Hey guys!
There’s a lot of noise out there about urm admissions and I just want your opinions. I go to a top 30 school and have a 3.5 gpa and will probably have around a 150 when I take the lsat.
I have so many extracurriculars, leadership positions, jobs and internships and really nice recommenders. So what do you all think are the chances of going to Harvard law, Columbia, Georgetown, William and Mary, UVA or Cornell?
Almost no chance with those numbers. You can plug your numbers in [url=<a href=“http://www.lawschoolpredictor.com/wp-content/uploads/Law-School-Predictor-Full-Time-Programs.htm%5Dhere%5B/url”>http://www.lawschoolpredictor.com/wp-content/uploads/Law-School-Predictor-Full-Time-Programs.htm]here[/url] and see for yourself. Aim for a better LSAT, there’s no reason to settle for a 150.
Yup, Demo hits it on the head. You will need something along the high 160s and preferably 170+ for the schools mentioned with your GPA. I suggest you spend some time on toplawschools and it will give some pretty accurate data on where you need to be to submit a competitive application.
At this point, W&M is probably your best shot. But even there (it’s a school ranked close to 30 or so, the rest are top 10 schools) you will need a score around 164 and above.
I wouldn’t recommend going to law school with a 150 LSAT score. Take a test prep class (or get some LSAT test prep books and spend at least a month of studying for the LSAT, full-time).
Happy is correct as well. Scores that are just south of 150, have a direct nexus to folks taking the bar, and having less than a 50% chance of ever passing the test.
Work on the LSAT; there is no need to settle for not-great score.
But i will disagree with other posters. The T14 take URMs who wouod, by the numbers, be enrolled in the top three tiers (ie 150 schools). The admisisons preferences are huge.
Hmmm, I question that statement . For top 10 schools, URM’s have a 160+ LSAT average…
@ariesathena: I agree that URM gets a substantial boost, but looking at Harvard’s [url=<a href=“http://harvard.lawschoolnumbers.com/stats/1415%5Dnumbers%5B/url”>http://harvard.lawschoolnumbers.com/stats/1415]numbers[/url] even the URMs they admit have far better numbers.
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