<p>I am currently an undergrad at Carnegie Mellon University and I was thinking about going to law school after I graduate. What are my chances at one of the top law schools(T14 I think you call them)?</p>
<p>Some info about me:
I am a double major in computer science and economics
GPA: 2.94
LSAT: I took a practice test the other day without any practice, got a 163.
I have had full-time internships at different tech companies for the last 3 years, so I will have a good deal of work experience for an undergrad.</p>
<p>As much as I would like to say that my GPA will go up in the next few years, I don't think it will change much. So if I will be applying to law school my senior year with an LSAT around 170 and a GPA 2.9-3.0. What are my chances at a top school? Will the fact that I will have a relatively unique background for a law school applicant help, esp if I go into a field that is related to computer science such as digital licensing? Will law schools consider the fact that I am coming from one of the top conputer science programs in the country that enjoys grade deflation? Lastly, will working a few years after undergrad help my chances?</p>
<p>Hard to say without actual LSAT, but your GPA will make it tough to crack the top 14. A 170 will not do it. Go to [Law</a> School Predictor](<a href=“http://www.lawschoolpredictor.com%5DLaw”>http://www.lawschoolpredictor.com) and you can play with the numbers. Work Experience will help at a school like Northwestern.</p>
<p>What relatively unique background? You seem like the average applicant to me.</p>
<p>Your proposed specialization doesn’t matter to adcomms.</p>
<p>No, they won’t care if you came from CMU or some podunk state university. They don’t attend to which schools inflate and which deflate.</p>
<p>Working will only help if you’re a borderline applicant to the schools you’re applying to. With a 3.0 GPA, I don’t think you’ll have a good shot at any T-14. Even if you score a 180, a lot of schools wouldn’t want to take a chance on someone with a less-than-superior track record in their undergrad.</p>
<p>Just a question ?
If you needed a lawyer , who would you hire ?The one who got into HYS with 3.95&175 or the one who got into with 3.00&165 but has an unique background .
I am sure you unique background will definitely help you win a case However, not mine please !</p>
<p>Oyama is wrong. A 3.0, will get you into some t14’s with the appropriate LSAT score. But this LSAT score is above 172. And you aren’t unique, sorry to break it to you. Also, hypothetical LSAT scores are stupid, get back to us when you have it.</p>
<p>And don’t use LSP, it is notoriously bad for splitters like yourself. Use LSN for some anecdotal evidence.</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback. All I meant by “unique” is that I think most people go into law with a hummanities background, while I would be going with a technical one.</p>
<p>If you were double majoring and you were blind and had been hit by a car as a child resulting in the loss of all four of your limbs and still maintained a 3.0 and got a 165 on the LSAT then you can consider yourself unique.</p>
<p>Defining of unique does not depend on what you think. It’s what everyone else thinks.</p>
However, not mine please !</p>