<p>Specifically Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Boalt, Chicago or NYU?</p>
<p>I know one who transferred to Berkeley and then got into UCLA Law. He was waitlisted at NYU and waitlisted at U Penn. He got an early 170s LSAT.</p>
<p>Going to a community college doesn't hurt your chances.</p>
<p>Just get a high LSAT.</p>
<p>The only thing is that stereotypically speaking students who go to Community College are not good standardized test takers...so while it might seem that top schools have something against CC students, it's not the case at all. It's a numbers game and alma matter doesn't really factor in at all.</p>
<p>Do you know his stats? That might make my pessimism go down a bit. lol.</p>
<p>I think it was 3.7/3.8 and 170-172.</p>
<p>He did quite well on the LSAT.</p>
<p>Wait, I know another guy who graduated from Boalt Law. He was in the Army though and was 30 by the time he applied to grad school. (Boalt likes people with unique ECs). He transferred to Berkeley and had a 3.7/168.</p>
<p>Undergrad doesn't really matter much. Just get high numbers and you should be fine.</p>
<p>edit: another guy I heard about who transferred to Berkeley, got into Duke with a 3.8/168.</p>
<p>Honestly, it's all about the LSAT for law school. It is probably the biggest hindrance for most pre-law students. GPAs aren't weighted as much because each GPA means something difference (i.e. major, undergrad, classes you took) so schools tend to weigh the LSAT more (except Boalt). </p>
<p>I don't think that you should feel pessimistic because you go to a CC. To be honest (and hopefully not overly blunt) the only concern is that a lot of CC kids never had to take the SAT or if they did, they struggled with it as with other standardized tests. You should definitely study for the LSAT and take a diagnostic to see your range first and then decide things from there. That's probably the biggest hindrance for someone who goes to community college, not the GPA or anything as schools don't care, but the fact that many have never taken a standardized test or did poorly on the SAT.
Just get a high LSAT and you should be fine.</p>
<p>A 3.8, 172 to go to UCLA sounds to me like something was dragging his application down. Those are pretty overqualified numbers, otherwise. The Army guy's EC's really change things. The eventual-Duke-admit is, of course, perhaps the best example of what the OP is looking for.</p>
<p>And what a weird mix of schools for the OP to suggest.</p>
<p>I think he got a 170, not that it matters because it's still high for UCLA. And on that note, I know someone else (non-transfer) with a 174 who is going to USC. That person applied to Columbia but was rejected??? GPA was decent too, but I think that person wants to work in LA though.</p>
<p>Tbh, I feel that the army guy got in because 1) he was in the army 2) he was older. His numbers were good, but Boalt rejects a lot of as competitive applicants.</p>
<p>The Duke admit's numbers were decent.</p>
<p>The list isn't weird, it's specifically compiled to match the different attributes I'd like in a school.</p>
<p>What attributes might those be?</p>
<p>Re 7: A 174 outside the T14? Was the GPA a problem? Or was there something he liked specifically about USC?</p>
<p>^ I don't think so. I have no idea what his GPA is ( I've seen his grades in the classes we've taken together and he's a pretty good student) but I think that he only applied to a few schools: those in LA and a couple outside of LA so he specifically targeted USC/UCLA for the location. I think maybe he applied to the T-5 and then just USC/UCLA.</p>