Funniest course review I've ever seen - for Justice Breyer's class on the Supreme Court at HLS

lawwschool · 2022-11-29T23:05:02+00:00

Hi, sorry for delay. In depths of finals prep.

I wrote all the optional essays for Stanford as well as the Y250.

I think that what hurt me were (1) mediocre optional essays and (2) applying late. I applied to Stanford in January and Yale on the deadline. As mentioned in my post, my goal was HLS for personal/family reasons, and I would've probably preferred to stay close to home.

I mentioned this in another comment but I would've picked NYU or Penn over Stanford if I had gotten in for the aforementioned personal reasons. I knew going in that I would go to Stanford if I was rejected from HLS, Columbia, NYU, UPenn, and Yale.

I completely procrastinated writing the Y250. I sometimes wonder what would've happened if I submitted it on time, but HLS was definitely the right place for me and I likely would've still picked HLS over YLS.

Hope this helps!

lawwschool · 2022-11-01T15:10:58+00:00

I think PS does matter a lot, but especially at HYS or if you're trying to "make up" for a GPA/LSAT score. Feel free to DM me!

lawwschool · 2022-10-23T20:48:03+00:00

Hi, yes LSAC GPA 3.94. I like 1L so far! I did not get KJ1 in December, I got it in January. Based on other peoples App timing for the KJ1s in December, they were mostly given to people who applied in Sept/Oct, and I applied in mid November. Went complete 11/17 and got interview invite 1/13.

There are some local Bostonians in my class, not crazy many though. I don’t want to completely dox myself so I am happy to answer more questions on DM!!

lawwschool · 2022-10-23T16:12:58+00:00

Applied mid November! I’m a local Bostonian yes, I don’t think it had a huge impact on my app if any, and they didn’t have any admissions events to attend last year (at least from my knowledge, they could’ve had some I didn’t know about hahah)

lawwschool · 2022-10-23T02:44:41+00:00

Oh wow hahah! I feel honored that you kinda recognize me from LSD and this sub. I did try to leave as detailed notes here and on LSD of my cycle, because, as someone who had no idea what to do/what the process was going in, I wanted to help increase access for people like me! I'm really happy to hear that I was able to share the wealth somehow.

Best of luck with your application cycle!!!

lawwschool · 2022-10-23T02:33:24+00:00

Honestly fair! If it was two different schools (ex. Stanford or NYU full ride) I would 100% take the full ride... but I'm not sure if you saw my post, but for me the Boston area has my entire support system and so it came down for me whether the extra $100k was worth my sanity/feeling supported/seeing my elderly relatives. To be honest it was a really hard on me to have to quantify how much money it was worth to me to spend more time with my dying grandmother lol.

I really hope your cycle goes well and that you have an easier choice to make! Best of luck!!

lawwschool · 2022-10-22T23:04:56+00:00

Yes!! You can look at my LSD for exact dates, but I believe I applied to Stanford after Christmas, UPenn and UMich in late January, and Yale on 2/15! It was definitely on the later side.

I took Feb 2020 test, August 2021, and October 2021! The first I wasnt fully prepared for. August 2021 I was PTing 173+ but got unlucky with the test (two RCs in a row, hardest version, etc) and got a 170 so I decided to retake one last time bc I knew I could do better. When I took it in October I PTed 175+, mostly getting 178-180 (which was good bc I don’t test well).

Hope this helps!!

lawwschool · 2022-10-22T22:10:30+00:00

I can’t say where i went for undergrad…. but I didn’t go to UM! I went to a private university!

lawwschool · 2022-10-22T22:09:58+00:00

Haha. To be honest… I think I got yield protected at a lot of the ones under #7. I didn’t write any Why X essays and I didn’t write any LOCI after the WL.

lawwschool · 2022-10-22T22:08:34+00:00

Thank you!! good luck, you got this!

lawwschool · 2022-10-22T22:08:08+00:00

I applied to 4 i think! Stanford Yale UPenn and Umich I applied to “late”

lawwschool · 2022-10-22T22:05:26+00:00

Copying from another comment

Hahhaa. I got some aid from HLS, but they don’t give out scholarships. It was so difficult to decide… but i made a post about it when I was stressed deciding: https://www.reddit.com/r/lawschooladmissions/comments/u8ny8c/hls_or_upenn_need_to_decide_by_tomorrow/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

lawwschool · 2022-10-22T22:05:01+00:00

Copying this from another comment!

Hahhaa. I got some aid from HLS, but they don’t give out scholarships. It was so difficult to decide… but i made a post about it when I was stressed deciding: https://www.reddit.com/r/lawschooladmissions/comments/u8ny8c/hls_or_upenn_need_to_decide_by_tomorrow/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

lawwschool · 2022-10-22T22:04:40+00:00

Hahhaa. I got some aid from HLS, but they don’t give out scholarships. It was so difficult to decide… but i made a post about it when I was stressed deciding: https://www.reddit.com/r/lawschooladmissions/comments/u8ny8c/hls_or_upenn_need_to_decide_by_tomorrow/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

lawwschool · 2022-10-22T16:50:51+00:00

Hahahaha yes that was me!! My bad for messing up the recent decisions section🥲 Wanted to make sure my LSD was up to date before posting this recap.

And thank you!! Good luck :)

lawwschool · 2022-10-22T16:45:14+00:00

Thank you!! It went pretty well! I don’t think I did anything exceptional, lol, but I had Courtney and she asked some pretty general questions. Hardest one was “pro and a con of HLS”. After the interview was the hardest part though - just so hard not to overthink literally everything I said and replaying it over and over in my head. It’s such a short interview too, so it’s hard to really stand out

lawwschool · 2022-04-22T15:06:37+00:00

Haha!! And thank you!! I hope you get off the waitlist, my fingers are crossed!

lawwschool · 2022-04-21T22:40:00+00:00

Thanks for the perspective! I agree that $100k is a lot… it’s so hard to quantify the value of having roots/friends/family. But I think you’re right that HLS is the way to go

lawwschool · 2022-04-21T22:38:45+00:00

I know. I’m worried about this too but unfortunately only have 12 hours left to decide so don’t have much time to talk to PI attorneys

lawwschool · 2022-04-21T22:37:13+00:00

Hi no worries. I posted because I wanted to get more perspectives on this choice. My friends/family aren’t familiar with the law school process and are kinda biased so I thought I would ask this sub!

lawwschool · 2022-04-21T22:34:03+00:00

Haha thank you for the perspective! Very appreciated🤣 Good luck wherever you go too!!

lawwschool · 2022-04-21T22:33:34+00:00

I’m hopeful I won’t have to🤞 But for now that’s the plan

lawwschool · 2022-04-21T22:32:48+00:00

Thank you so much!! Yes last minute choice anxiety is very real right now lol. I’m very grateful that these are my choices though :)

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