<p>Well, I have about 1 year left in college, and I did bad my first year, around 2.4ish. I am graduating a semester early so I will have all of my grades by the time I apply.</p>
<p>I am looking at a 3.2-3.3 with a max of a 3.4 LSDAS GPA. My major is Business Law, one of the harder business majors, but it isn't physics! My extracurriculars include the Business Law Association, and having worked at a Law Firm for 5+ years (private practice not family related). At the law firm I do legal research on WestLaw/answer and prepare discovery in which the attorney proofreads and corrects before sending out to major companies like Ford, GM, etc. </p>
<p>I want to know my chances of getting into Cornell, Pepperdine, and Loyola or rather a better question, what LSAT score I would need to have a chance at these schools?</p>
<p>I figure UCLA my GPA is too low, considering it is a UC and they have strict GPA requirements.</p>
<p>Looking for Southern California as that is where I live. I would go to a better school out of state. Being at the 3.2-3.4 area will be tough i’d assume to get into t14 schools. </p>
<p>What score do you think I need to have a respectable chance to get in to those higher tier schools, not including t6 because that won’t happen? I’m also not too sure how they will think of my experience at the law firm, just hope it picks up a little slack from my stupid first year in college, a little.</p>
<p>I also really like Cornell in general, will apply to other schools I have a remote shot at.</p>
<p>Mid to upper 170’s and you have a fighting shot at MVPNDCG. Maybe NYU (upper 170’s). Get a 175+ and go ED to Northwestern. They love work experience. And splitters (well, more than the others).</p>
<p>Law school is mostly a numbers game for the vast majority of applicants.</p>
<p>Thanks, you have been a huge help! Lastly, what is considered an under-represented minority? </p>
<p>I don’t think I fit, my mother was born in Argentina as were her parents, and my father was born in America while both parents were from Argentina. I guess if anything I would be considered Hispanic, but I am curious.</p>
<p>I just want to make sure I am not a URM, it’s good to know.</p>
<p>while we’re on the URM, am I one???
My mom is south Korean and my dad is Belgian… I consider myself white or mixed??? I’m also an international student studying UG in the states…</p>
<p>does any of this make a difference?? sorry for hijacking the thread lol</p>
<p>The problem is that I don’t think Argentinians officially count as URM status. Many law schools claim that they only grant preference to Mexicans and Puerto Ricans.</p>
<p>Whether they also claim some preference to other Hispanics is unclear.</p>
<p>But post #14 is right – they care about your inherited “race” (whatever that means), not where you were actually born and raised.</p>
<p>I do have a very Argentinian culture with the food, practices, family time, etc.</p>
<p>Thanks guys. You have been a huge help, and friendly to the URM subject. I’ll just put it as URM and they can decide what they will. Regardless, I will shoot for my best options and grades/lsat.</p>
<p>Once again, thanks for helping me understand the subject!</p>
<p>Again, culture here isn’t really what matters – they’re looking for race. Somebody who is ethnically Mexican but raised in a white suburb and speaks only English still counts as a URM; somebody directly from Argentina would (officially) not.</p>
<p>As I’ve said, whether schools do some unofficial recognition is unclear to me.</p>
<p>Truth be told, I’m not as fluent in the terminology as I really should be; it’s possible I’ve misused the terms. Let me rephrase.</p>
<p>They’re looking for somebody with genetic ties to (way back when) indigenous South American peoples, AND with traceable-history to biological family members in either Mexico or Puerto Rico.</p>