Top Law Schools

How many did you apply to? (I don't care about waivers etc. so please include those)

16

11

19

15 (10 with fee waivers)

11

20 - I was nervous, perhaps too many in hindsight. Now there are lots of decisions to make now!

7 schools (3 were fee waivers)

19

18

19 - about 15 of those reaches

17. All over the place.

15 schools (had more but withdrew a few after receiving an acceptance).

PDaddy wrote:I think the average is up to about 15-20 schools now, even for the strongest applicants. It used to be 6-10 just a decade ago. Now people are smarter (scholarship negotiations), and there's more competition and less certainty. But I tend to think people "deflate" the number of schools they apply to the same way they fudge upward their GPA/LSAT. Not saying everybody does, but...

4

:X you calling me dumb or you calling me a liar? hahaha

DoubleChecks wrote:

PDaddy wrote:I think the average is up to about 15-20 schools now, even for the strongest applicants. It used to be 6-10 just a decade ago. Now people are smarter (scholarship negotiations), and there's more competition and less certainty. But I tend to think people "deflate" the number of schools they apply to the same way they fudge upward their GPA/LSAT. Not saying everybody does, but...

4

:X you calling me dumb or you calling me a liar? hahaha

I'm calling you a god. You must be 4.3/180! or you have serious connections...or you were already deferred at a school that allowed you to apply to other school this year. Whatever it is, it must be working for you.

All the top 14, fee waivers for all but 4 or 5

PDaddy wrote:

DoubleChecks wrote:

PDaddy wrote:I think the average is up to about 15-20 schools now, even for the strongest applicants. It used to be 6-10 just a decade ago. Now people are smarter (scholarship negotiations), and there's more competition and less certainty. But I tend to think people "deflate" the number of schools they apply to the same way they fudge upward their GPA/LSAT. Not saying everybody does, but...

4

:X you calling me dumb or you calling me a liar? hahaha

I'm calling you a god. You must be 4.3/180! or you have serious connections...or you were already deferred at a school that allowed you to apply to other school this year. Whatever it is, it must be working for you.

haha my stats are in my profile, and i 100% have 0 connections...and i was in UG when i applied so no post-ugrad WE or deferring

i just believe in putting together a strong application and applying to schools that i would actually strongly consider going to regardless of any other schools i got into

1 sort of reach, 2 targets, 1 safety -- and i applied early as heck, like 9/15 so if i didnt hear back by mid-dec, i was going to send out another 2 targets. fortunately i didnt have to

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19.

After not scoring as high as I'd have liked on the LSAT, I cut out a majority (all but 2) of the T14 to save on app costs. I kept the two that I really wanted to be at and thought I had a marginal shot at.

I probably applied to more target schools than was really necessary, but I'm appreciating the options that I have right now. As a bit of a splitter, its hard to figure out exactly where the line between target and safety can be drawn, but I would say I only applied to a few safeties (and I haven't heard back from them yet, really). Barring a higher LSAT, I wouldn't change a thing.

DoubleChecks wrote:

PDaddy wrote:

DoubleChecks wrote:

PDaddy wrote:I think the average is up to about 15-20 schools now, even for the strongest applicants. It used to be 6-10 just a decade ago. Now people are smarter (scholarship negotiations), and there's more competition and less certainty. But I tend to think people "deflate" the number of schools they apply to the same way they fudge upward their GPA/LSAT. Not saying everybody does, but...

4

:X you calling me dumb or you calling me a liar? hahaha

I'm calling you a god. You must be 4.3/180! or you have serious connections...or you were already deferred at a school that allowed you to apply to other school this year. Whatever it is, it must be working for you.

haha my stats are in my profile, and i 100% have 0 connections...and i was in UG when i applied so no post-ugrad WE or deferring

i just believe in putting together a strong application and applying to schools that i would actually strongly consider going to regardless of any other schools i got into

1 sort of reach, 2 targets, 1 safety -- and i applied early as heck, like 9/15 so if i didnt hear back by mid-dec, i was going to send out another 2 targets. fortunately i didnt have to

+1

Applying in September gives you the luxury of fewer applications. I think I sent in 5 or 6 (3 fee waivers) and because I got into a good school in early november I didn't have to apply to anywhere I wouldn't want to go

DoubleChecks wrote:haha my stats are in my profile, and i 100% have 0 connections...and i was in UG when i applied so no post-ugrad WE or deferring

i just believe in putting together a strong application and applying to schools that i would actually strongly consider going to regardless of any other schools i got into

1 sort of reach, 2 targets, 1 safety -- and i applied early as heck, like 9/15 so if i didnt hear back by mid-dec, i was going to send out another 2 targets. fortunately i didnt have to

Yeah, unless you've killed a man, I don't think you had much to worry about. Obviously you didn't. Congrats on the cycle!

cendien wrote:

DoubleChecks wrote:haha my stats are in my profile, and i 100% have 0 connections...and i was in UG when i applied so no post-ugrad WE or deferring

i just believe in putting together a strong application and applying to schools that i would actually strongly consider going to regardless of any other schools i got into

1 sort of reach, 2 targets, 1 safety -- and i applied early as heck, like 9/15 so if i didnt hear back by mid-dec, i was going to send out another 2 targets. fortunately i didnt have to

Yeah, unless you've killed a man, I don't think you had much to worry about. Obviously you didn't. Congrats on the cycle!

haha thanks for the congrats -- and from what i heard, killing a man is really only equivalent to a negative soft

I'm not leaving the area for the foreseeable future (family considerations, etc). My area has two law schools, both of which do fairly well in terms of job placement here.

haha.. 25, all over the place. A bunch of fee waivers mixed in there though.

Still too many I think considering I'll only be attending 1

20 with about 4 or 5 fee waivers in there. Targeted most of the Midwest/Big Ten and some regional schools that do well in their respective markets (Colorado, Florida, Arizona). Oh, and UNC... *sigh*