Chances for Getting into an Ivy League Law School?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everyone,</p>

<p>I am currently an undergraduate student at Penn State University. I am double-majoring in Political Science and Communication Arts & Sciences. I would very much like to continue on to law school at some point. Like most students, I'm aspiring to get into the most prestigious law school possible. I'm very interested in politics, current events, and government, and hope to become a public servant in the future. Right now I'm a junior at Penn State and am thinking a lot about law school after I graduate. I want to set my sights high but at the same time remain realistic. The last thing I want to do is raise my own false hopes only to be disappointed. While I'm not in the honors program, I'm working really hard (my last semester's GPA was 3.95).</p>

<p>What do you think is the likelihood that I would be admitted to an Ivy League law school? For example, Penn, Columbia, Harvard or Yale? I'm a bit discouraged because I realize that I go to Penn State-University Park and I'm not in the honors program (I totally regret deciding against it). I've read that an overwhelming majority of Ivy League law school students earned undergraduate degrees from Ivy League schools. How can I compete with that? I have a decent GPA, hopefully a decent LSAT score.</p>

<p>What can I do to stand out and compete? I feel like I should be taking an LSAT prep course. After I graduate from PSU, should I take a year to work or intern in a law firm? What do you recommend? Any encouragement? Or is it just highly unlikely that I could be admitted to an Ivy League law school?</p>

<p>Thank you so much!</p>

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<p>The LSAT is king. Your gpa is good for the Ivys. You will need a very good LSAT score, likely in the 170s. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Thanks. Any insight from others would also be greatly appreciated! :)</p>

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<p>I dont know about law, but for medical school, the schools dont care where you got your undergraduate degree. They look at your MCAT, which is the equivalent of the LSAT, as well as GPA and research and other volunteer experiences. In other words, they don’t care about name. I think you need to see if there is a correlation or causation- do these students from ivies simply go in greater numbers because they are more hardworking in trends or is it because of the name? If it’s a correlation and not a causation, then you’re good. I would imagine that the ivy feeding from their undergraduates is simply a correlation, but that’s for you to research about. Best of luck :)</p>