<p>I will be graduating at the end of this year, and I plan to apply to law school after a year or two off. I got my LSAT scores in October, I did quite well, I got a 176 however my GPA is 3.58. I have some volunteer work and stuff like that, but with those scores do I have a shot at any of the T6 schools?</p>
<p>You can probably get into NYU. Shot at Columbia. Probably not at Chicago. HYS are out.</p>
<p>Not sure I agree with YaleAlum. Your high LSAT coupled w/a decent GPA will place you in “splitter” territory, where your chances are based on the rest of that school’s applicant pool. If the school needs to boost its LSAT score, your chances increase. </p>
<p>I also wouldn’t underestimate the value of a strong personal statement and an interesting year or two off. If the applicant pool continues to decline as it has this year, your chances at T6 could be pretty darned good! :-)</p>
<p>Looking at LSN statistics, I tend to agree with YaleAlumnus. Of course, anything can happen, but GPA is certainly low for YSH.</p>
<p>I tend to agree with YaleAlumnus also, unless Op is a URM student (especially a URM male) then s/he would have a good chance of cracking the T-6</p>
<p>Okay. Assuming a “shot” is defined as: “more certain than a snowball’s chance in heck, but far less than a sure thing”; ie, “possible” – this person has a “shot” at the T6.
In the past 3yrs, assuming non-fudged stats on LSN, Harvard admitted at LEAST (because of course, not all applicants are on LSN) 4 non-URM applicants at or below the gpa/LSAT combo proposed by the OP.</p>
<p>Modestly extrapolating a 1:15 ratio of folks who post on LSN to those who don’t, one may predict a potential 15+ admits with this number combo in any given cycle. In any event, the question posed was re: a potential shot at the T6, not the T3. I maintain my original optimism. If the poster has a good story to tell, and tells it well, s/he definitely has a “shot” at the T6.</p>
<p>post-thought . . .
A 176 LSAT is likely to garner the OP merit based application fee waivers to most of the T6 anyway, so there’s absolutely no good reason not to throw a hat in the ring. I’d say apply sooner rather than later, however. Unless OP has accepted a two-year commitment elsewhere, what’s the harm in seeing how s/he fares in the 2012-2013 cycle? May save a little time.</p>