LAW SCHOOL ADMISSIONS PROCESS: how I got into Texas Law 

Glad it could help you!!

Hi so glad this helped!!

Would you mind sharing your gpa and lsat score? I’m at UTSA as well and any advice would be helpful !

What was your lsat

I'm not going to lie, it is going to be hard to overcome the GPA but I don't think it's impossible! The first thing I would focus on is acing the LSAT - it is a super learnable test and the higher score you get, the easier it will be for the admissions committee to overlook the GPA. After the LSAT, the next important thing to focus on is perfecting your softs (personal statement, diversity statement, LOR, resume). I think you being a non-traditional student with a family is a really good material to include in either your personal and/or diversity statement. Make sure you get good recommendations from professors/professionals who will sing your praise. Lastly, there is an option to write an addendum to supplement your application and I would suggest writing one to explain why your GPA dropped in the last year. This helps the adcomm get a better idea of what was going on in your life at the time.

Thanks so much for the advice! I’ll keep you updated… Congrats on law school!!!!!!

I would say for the best result somewhere between Oct 1st (when the application opens) and Dec 31st of 2022! UT loves taking the full 8 - 10 weeks to get back to applicants with decisions so in order to hear back before deposit deadlines in April I would say the sooner the better!

@@AmarisIsabelDiaz Thank you :)

I was like 10 points below the median!

@@AmarisIsabelDiaz thank you!

Hey there! Application was pretty straightforward - applied at the end of December and heard back by February! Got a pretty decent scholarship package but untimely decided on UT for various reasons.

Feel free to shoot me an email so we can talk in more detail! amarisdiaz11@gmail.com

I worked before law school so I had some saving but I took out loans to supplement my living expenses. Most people end up taking out loans.

Not everyone works at a law firm before going! I didn't but I did do some shadowing at the county courthouse mainly just to confirm that law school was something I really wanted to do

@@AmarisIsabelDiaz Thank you so much for your reply!

I think it might, depending on what law school you're applying. Like, if you're applying to some of the more higher ranked/competitive schools they might take into consideration your undergrad for a couple reasons. A big one might be, if you have a high GPA, they might look at what school you went to in order to determine how competitive the environment was. But I don't think admission committees look at undergrad school solely for the purpose of admit/deny decisions.

Hi! So while I don't give out my exact score, I will say I was below their median for LSAT scores! Also all the schools I applied to are on the thumbnail images (I applied to 13 schools)!!

@@AmarisIsabelDiaz which of the 13 did you get accepted to?

@@luosv4387 I got into all my Texas schools: UT, SMU, Houston, St. Mary's, Baylor Out of state: Colorado I got waitlisted by Berkeley, UCLA, Columbia, and Vanderbilt but ended up withdrawing before getting a final decision

@@AmarisIsabelDiaz super dope!

I did not! I went to a small liberal arts school in Texas

No I did not - I didn't think my application was ready to submit when the ED deadline came around

Not every applicant gets an interview! They reach to applicants personally to set up interviews

@@AmarisIsabelDiaz thanks for the quick response!

Hey! My UGPA was 3.8 and my LSAT was in the low 160s

@@AmarisIsabelDiaz oh my stats are about the same! My GPA is also a 3.8 and my LSAT is a low 160s

@@AmarisIsabelDiaz how did you get in with a lsat well below the median? I’m taking the lsat in February and want to go to UT law so bad, scoring on my PT around 165

@@t.f.7974 in my opinion LSAT score isn't everything! My UGPA was in the top 75% percentile of applicants, my resume was pretty strong and I worked really hard on my softs like the personal statement and diversity statement (my letters of recommendation also might have been a selling point for the admissions committee)

@@AmarisIsabelDiaz Thank you for the prompt reply. Are you from Texas? I'm in Austin, graduated from UT last year in May with a little lower GPA than 3.8. Are you in Austin now? I'm really excited for you to be a Longhorn! I hope to see you there this coming fall.

Hope it helps! Let me know if you have any questions :)

Thank you :)

I think the median score for the class of 2024 was around 169 but you can double-check here! law.utexas.edu/admissions/quick-facts/

The average LSAT for Texas Law has been above 165 for the last decade (and as the creator mentioned, it was 169 for the most recent class). The national average LSAT score is 152; so, Texas Law is by no means "super east to get into" based on LSAT stats. You should really double-check before spreading misinformation like this!

Hugely false.