Georgetown Admission Factors

Graduate School Law School
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Hi guys,

I have a 3.51 comprehensive GPA for both my public health and political science majors (major GPAs are 3.567 and 3.60 respectively for upper division classes)from San Diego State University; am in the process of completing my paralegal certification at University of California - San Diego; founded and run an international nonprofit; volunteer as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for the San Diego Juvenile Court; have over a year of experience working with the San Diego County Assessor’s Office; am a member of the national political science honor society; and have received awards from the national public health honor society, SDSU College of Health and Human Services and the SDSU Department of Graduate Affairs. My first attempt at the LSAT got me a 160, but I’m trying again in September.

My dream school is Georgetown, where I’m interested in pursuing a JD with particular focus on international human rights law, juvenile dependency law, and/or immigration law. Each of these represents a passion of mine and I’m unsure which area of law I’m going to be most invested in as law school progresses.

It’s also worth noting that I’m looking at getting an MPH from Johns Hopkins focusing in Humanitarian Health.

My main question is, how much higher do I need to get my LSAT to be competitive at Georgetown? I’ve heard that law school admissions are mostly numbers-based, but I’ve also heard that Georgetown incorporates several other factors.

Thanks!

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To increase your odds of admissions, you need at least one key number above a law school’s median. IN GULC’s case, that is a LSAT of 167. Obviously, the higher, the better. And the good news is that you should be able to raise to 167+ with some serious prep.

That being said, just bcos you can get accepted, GULC is not very generous with merit money and may be extremely costly. Current COA (including loan fees) is $335k. You should almost never pay sticker unless you have a wealthy family.

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All law schools say they have a holistic admissions process. However, think of law school admissions as you need the numbers to “get on the fence,” but to “get over the fence” and into the school, you need to have everything else. Your resume doesn’t matter unless your numbers are there, although URMs do get a decent boost. Georgetown’s statistics for their 50th percentile are LSAT: 167 and GPA: 3.79. Since your GPA is in their 25th percentile range (3.52), you will want your LSAT to be in the 75th percentile (168).

https://www.law.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2017-509.pdf