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

[John Galt]

Telling the kid to apply to boalt would be a waste of his money unless his parents were non-college educated black eskimos living on 10 grand a year.

Eskimos is outdated ans slightly offensive. Inuit is the prefered designation.

I don't believe in PC designations. Thanks for the heads up though.

[Rudy Huckleberry]

FYI, I think a 158 is good for a T14.  All I have is anecdotal evidence, but it indicates that 160+ is unnecessary provided you have a good backstory.  That said, the sub-160s I know had higher GPAs (but not 3.8s or 3.9s; more in the 3.6-3.7 range.)

[doris72]

Hey all-

I am a long time reader - first time poster - and I just received my Oct LSAT score earlier this evening - I got a 161 and I graduated from Princeton Univ. with a 3.3.
I know that I have an amazing PS - and great Recs
I have been working for a year + at a NYC law firm and I have had a lot of interesting work experience over the years while at school.
My gpa is low - but I really have no excuse -  I just never really got full swing of the work load - and I don't doubt my abilities to succeed at all - anyway based on your experiences - what do you think my chances are at getting into a t14 law school. I plan to send in my apps by mid next week at the latest.

Thanks in advance for the advice

[shamarmoore]

I am an African-American Male, low gpa from a big state school, not well-regarded, worked 40 hours per week and have an upward trend. I just got my score, and I did well.
 2.5 gpa and 170 LSAT.

 Can I get into any T14's??
 Can I get into any Tier 1 schools?

  If so which ones should I target.

  Thanks alot!!!

 

[chrisfield]

You would be very competetive at Tier 1's.  Less likely at T14's but not impossible.

[lex19]

def include an addendum with your apps to explain your work situation in school and the upward grade trend, good luck

[shamarmoore]

def include an addendum with your apps to explain your work situation in school and the upward grade trend, good luck

Thanks, I am definetly going to do that, I was working 40-60 hours a week freshmen and sophomore year and then I went down to 25-25 hours and my gpa went up significantly, so hopefully somewhere will like me.

[lex19]

they will, especially if you can show...a poster last year got into northwestern with a 2.6 and a 171 or something like that (avg from two tests) but he also had tons of work experience, regardless i think your lsat score will and an explanation will put you into the running with T14's maybe not hys but def the rest

def include an addendum with your apps to explain your work situation in school and the upward grade trend, good luck

Thanks, I am definetly going to do that, I was working 40-60 hours a week freshmen and sophomore year and then I went down to 25-25 hours and my gpa went up significantly, so hopefully somewhere will like me.

[One Step Ahead]

I am an African-American Male, low gpa from a big state school, not well-regarded, worked 40 hours per week and have an upward trend. I just got my score, and I did well.
 2.5 gpa and 170 LSAT.

 Can I get into any T14's??
 Can I get into any Tier 1 schools?

  If so which ones should I target.

  Thanks alot!!!

 

Try Duke, Northwestern, Cornell, Emory, Washington University.  are you coming straight through?

[One Step Ahead]

Hey all-

I am a long time reader - first time poster - and I just received my Oct LSAT score earlier this evening - I got a 161 and I graduated from Princeton Univ. with a 3.3.
I know that I have an amazing PS - and great Recs
I have been working for a year + at a NYC law firm and I have had a lot of interesting work experience over the years while at school.
My gpa is low - but I really have no excuse -  I just never really got full swing of the work load - and I don't doubt my abilities to succeed at all - anyway based on your experiences - what do you think my chances are at getting into a t14 law school. I plan to send in my apps by mid next week at the latest.

Thanks in advance for the advice

shoot out applications to U Penn, Michigan, Virginia (especially if you are a resident of the latter two) you never know you might get lucky; if your statements etc are as excellent as you say then I wouldn't be surprised if you got into Georgetown, Cornell, Duke.  I would say save your money and don't apply to HYSCCN.