The Official BLSD "What Are My Chances?/Where Should I Apply?" Thread

[Hybrid Vigor]

Its from Muhlenberg College, but not really an upward trend.

eh, yea I dunno. Just try to kill the LSAT, and once you get a score you can focus on a list of schools.

[Slow Blues]

Any work experience or extracurriculars? These could definitely help in your position.

Lady Trojan gives good advice. I did PR and was fairly pleased with my score, but if I had to do it over again, I would opt for Powerscore or Testmasters.

[jnc18]

on my second diagnostic got a 163, i think i can ge to a 170-172. Will that be good enough for Georgetown ED, or Fordham George Washington.

My GPA is mainly from being lazy and concentrating too much on college bball

Assuming from non-TTT school and in non-TTT major.  Also, that your application is air-tight.  Also that you write a good statement on how bball and how your GPA doesn't reflect anything close to your abilities.  Also that you're a black male:

A 2.8/170 will get you:

Everywhere outside the top-14 except UCLA.
In at Georgetown
In at Northwestern if you have work experience, otherwise, 60%
Don't know about Cornell
50% at Duke
No shot at Berkeley.
In at UMich
50% at UVa
30% at UPenn
50% at U Chicago
25% at NYU
20% at Columbia
25% at Harvard
5% at Stanford
No shot at Yale

[jnc18]

Thing is, I don't know anything about how practice tests and diagnostics and such match up with your actual score, but from previous posts I've seen, I'm not sure you can count on busting 170.

[jfields32]

Just wanting to know its possible, now its time to bust my butt studying for the LSAT.  

If i write something about my gpa/basketball will they think im whining and hold it against me?

you right about getting a 170 being uncertain, but im pretty sure i at lesat get in the 167 - 170 range.

[Slow Blues]

Thing is, I don't know anything about how practice tests and diagnostics and such match up with your actual score, but from previous posts I've seen, I'm not sure you can count on busting 170.

My rough measuring stick is to subtract 3-5 points from your average diagnostic score.

[jnc18]

Just wanting to know its possible, now its time to bust my butt studying for the LSAT.  

If i write something about my gpa/basketball will they think im whining and hold it against me?

You BETTER write something about your GPA.  Just write it well, as everything in your application must be written.  Don't make it whiny and don't make it sound like you're trying to excuse yourself.  It should be explanatory and almost apologetic, as if you were just an unfocused young man at the time.  It certainly helps if you are a couple of years removed from it.

[THE BLUE SWEATER]

Alci just wants people to apply to Yale to ensure their US news Rankings stays as high as it is. We wouldnt want Virginia to creep up and take your spot. 

[bkoroma22]

I studied by myself for the LSAT because I couldn't afford the test preps. I bought countless books but I only got a 147. Do I have any chance, I have a 3.5 GPA and graduated undergrad in three years? What schools do I have a chance with as an African American and where do I found out where I could fit in terms of scales.

[Special Agent Dana Scully]

You can get into some good schools...perhaps with the new ABA policy you should think about re-taking.  What books did you buy?  How much did you study?  Did you use offical exams (including the lastest ones)?