<p>Yes, UVA has relatively good professional school counseling, but I think you get MUCH better "straight talk" on message boards and through talking to people in your field of interest. People I know have gone to the law school counseling services have gotten great advice, but they've also been told terribly outlandish lies about splitters (low GPA, high LSAT) not having good chances at top schools or that American U places well in BIGLAW/elite government jobs. Oh well.</p>
<p>Not sure how the splitters do now (I definitely got into UVA more on LSAT than GPA) but I wouldn't plan on working at a top tier DC law firm unless I was law review at AU.</p>
<p>LSAT is still weighted pretty heavily. With above a 3.0 and an LSAT of 172-173 or higher, you have a pretty good chance of getting into at least one school ranked in the 7-15 range. With an even higher LSAT, schools in the 4-6 range become possible. And I agree with you about AU, based on everything I've read.</p>
<p>lawschoolnumbers and lawschooldiscussion are probably the two best sources of info regarding LS admissions, in my opinion of course.</p>
<p>LSD be very helpful but a lot of the posters there are delusional, bottom-feeding morons. Auto-admit/x o x o h t h used to have a near monopoly on succinct, honest advice, but it's been in decline for a while now. I agree whole-heartedly about LSN. One great thing about going to UVA is that you get to know a lot of quality applicants, so it's easy to see first hand how people do.</p>
<p>UVA Law Class of 2010 breakdown of undergraduate schools: </p>
<p>Class</a> of 2010 Profile</p>