Help me out here

Graduate School Law School
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<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>Asking this for my girlfriend who is about to graduate in May from USC (Southern Cal).</p>

<p>3.9 GPA, 166 LSAT, double major in political science and psychology with a minor in business law, studied abroad for a year at LSE (London School of Economics). Some of her EC's are chief editor/reviewer (something like that) of USC Law Journal, couple of law related internships (one was during her time abroad) and some campus related stuff.</p>

<p>She's applied at USC, UCLA, UC-Berkeley, Stanford, NYU, Columbia, Harvard, and Yale.</p>

<p>What are her chances at those schools? UCLA and USC shouldn't be too hard, but rather I'm asking about the other 6 schools.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Stanford, NYU, Columbia, Harvard, and Yale are extreme reaches for her with a 166 LSAT. I would not be banking on them.</p>

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<p>Try this. You have to click Accept term for the predictions to appear. </p>

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<p>With 3.9, 166, and middle-of-the-pack softs (anything outside of the top 10% and bottom 10% are considered middle-of-the-pack for law school admissions), her chances at HYS, Columbia, and NYU are slim to none. I would recommend retaking the LSAT, then all those would be back in the game.</p>

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<p>Boalt loves high gpa’s, but UC also love students who overcome “adversity”: low income, single parent household, first gen, etc. Unless that LSAT score was achieved after several months of hard studying, I’d suggest a retake. A 170+ would open a lot more doors, and perhaps yield money at 'SC/UCLA. Tell he to think about the opportunity costs vs. less LS debt (with merit scholarship).</p>

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<p>If someone got 166 LSAT with minimum prep, breaking 170+ is a definite possibility with proper prep. If, however, she got that score after months of hard-core prep, that is a different story.</p>

<p>As of now, she stands healthy chance at UCLA and USC. Above-average chance at Berkeley. She will get rejected by the rest of schools on the list.</p>

<p>If she wants BigLaw, she should strive to attend a school that is better than UCLA. Getting Biglaw out of UCLA nowadays, if you aren’t IP (no engineering from undergrad), is pretty damn difficult. One thing to keep in mind.</p>