<p>My younger cousin is going to law school soon and would like to know what type of schools he could expect to get into. I wanna give him good advice so I'm coming to you guys for advice. I don't know much about his soft factors but he, like myself, immigrated from Liberia when we were kids (for what it's worth). So what do you guys think? T50? I'm not really sure what to tell him because his numbers are alot different from mine.</p>
<p>I'd think T14 for sure, but let's wait and see what the others have to say.</p>
<p>EDIT: LSN is really hard to use in this situation, but from what I can tell, it might not fully back my optimism. At a bare minimum, I'd think T25, though.</p>
<p>Bluedevilmike, I do think the boost you seem to attach to AA status is excessive. IMHO, regardless of one's racial background, cracking the T14 requires at least a 163 LSAT, and even that assumes your GPA is decent.</p>
<p>Well, LSN is full of sub-160 kids who broke the T14. The question is, what proportion of applicants are they? Since URM reporting is spotty, it's very hard to tell.</p>
<p>Also, since LSN is anonymous and self-reported, you have to take into consideration that not everyone is completely honest in reporting where they got into school. You just have to take the information there with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>Yeah, that's crossed my mind, but the proportion of students there who got admitted to T14 schools with sub-160 scores is really non-trivial. LSD's conventional wisdom is that we're talking about 0.4 GPA and 13 LSAT points -- and from everything I've seen last cycle (admittedly with small sample size) -- that seems to give surprisingly good predictions.</p>
<p>T14 seems alittle high but I think he'll be happy to hear that he's got a shot (no matter now remote). I think he should aim for T25</p>
<p>What does AA mean?</p>
<p>african american</p>
<p>Or Alcoholics Anonymous.</p>
<p>... although all things considered, I am pretty certain African American is more likely.</p>
<p>@ BDM:</p>
<p>T14 with those numbers? Heckkk no.</p>
<p>The highest-ranked school you're looking with those numbers willl be around the Texas/WUStl/GWU. But don't hold your breath.</p>
<p>I'll be very interested to see how he does at Cornell/Georgetown. Care to place a friendly bet? :)</p>
<p>(For non-monetary stakes, obviously.)</p>
<p>If he's from Liberia wouldn't he just be African?</p>
<p>since he "immigrated" when he was a kid from Liberia to the U.S., 13+ years most likely would have passed since immigration, and he would probably have an American citizenship now and therefore count as an African American...(i'm guessing).</p>
<p>To the OP:</p>
<p>I'll let you in a little secret: no one here works at a law school admissions committee, whether at a top-14 or a top-200. And so, while they may eagerly share their thoughts with the best intentions and at times sound like they know what they are talking about, you would be wise to take whatever you read/hear in this kind of forums with a grain of salt (or honestly, even with a box of salt). In turn, you would pass that box of salt to your cousin (...who, by the way, should be doing his/her own research).</p>
<p>That said, the best advice you can probably give "your cousin" (besides my box of salt advice, clearly) would be to check the ranges of the different schools he/she would like to apply to, and then apply to 3 reaches, 3 safeties , and 3 good matches numbers-wise. If money is not an issue, send out more apps.</p>
<p>A good website where you may find solid advice: DeLoggio</a> Achievement Program for Law and other Professional Schools -- the Best There Is!</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>