<p>Hey Y'all! I know you're all groaning thinking not another one, but unfortunately... yes it is another one... simply because I just want someone to flat out tell me whether or not I'll get in and the admissions officers refuse to answer these sorts of questions and this is the most efficient way (rather than reading all similar success stories) to figure out whether I'll get into the Law School of my choice... so simple facts:</p>
<p>Expected Graduation Date: 2010
Undergrad GPA 3.2 with a double major POSC and ECON @ USC
Practice LSAT average score 166 (without having taken any prep courses yet)
Internships: Mayor of LA, Global Insight (economic research), Scottish Parliament, Washoe County Court House
Extracurriculars: study abroad in Scotland, PAD pre-law fraternity, university television political show host, economics association vp, residential advisor, deans list, ODE honors society, Assistance in the preparation of an economics text book, part-time customer service job</p>
<p>And I want to know how likely it is for me to get into USC, Pepperdine, UCLA, and by a long shot either Duke or Yale</p>
<p>No shot at Duke or Yale. Your best bet right now is Pepperdine, even then your GPA is quite low, their average is 3.55/160, if you put in some more work on your LSATs and bump it up into the 168/169 range you'd be pretty sure of getting in. Unfortunately for USC the average is more around 3.6/166 and UCLA is a little higher than this so you would have to improve your LSAT dramatically (171+) if you were to have a shot. Unless.... any chance you're a URM? Then you'd be able to get in much much easier.</p>
<p>get that GPA up and study for the LSAT. that's what they really care about. all the internships and EC's won't matter if you're applying to T14 with 3.2 / 166. although if you plan on taking a practice course, 4 or 5 more points on the LSAT would help you out a LOT. i'd recommend freeing some time up in your schedule by dropping an internship and an EC in favor of some study time; if you're graduating in 2010 that means you're just finishing your sophomore year?? plenty of time to get that 3.2 up to a 3.5.</p>
<p>Ah, forgot that she was a 2010 grad, yeah right now that GPA is a little more important than your LSAT. A 166 is fine for the three SoCal schools you mentioned (maybe a tad higher for UCLA) but that GPA is what is really holding you back. I'd drop a few EC's, it looks like you've already had quite enough, and focus entirely on making those grades come up.</p>