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<p>Did anybody ever apply to Harvard or Yale Law School? And got in? What were your stats?</p>

<p>I am an undergrad student at UNLV. I am currently a junior and I have 3 semesters to go (my fall semester just finished today!!!) I have a 4.0 GPA and I am currently in the top 1%. My counselor says that if I keep my GPA at 4.0 I will graduate with highest honors of the university. </p>

<p>The problem is, I am applying to law schools in the fall of 2010 and planning to start law school in the fall 2011. By the time that I will be applying, I won't have a bachelors,so they won't see that I will be hopefully be getting honors on my transcript, but Harvard says that it is ok to apply as long as I finish the bachelors prior to matriculation (which I would).
Would I have better chances if I waited a year to apply? Maybe if I do get honors, they will look at that and I will have a better chance of getting in?</p>

<p>I am also taking LSAT in June. I already started preparing for it and I am taking a 2 month preparatory course for it starting in April.</p>

<p>I don't do much outside the school, little bit in sports and some volunteer experience (cleanup events, charity events, and on monthly basis helping to build/fix houses for the poor and homeless).</p>

<p>Do I have any chance of getting into Harvard or Yale? What can I do to improve my chances?</p>

<p>Please give me your opinion and any advice that you have!</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>Ana</p>

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<p>With a 4.0 LSDAS GPA, one needs a 176 on the LSAT to be virtually guaranteed acceptance to Harvard, 177 for Yale. 173 for a good chance at Harvard, 174 for a good chance at Yale. 169 for a fighting chance at both.</p>

<p>You should calculate your LSDAS GPA first, before you make any assumptions.</p>

<p>Honors and run-of-the-mill extracurriculars don’t mean much.</p>