<p>I'm going to be a 3rd year at the University of Chicago. I am an economics major with a concentration in mathematics. I am interested in applying to law school.</p>
<p>Right now, I have a 3.48 GPA, I have no idea what my LSAT scores will be (thought I imagine they will be on the higher side). I am also Hispanic, so I have under-represented-minority status.</p>
<p>Anyone have any advice as to where I could get in, how high my LSAT scores have to be, how much I have to raise my GPA, etc. I want to get into a good law school, but I'm not really sure of what my chances are.</p>
<p>It's impossible for anyone to say right now. You have 1/3 to 1/2 of the classes law schools will see (depending on whether you apply during senior year or after you graduate) left to take, you don't know your LSAT score, and you have a year or two to make connections with recommenders and do interesting things that could be plus factors on your application (and to find out if you really want to be a lawyer, or if you'd prefer another career!). </p>
<p>All anyone can say right now is that you're not out of the running. A 3.48 is on the low side for the very top schools, but you have a lot of time to bring it up. Even if you don't, it could be fine if paired with a high enough LSAT score.</p>
<p>For UChicago, when applying to the best of the best law schools, has history shown that there is a little more room for a slightly lower GPA?</p>
<p>For example, Yale Law School has a 25%-75% range of 3.77 to 3.97 and Harvard is 3.75 to 3.95. Coming from a school like U of C or Swat, is something closer to the 3.77 or a tad lower (like a 3.70) more acceptable?</p>
<p>From what I know, U of C and Swat are among the very few schools that will get some extra consideration, as they are nationally-known grade deflaters. But that still entails you fall within the ranges, I think. So don't expect a 2.8 to go very far.</p>
<p>Moreover, other top schools also apparently get a boost. While HYP and AWS always seem to be included in this list, other schools, say, Stanford, or my very own UPenn, don't have strong consensus around them, unfortunately.</p>
<p>UChicago used to be grade-deflated, but no longer is. Hasn't been for at least 5 years. If you can find the old thread where bluedevilmike did his analysis, you'll see that.</p>
<p>I am not knocking U of C--it's a great school. It's just that it's no less grade-deflated than most top colleges. There was a time when it was, but that's' no longer the case.</p>