<p>I was wondering if anyone had some advice about two things...one general, one personal. First, I read in a few places that some law schools value high LSAT scores over GPA and some vice versa. Does anyone know any of the schools that view GPA as paramount? Second, I wondered what schools I should shoot for--I have a 3.94 from The University of Michigan (Psych B.A.). I recently began practicing for the LSAT, and am hoping to do well, but wondered what my odds would be, say, if I got a 155ish--or how low I could go and still shoot for schools like UNC (Chapel Hill) or UGA, (or even Duke or Vanderbilt)? I'm planning to take a Powerscore weekend course and a regular Kaplan classroom course, but currently am getting ~64%.... Thanks very much for any advice!!</p>
<p>Go to <a href="http://www.lsac.org%5B/url%5D">www.lsac.org</a>. and look for the function which allows you to search for law school by gpa and LSAT. Plug in some numbers and pick a range. ( It will be obvious what I mean when you get there.) It will give you a better idea than people's "hunches."</p>
<p>OOPS--it's down this weekend. Try on Monday.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.chiashu.com%5B/url%5D">www.chiashu.com</a> has a similar function--but keep in mind it's from the 2003 entering class, so it's a bit dated.</p>
<p>Is there a grad school equivalent to those tools?</p>
<p>Thanks Jonri and Stacy for the links! (I'll check the LSAT one tomorrow.)</p>
<p>I mean lsaC :)</p>
<p>what a difference a letter makes -.-</p>
<p>I have a "hunch" that Georgetown likes high GPAs - mostly because their admissions officers said so.</p>
<p>Best way to find this information out (aside from LSAC calculator): the law schools themselves. Find the LSAT/GPA grids that have the % admitted with your range - many schools have these online if you look hard enough. Aside from that, TALK directly to admissions officers (LSAC forum is good for this) about the split of high GPA/low LSAT and see what they say. Some will be blunt ("We want to see a high GPA no matter what." ~Georgetown admissons officer), and others may hedge a bit more. Dig a bit and try to figure it out.</p>
<p>Final advice: apply to MORE law schools when you have an LSAT/GPA discrepancy (one high, one low), because admissions are more unpredictable.</p>
<p>Thanks Ariesathena! I'll look into this....</p>