<p>Being raised abroad doesn’t make you a URM. (Do Anglo British citizens count as URM?)</p>
<p>URM status, officially, includes blacks, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Native Americans. Spaniards don’t count.</p>
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<p>"Origin can be viewed as the heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth of the person or the person’s parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States.</p>
<p>“People who identify their origin as Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino may be of any race.” <<<</p>
<p>This is a quote on a thread titled: Hispanic/Latino defined - aka: AM I HISPANIC?
Which I do invite you to read, FYI. I have no confusion at all. Not only do a qualify as central and south american, but also as hispanic (as of spain). It’s part of my heritage, lineage, nationality and country of birth… to me it’s quite clear.</p>
<p>being hispanic does not necessarily = being a URM. BDM, did not say that you were not hispanic. He said that for law school admissions purposes having a mother from South America and grandparents from Spain does not make you an under represented minority (URM) and he is correct. </p>
<p>In law school admissions Blacks (moreso blacks with multigenerational roots in the US, not recent immigrants from the carribean or africa) Mexicans and Puerto Ricans most underrepresented in law school.</p>
<p>However, you can and should use your experience to write a diversity statement.</p>
<p>Shouldn’t OP take a timed practice test to determine where he/she stands on the LSAT? Isn’t it possible that OP scores 141 on the diagnostic, causing the CLS, HLS, and YLS discussion to be all but moot?</p>
<p>Also, BDM never disputed the fact that you are Hispanic, he just said unless you are a black, Mexican, Puerto Rican, or Native American, your URM status will not matter much in LS admissions.</p>
<p>Walteral1990- Good point. </p>
<p>Discussing specific law schools without any idea of what your LSAT score can likely be is kind of pointless.</p>
<p>Yes… you are all right. I might have misread the URM point, but will look into it. Definitely not mexican or puerto rican. But if this can work in my favor, I will research this. And will also figure out my Pacific Islander ethnicity as a URM -which no one has referred to- as well. Yes diversity is a strong issue at home, writing about it should be fun.</p>
<p>And about the LSATs I agree. Actually, my first post on LS threads was is regard to this topic. About how much I should prepare for it, if I were to take it. But because I will already be holding a Law Degree (from abroad, which isn’t that strong in the US), I wanted to check out the option of a JD as opposed to a LLM (no LSATs needed). My original choice was to pursuit a second bachelor’s degree in the US and work work work… I’ve stated this before. And then in a few years when I’m older (like 23 or 24) and have real world experience, see which graduate level degree I should get. So yes, I was researching CLS because it sounded like a great opportunity worthy of changing my mind and completely changing the path I was working on (having to take LSAT -which are not even scheduled in any country close to where I’m living-, looking for FA, possibly acquiring a huge LS debt and so on). So it is not pointless, it gives me something to look forward to… or to not look forward to at all. </p>
<p>And btw I appreciate every comment.</p>
<p>If you do not think giving up 2 months or so of your time intensely preparing for the LSAT is a big loss even if you do not choose law school, I say give it a shot and make your decision based upon your admissions.</p>
<p>Again as I said in your other post, taking the October LSAT at this point is risky. </p>
<p>Say theoretically, your practice scores were right around 165 just prior to the tests. Your odds of scoring high enough for Columbia on the real thing are slim in this case. You have to prepare a plan of what you would do in this case. Would you go through with your score and apply to lesser schools? Would you forget the whole JD thing? Would you cancel your score and try again in December?</p>
<p>You might want to try the forums at <a href=“503 - Temporarily Closed For Maintenance”>zzz keep but don't use Top Law Schools; There are a lot of “experts” there, but some of the people there are not the friendliest, so if you take criticism harshly, it might not be for you.</p>
<p>^ Agreed. I read TLS (though I’m not a member) and the posters there can be serious at times, while cynical/funny/mean at other times.</p>
<p>Well, you are right about the LSAT is October…that’s out of the question right now I guess. Would like to try out for December or Feb., since there are no test center close by I would have to pay a bunch of fees I saw on the LCAS website (rounding up at about $500 give or take) so I would like to make the try worth it by being well prepared. I would like to know your intakes once you recieve your scores… any advice would be highly appreciated.</p>
<p>As for top law school website I have read a few threads…and while some are quite polite (everyone worried about their admission), some are fierce. Never really helpful, because mostly they don’t want to uncover their “edge”. I’m a little reluctant to becoming a member just now, so for the time I will broaden my knowledge by reading on other people’s threads. </p>
<p>I hope to hear about your results…and any additional information you might find on your way to LS…best wishes!</p>