 and georgetown. good luck with the call!

no call - probably better for me. this week has been a mess. here's to monday. :)

Congrats on your acceptance. With your numbers you should get great scholarship offers as well. I am happy for you.

You think TS took notice of your e-pouting? :) Congrats on getting the call!

Good job with GT!

with that Mich acceptance, I found out today as well! Hell Yeah!

TS2s are fun aren't they! Congratulations on Harvard, maybe I'll see you there.

C O N G R A T S

congratulations on harvard -- the best for the best :)

Oh yeah, my recording WILL be playing at Thanksgiving dinner a few times. Happy Thanksgiving!

no i'm going to start studying (briskly) for the LSAT & GMAT again come new year and probably take both in June. I'm only going to apply to T6 and if I bomb the LSAT again/don't get in to one of those then I'll just stay on the corporate track. Because while I wouldn't mind being a lawyer, I definitely don't have to be a lawyer. I definitely want to run my own financial consulting firm one day and I think that a MBA would be significantly more useful for than than a JD from Cornell. Particularly since its painfully easy to get into Tuck Business School having gone to Dartmouth for undergrad, so I'm not really worried about getting in there. BUT CONGRATS ON HARVARD!!! Are you pretty set on going there or are you holding out for Yale and Stanford?

On Harvard... Wow, I'm sure your thanksgiving went splendid.. Well, I'm retaking the exam on Saturday. I canceled in October but I'm feeling much more confident... Will you be matriculating at Harvard?

hey man i'm black got a 172 and thought i was hot ish. big ups to you my man, congrats and best of luck going forward!

Congrats to you. I am so happy for you. You are an light to all of us. I have the worst of worse so hopefully I can just get into law school. I want this so bad because law is a passion for me.

Congrats on G-town and H. :)

How do I send you a private message, only because you didn't give me your email, but I will include mines. Also it's funny you mentioned that because just last night I talk to someone who suggested I retake the June LSAT, which gives me great time to study and hopefully if my score increases I can then send that score to DePaul which may help me get off their waitlist and if that doesn't work then I can use that score for 2010 cycle (but I will surely hate to start school in 2010). Please offer suggestions.

right now probably hls. im hoping they give me a need-based scholarship, thatll make my decision much easier. how bout u?

I definitely give you kudos for a fabulous score. I am taking the LSAT next summer, and pray that I get a score in the vicinity of yours. I'm studying on my own with various practice tests and different books. Not sure if I should pay money for an actual course though....

Congrats on Harvard and your other wonderful acceptances! I saw your profile on here before with your amazing LSAT score, but now seeing that you've been accepted into the best law school in the country, I had to say something. You are truly an inspiration and I wish you all the best this cycle. I have a feeling it will be amazing for you :)

I was checking out my numbers clones, and there you were - admitted to Harvard already, too. Onya mate! I'm no URM, but I am from New Zealand, and worked through college. Hopefully that'll be enough to get to Harvard/Yale/Columbia.

Thank you for your kind words and congratulations. I hope we both hear much more good news in the near future. Wishing you and yours all the best and I hope you have a wonderful holiday season :)

New Zealand is indeed a beautiful country. I figure if you're Harvard material, you'll be able to make the trip someday - assuming you can get time off from the crazy white-shoe firm you'll probably work for straight out of law school... ;-) Oh, and happy birthday!

Congrats on Chicago and NYU, as well as your other acceptances!!

I haven't really made any decisions yet. Both the Darrow and HLS are persuasive, but I'm going to wait until I know the various scholarship amounts and then start to narrow it down. Thanks again and I hope the rest of your cycle goes well!

Im leaning towards HLS at the moment.... its going to be very difficult! I visited Mich and Columbia and Mich was more impressive to me, so we'll see.

You just had to ask, didn't you? :) I PM'd you

Thanks man. Best of luck to you! congrats on Harvard! If we end up going to the same school we'll have to exchange information.

Hey, congrats on Harvard. Have you wrapped up the cycle, or are you still holding out for Yale and Stanford? Do you really think I'm looking good at Harvard given my mediocre GPA? While I'm aware that our demographic doesn't perform so well on the LSAT, you would think that one test wouldn't be enough to make up for an entire undergrad experience, but I'm certainly not complaining. By the way, if you'd like, I think you could apply to a few for schools and actually sweep the entire t14. Perhaps you could get some sort of championship belt to wear around next year to commemorate the achievement.

Congratulations on the full ride to Harvard!!! Best of luck to you!

Apologies...I meant Michigan :)

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we'll be going to the same law school but both of our futures are looking up. My S/O was accepted to Berkeley so that's where I'm also going. Good luck on your future endeavors.

It is good to see a brother doing so well! Great job knocking that LSAT outta the park! What the heck are the rest of your schools (with the exception of Yale) waiting for??

Hey, I'm finding myself in quite a similar situation to you! Trying to decide between the fabulous free tuition at Michigan and HLS. Have you made any headway on that choice yet?

Well, those change all the time :) One day I'll be leaning H and the next it'll be Michigan. I know I'm interested in clerking and then working for a big firm (but with the ultimate goal of transitioning in-house). But let's be honest, the money is way tempting!

I know HLS is HLS but I think coming out of Michigan with zilch to pay off, you'll be glad you made that decision in 3 years when you find out those that went to Harvard don't really have better prospects than you do.

I'm feelin' you on the dilemma. I have gotten a lot of pressure from everyone to pick HLS, but Michigan is so sppealing to me for a variety of reasons (and the people there seem so amazing)! I guess I'll have to look forward to getting a financial aid offer and ASWs to make this decision for me :)

I'm signed up for the March ASW at HLS and the April ASW at Michigan. I don't know if I can swing a whole week off work (especially when they don't know I'm leaving...shhhhh!!) without drawing attention, so I think I have to break it up this way. Let me know what you think of the BLSA scholarship banquet at Michigan. I'm bummed I can't make that!

Hey congrats on an amazing cycle! And thanks for withdrawing from NYU and CLS. :-p Good luck with your decision!

Hey man, any advice for the LSAT?

congrats on your cycle!

You are funny....also, I'm glad Yale wasn't your BFF.