<p>Hey everyone.</p>
<p>I am an economics (major), mathematics (minor) and finance (minor) student at McGill University in Montreal Canada. I was originally an honors political science student in my
first year of studies at McGill; however, I was not interested in the subject at all which in result caused a very very low first year GPA.</p>
<p>My cumulative GPA: 3.3~ (top 22% will graduate with cum laude)
My Major GPA: 3.7~~
LSAT: 164.</p>
<p>My goals are to attend either Georgetown in DC or HKU for JD. I was wondering if I have any chance at all at these schools.</p>
<p>I still have one more year to prep which would potentially raise my gpa to 3.45 and well I suppose I can try to study for LSAT more and get hopefully 170+.</p>
<p>I plan to ED Georgetown and well HKU as soon as application opens. </p>
<p>CHances would be very welcomed fellow cc'ers.</p>
<p>HKU, Hong Kong University?</p>
<p>yes, the university of hong kong. I am of korean origin but my father’s company is based in hong kong, thus making HKU the optimal choice for me as I will be taking over his company 5 years or so after my graduation from law school.</p>
<p>Okay, well this is going to be a shameless Alma Mater plug. </p>
<p>The University of Washington, Seattle, School of Law is ranked #20 and your statistics would be competitive for admissions if you could do what you said and get your LSAT a little higher and your GPA a little higher.</p>
<p>University of Washington’s specialty is in international law, specifically related to Asian law; with concentrations in Asian Law and in International and Comparative Law.</p>
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<p>Back to Op’s question; a 164 is not a competitive score for Georgetown</p>
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<p>Ouch. In many US undergraduate colleges, a ~3.3 would be top half of the class.</p>
<p>US law schools are all about the numbers. Thus, you need to overcome the lower grading system in Canada, by significantly increasing your lsat to 170+.</p>
<p>This year, my friend whos graduating, received offers from Cornell, Georgetown, and NYU law schools (he is in the same program as I am minus the finance part) with a 3.36 gpa and 172 LSAT. If i can bring my LSAT up from 164 to 170+ range, would I have a fair shot at Georgetown/??</p>
<p>and…any information on HKU? its really difficult to find information on HKU’s JD program especially since they do not require LSAT scores. </p>
<p>I have Quantitative 800, Verbal 760 and Analytical 5 on GRE as well would that help if i submitted htat?</p>
<p>If HKU is the “optimal” choice, why even bother applying to GU? Do you want to practice law in the US? If so, aim for a US law school, as bar admission requirements for foreign law grads can be a pain. Not sure anyone here is going to be able to give you much info on HKU. But if a law degree from HKU will help you in the corporate world in Hong Kong, then that would be your best choice.</p>
<p>i am not interested in practicing law at all. I am just interested in the field as an academic.
Georgetown has always appealed to me as a school and I would have gone there as a college student; however, father’s company was in dire situation back then and I did not want to put too much burden on his shoulders thus I chose McGill over University of Chicago, Georgetown, or Cornell. Now I would like to go back to my old dreams of studying at Georgetown or well HKU as HKU is optimal choice for my future career.</p>