<p>I was looking at the US news ranking, and, to my surprise, Princeton Law is not even a tier 1 school. I'm not misreading this. Why is its undergrad ranked so high but its law school not even tier 1?</p>
<p>I am thinking about Law School..and wanted to know about my chances at some Ivies:</p>
<p>my sat score is 1120, my lsat is 153, my gpa and college is 3.2 and Auburn respectively</p>
<p>Princeton doesn't have a law school. They used to, but it closed over 150 years ago.</p>
<p>Your SAT has no impact on where you go to Law School. To be honest your LSAT and GPA are both low for the Ivies.</p>
<p>Law schools don't consider your SAT score at all. You probably want to look at 3rd and 4th tier law schools with your numbers.</p>
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<p>It's pretty hard to have a top tier law school when you don't even have a law school in the first place. MIT, for example, doesn't have a tier-1 law school.</p>
<p>If you want honesty, to even be remotely considered for the Ivies, you need around a 3.6 GPA, and around a 165 on the LSAT.</p>
<p>To have a decent shot, you probably need a 3.75+ and 169/170+.</p>
<p>The 3.6-3.8's mainly come from the Ivies, and Ivies-in-name, such as Stanford.</p>
<p>If you don't come from an Ivy you need a 3.9+ and a 172+.</p>
<p>Ironically you can be "dumber" in stats only if you come from a school that is very selective already.</p>
<p>A 153 LSAT score, a 3.2 GPA, and asking about Princeton law school? I have to believe the poster has more of a sense of humor than a serious question.</p>
<p>And the funny thing is that selective schools aren't always so rigorous that you cant get a 3.75. Stanford immediately comes to mind-1)their exams are comparable and sometimes easier than exams at lower ranked schools and 2)you can get 4.3's( A+'s) in classes.</p>
<p>I imagine your GPA means much less in law school than it does as an undergraduate.</p>
<p>Shiboing...even that high for Cornell Law?</p>
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<p>what if you come from a top 3 public? would being in the median of the ranges (say for example, a 3.7/167 for a law school with a 3.6-3.8 and 165-169) give such an applicant a decent shot? or is being in the median still reserved for those who went to ivy for undergrad and those who come from top publics must be in the 75th+ percentile?</p>
<p>One thing to consider about at top 3 public, in this case UCLA, I've been told on several occasions that the strength of UCLA in addition to the fact grade inflation is not common, makes it a very strong school.</p>
<p>yeah that's what another friend of mine who just went through the law school admissions process said. i got worried after reading shiboing boing's post that you need a 3.9+ and 172+ (clearly above the 75th percentile for all law schools outside of the top 6) if you dont come from ivy.</p>
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<p>If you don't come from an Ivy you need a 3.9+ and a 172+.
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<p>I would be curious as to whether you have any statistical support for these statements? A quick look through lawschoolnumbers.com suggests that you may be overstating your case a little, and that the opportunities for graduates of non-Ivy schools are nor as bleak as you suggest.</p>