electr Eng + phil major

Graduate School Law School
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<p>Hi all,
I'm currently a junior at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Here are my stats:
majors: electrical engineering, philosophy
gender: f
GPA: overall 3.6 Philosophy: 4.0
LSAT (172-174)
work experience:
intel research scholar, work at IBM for 2 summers, Program manager intern at Microsoft for security and privacy, tons of extra curricular including VP of Undergrad patent law society, VP of tech and management club. Possibly a technical publication before applying.
I'm interested in all the top 10 law schools, especially Harvard.
Please share your opinions or post your stats for comparison.</p>

<p>Thanks and Happy New Year!</p>

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<p>are you saying you took the LSAT twice, and scored 172 the first time and 174 the second time? Or are you estimating your LSAT?</p>

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<p>i'm estimating</p>

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<p>Estimating based on what?</p>

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<p>Yea, u really cant estimate LSAT scores....normally estimations are WAY more than the real results...take it and then just see your score</p>

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<p>i took a practice test freshman year and got a 160 without ever seeing the lsat b4, and now i'm going over the prep materials twice on my own and then i'll be taking a prep course during the summer, so 170-174 should be do-able</p>

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<p>Hi guys,</p>

<p>it will be great if you all can share what you think of my chances.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Ummm, a 160 to 174 jump would be pretty large. Perhaps you should just tell us your SAT score.</p>

<p>edit:</p>

<p>My friend was ME with 3.85+ gpa and got a 165 & 174 LSAT. He is likely going to Harvard.</p>

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<p>Chances based on imaginary LSAT scores are not useful, but if you are insistent:
Should you hypothetically end with a 3.6/174, it will be borderline Harvard material, a tough go at Berkeley, Stanford, or Yale, and pretty good chances at the remaining six.</p>

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<p>i find it interesting that people responded favorably to someone with a 3.5 gpa and a 172 lsat score from U Penn whereas my 3.6 and a possible 172 from U of I puts me borderline with harvard and tough at berkeley and stanford.</p>

<p>is there a school discrimination?</p>

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<p>Where ?</p>

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<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/law-school/443199-3-57-171-a.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/law-school/443199-3-57-171-a.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>If this is the thread you're talking about, then there's no discrepancy. He's going to get into most of the schools he's applying to... because he's not applying to Harvard, Yale, or Stanford. Or Berkeley.</p>

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<p>Again, please stop putting estimated scores on here and demanding chances. I know of people who have scored 8 or 10 points below their practice tests on the real LSAT. You may very well get a 160 or lower on the test if you are unlucky. Come back when you have the real score, otherwise chances you is useless.</p>