What are my chances?

Graduate School Law School
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<p>Hi, I am a rising Junior at the University of Miami. I would like to know my chances for my list of schools I will be applying to in the near future:
Stanford
Yale
Columbia
NYU
Berkeley
UPenn
Duke
Georgetown</p>

<p>GPA: 3.71 (Hoping to raise it up to a 3.75+ this semester) I am a legal studies major under the school of business</p>

<p>LSAT: 165 (Taking it again, maybe a 167 target score)</p>

<p>Internships & Work: Northwestern Mutual Financial Rep + Smithsonian Museum; Worked at Hollister for a year but don't think that's worth mentioning; Volunteered at a Hospital with 900 hours of community service; Will find another internship next summer, any suggestions?</p>

<p>Teaching Assistant at UM and possibly a member of the Honors College at UM...Hoping to graduate Magna Cumm Laude. </p>

<p>Phi Alpha Delta, Lambda Alpha Delta, Bermont-Carlins Scholar</p>

<p>Thank you :)</p>

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<p>Comparing your GPA/LSAT to my sons )also UM grad, I think your list is top heavy. He did not get off any waitlists that I remember either. As you never know, apply to any you like that you listed, just make sure you have a list as long including matches and safeties. (good merit money out there for matches and safeties as well. </p>

<p>You still have plenty of time. Don’t stress this stuff. Enjoy your remaining time at the U!!!</p>

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<p>Thank you crazed! Any suggestions for schools that might be at my target?</p>

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<p>Current UM student here… why did you take the LSAT so early?</p>

<p>I’d recommend taking Dr. Lewis’s symbolic logic class this Fall if you can, and study study study to take the LSAT in December or June.</p>

<p>To have a good shot at those schools, with your GPA you’ll realistically want the following LSAT scores:</p>

<p>Stanford: 173 (really kind of random, though)
Yale: 177 (really kind of random, though)
Columbia: 173
NYU: 171/172ish
Berkeley: 168 (really kind of random, though)
UPenn: 170
Duke: 169
Georgetown: 168</p>

<p>In summary, right now you don’t really have much of a shot at any of these schools.</p>

<p>Check out this website I made, which takes the results of applications from lawschoolnumbers and presents them to you in an easily understandable form: [myLSN.info</a> - LSN search](<a href=“http://www.mylsn.info%5DmyLSN.info”>http://www.mylsn.info)</p>

<p>Here’s a page with the information for your numbers: <a href=“http://myLSN.info/dispresults.php?usegetdata=1&lsatlow=165&lsathigh=165&gpalow=3.7&gpahigh=3.78&cycles1=0910&cycles2=1011&cycles3=1112&urm=Exclude&wlisdeny=Yes&submittedtime=any&ed=Excluded[/url]”>http://myLSN.info/dispresults.php?usegetdata=1&lsatlow=165&lsathigh=165&gpalow=3.7&gpahigh=3.78&cycles1=0910&cycles2=1011&cycles3=1112&urm=Exclude&wlisdeny=Yes&submittedtime=any&ed=Excluded&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>PM me, if you want - I’m happy to help you study for a retake. I got a 169 in June, but before I took the test I was averaging 177 on practice tests. I have a group of 5 or so people who will be studying to retake in October :slight_smile: But I’m happy to help you out after that too - Cane family and all, right? :D</p>

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<p>Hi, I was just taking practice tests and was averaging around 165 (give or take 1-2 points each time). </p>

<p>A little about myself, I am 19 years old and an finishing my degree by the time I am 20 in Dec 2013…which is scaring me! (too much dual enrollment and AP credits)</p>

<p>I would LOVE to join the study group and I am planning to take the test in Dec 2012</p>