Reapplicant with LSAT Score Below 160 Accepted to Northwestern Law, Loyola Chicago and more

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Our client LaTisha had anything but an easy upbringing. She was born with an addiction to crack cocaine because her birth mother abused drugs and alcohol. LaTisha was adopted at an early age, and her parents were retired and lived on a fixed, modest income. Despite attending a high school with a low college readiness score, she went on to graduate from Northwestern University and has now been accepted to Northwestern Law!
After graduating from Northwestern, LaTisha worked in fintech/regulatory compliance for 6 years. Her work in compliance spurred an interest in consumer protection and she began looking into law school. LaTisha set her sights on returning to her alma mater for law school and took the LSAT 3 times. Having always struggled with standardized tests, LaTisha still scored below a 160 despite her best efforts.
She began looking into ways to bolster her application and came across The Art of Applying®. LaTisha shared, “I knew I needed a little bit more help in terms of crafting my story and getting my voice out there...in a way that I just couldn't be turned down...I knew that on the raw number [alone] it wasn't going to happen.”
LaTisha enrolled in the Application Accelerator® in January of 2018, with not much time to spare before the upcoming enrollment period. In her first application cycle working with us, LaTisha was denied from Northwestern Law but accepted to DePaul University, Loyola University with a $45,000 scholarship, Chicago-Kent College of Law with a full scholarship, and waitlisted at University of Chicago, New York University, University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Law School. LaTisha knew she had worked as hard as she could, but felt that she could do better with more time, so she signed on to work with us for a second application cycle.
Ultimately, LaTisha’s intuition was correct. When she reapplied, LaTisha was initially waitlisted at Northwestern but she was officially accepted on June 30th. In response to the news, LaTisha said, “Northwestern is going to open so many doors for me...The opportunities are what’s going to change my life the most. My options now are so much more than they were a month ago.”
When reflecting on the 2.5 years LaTisha has spent working with our team, she had this to say, “This program has honestly changed my life and I highly, highly, highly [recommend] it...just go for it.”
We couldn’t agree more, LaTisha. Congratulations!
Start Date: January 2018 | End Date: June 2020
Applicant Information
GPA: 3.67
LSAT: 158
Work experience: 6 years in fin-tech/regulatory compliance
Undergraduate: Northwestern University
Major: Sociology/International Studies
Acceptances
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Loyola University School of Law
DePaul University - College of Law
Chicago-Kent College of Law
University of Chicago Law School - waitlisted
New York University School of Law - waitlisted
Columbia Law School - waitlisted
University of Pennsylvania - waitlisted
Scholarships
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Full Scholarship
Loyola University School of Law - $60,000 scholarship
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