Is this enough for law school?

Graduate School Law School
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<p>I know this is long, but please bear with with me. I'm new to all this!</p>

<p>I'm a current Freshman at UMass Amherst. I'm in the Commonwealth Honors College and I'm an English and Legal Studies major with an Art History minor. Next year, I will be a Peer Advisor in the Commonwealth College (basically, I help students plan their schedules) and a Student editor in the writing center (I help students improve their essays). I will also become part of the Citizen Scholars program, which is a two year program in which I work closely with a small nonprofit organization in Amherst for volunteering work. </p>

<p>I'll be studying abroad at Oxford one summer and volunteering for a month in New Zealand the other. I have an internship with the on-campus legal services lined up. I'm part of Mock Trial and I'm joining the debate team. I'm also a part of the Wildlife club and Big Brother/Big Sister.</p>

<p>My current GPA is 3.84 and I came into school with 36 credits from AP classes. I'm preparing for the LSATs beginning this summer and my SATS were 2250 (1450 CR/M) for reference.</p>

<p>My question is, is all this enough to get into a top 14 law school? I'm especially looking at UVA. Thanks!!</p>

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<p>AP/other stuff doesn’t matter all that much. Certainly will pass the threshold. It will all come down to your LSAT.</p>

<p>Assuming you keep 3.85 gpa,</p>

<p>175+ = Harvard level
173 = Good for Columbia/NYU/Chicago
170 = Mid-range T14 (for example UVA)
167 = Lower T14
164 = BU Law or similar</p>

<p>do not do anything that will jeopardize the GPA. Keep it high no matter what.</p>

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<p>thanks! so it really does all come down to the numbers then? That’s a relief, because I’ve always been way stronger when it comes to numbers than experience etc. </p>

<p>Is internship experience outside of what I have planned necessary?</p>

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<p>IMO BostonEng is being a little too pessimistic.</p>

<p>With a 3.85, a 170 will get you at least 1 of CCN. A 174 gives you a great shot at HLS, too. I think 173 might be fine, but 172 is definitely pushing it. A 168 will almost certainly bag you a T10 (and, in some circumstances, an ED acceptance at NYU). 167 is always iffy for T14, even Cornell. It was definitely the number that kept people out during my cycle.</p>

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<p>absolutely right. my chart should be interpreted as the number/school pair means you are pretty much guaranteed. you are competitive at the tier above in the chart as flowerhead mentioned. </p>

<p>aamar, if you can get an internship, by all means do so, but don’t expect it to make a major difference either way.</p>