<p>I go to UConn which is a relatively good state school and I'd like to go to Law School to UConn as well or somewhere local so it's cheaper for me. My GPA is a 3.94 in MIS (Business School) and I'm graduating in 3 years which seems like an accomplishment in my opinion. Problem is my LSAT scores are low, I did the Kaplan course last month and my avg. practice was ~148 so I'm assuming my real lsat went the same way...What do you all think my chances are for a lower ranked school like UConn or Quinipiac?</p>
<p>With UConn, you'll have an edge because you're in-state... but, honestly, it's really hard to get in, period. Do NOT take the LSAT until you can score well on actual, real practice tests. Xiggi has mentioned this with regards to the SAT, but it holds true for the LSAT: often, Princeton/Kaplan will have students practice on harder questions, but you aren't practicing on real, actual LSAT questions. Believe it or not, you're best off practicing on the actual questions, not the more difficult ones. Practice what you will be tested on. </p>
<p>That said, get the 10 Real LSATs book (about $30) and practice on those. Unless your score is within the median 50% of LSAT scores for UConn, don't expect that you can get in... it would be a reach/match, even with the in-state. </p>
<p>I don't know much about Quinnipiac - wasn't even aware (or was vaguely aware) that they have a law school. </p>
<p>Finally - unless you go to UConn (tuition is about $13k/year for in-state), you're going to be spending a pile of money on private school tuition. Do consider looking at other schools. Generally, rural schools are less expensive. Not sure what Quinnipiac costs, but Albany and Franklin Pierce are about $40k/year with everything included. That's actually not bad for law schools. If you get your LSAT score up towards 160, consider schools which are far outside of CT (assuming you want to return there to work) but are nationally ranked (which would make it possible for you to return there). You might get a geographic advantage in applying to midwest schools, for example.</p>
<p>it seemed as though the Kaplan class was based entirely around real lsat questions from prior years, including the homework, in class examples, and extra practice...the book you speak of was actually included with the course.</p>
<p>Anyways I guess all I can do now is pray (and ask for your guys' good luck wishes) that when June 27 rolls around and we all get notified of LSATS I will get a nice large number that will look good next to my 3.94 which doesn't mean diddly-squat next to a crappy score :(</p>