<p>What does it take to get in?</p>
<p>What are the stats of someone who is typically accepted?</p>
<p>I'm a sophmore in college, in California, thinking about law school.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot.</p>
<p>If you're thinking of becoming a lawyer, you ought to have better research skills than this. Why don't you google the average / 25-75 GPAs and LSAT?</p>
<p>Oh lookey here, I googled average "lsat scores for columbia law" and got this:
<a href="http://www.law.columbia.edu/jd_applicants/faqs/applicationeval%5B/url%5D">http://www.law.columbia.edu/jd_applicants/faqs/applicationeval</a></p>
<p>Wow, that was so difficult.</p>
<p>Hey, we're from new york.</p>
<p>academic08, it's true that sometimes responses are brittle, but you simply cannot ask for information and demand that people give it to you in a certain way, - beggars aren't choosers it's as simple as that. These people are going out of their way to respond, even if you deem it unhelpful, your attitude isn't going to win you any favors. Law like business is a profession that requires a thick skin, whining and bashing the people who are responding to a post, paints you to be spoilt and over sensitive. Some humility might have taken this thread somewhere. Also asking stuff like 'what does it take to get in' is as vague a question as you can get, somewhat indicative of not even accomplishing the bare minimum amount of research. if you ask me what it takes to get into columbia law - you have to be, sharp, smart, have good grades, a high LSAT, and a demonstrated interest and reason for wanting to pursue a certain type of law degree. That's a pretty vague and universal answer, suits your question i think.</p>
<p>how am i begging? is everyone who starts a topic a beggar?</p>
<p>to ask for information/advice/tips from HELPFUL people, not people who are just looking to sound smart and put down the user, makes me a beggar? do you know the whole point of forums? its for human input.</p>
<p>so will a 3.7 from Berkeley be taken into consideration as more of an achievement than a 3.9 at...ie a mediocre state school?</p>
<p>would you say the law school is diverse? and YES i know, i can look at statistics which will tell me the surface diversity, but i mean ideological diversity not just ethnic.</p>
<p>if thats specific and someone would like to answer, i'd appreciate the advice.</p>
<p>academic no asking for advice is not begging. It is unsensible of the posters to be so harsh. If you think he should do his own research why are you posting? Do you guys have no life? Answer his questions or just move in.</p>
<p>And i think a 3.7 will be given consideration. berkeley is a really hard school. Also the median gpa of an accepted student is 3.61 so ull be in the running for sure dude.</p>
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<p>Not really. Accepting the guy with a 3.9 helps them keep their stats up so they do well in the rankings.</p>
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would you say the law school is diverse? and YES i know, i can look at statistics which will tell me the surface diversity, but i mean ideological diversity not just ethnic.
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<p>What do you mean by ideological diversity? Most law students at elite northeastern law schools are going to be liberals. That being said, it's not going to matter what your politics/ideology is; it's about your numbers.</p>
<p>if you spent 10 minutes looking through this forum (and even from the initial responses you got) you'd be able to figure out that none of us would know anything beyond what you can find out from the internet since none of us actually went to columbia law school!</p>
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academic no asking for advice is not begging. It is unsensible of the posters to be so harsh. If you think he should do his own research why are you posting? Do you guys have no life? Answer his questions or just move in.</p>
<p>And i think a 3.7 will be given consideration. berkeley is a really hard school. Also the median gpa of an accepted student is 3.61 so ull be in the running for sure dude.
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<p>really? HS kids giving grad school admissions advice.....interesting</p>
<p>I would tell you what i know, but I have vowed not to respond to people who come on this board and try to cause trouble or are just way too full of themselves.</p>
<p>darn, i was so so desperate for your expertise shraf <em>rolls eyes</em></p>
<p>and thank you collegehopeful. so what shraf? collegehopeful maybe a HS kid but she/hes clearly more mature than you. that said, i hope columbia law students are nothing like the pretentious posters i've encountered here.</p>
<p>ps i'm a "she"</p>
<p>did i come into here starting trouble? </p>
<p>no</p>
<p>am i going to forget about this topic and stop wasting my time with people who rather sound smart than help others? yes. peace.</p>
<p>I asked my friend who goes to Yale Law school about all that stuff before I posted. I think those kids know something since he got into the best law school in the country. Plus its not really advice I gave. Everything is considerd in context. That 3.61 figure is a published figure.</p>
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<p>Hah. You hope law students are not pretentious? You better choose a new career.</p>
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Hah. You hope law students are not pretentious? You better choose a new career.
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<p>hahahaha ZING!</p>
<p>academic08,
the phrase "beggars aren't choosers", was not intended to equate you to a beggar, because of your post. It's a saying, that simply means - when you ask for something you cannot b*tch about the way it is given. it is meant for people who take for granted that they can have favors done for them and still want everything their way. So academic08, if you posted asking for help, it is both arrogant and counterproductive for you to subsequently reprimand posters, even if you percieve their help to be worthless.</p>