<p>Hi all,
I'm wondering what schools I should apply to. I just got the October 2011 LSAT back.</p>
<p>LSAT: 173
GPA: (unweighted) 3.95
LSAC weighted GPA: 4.02
School: University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Major: Political Science</p>
<p>My biggest disadvantage is that I'm graduating early and applying during the fall of my third year. However I did take classes over the summer, which might make up for another semester. I studied abroad in France, as well as intern in Canadian Parliament. (I'm getting a letter of rec from the office I was in at Parliament.)</p>
<p>Besides interning, other important stuff I'm included on my resume:
Senior Editor at Michigan Journal of Asian Studies (specialty in Southeast Asia and Chinese politics)
Student Coordinator at South Quad Dining Hall
Spectrum Center Student Advisory Board</p>
<p>I also got a couple of academic awards here and there, and I was the recipient of two university scholarships (one is renewable), and I mentioned that on my resume as well.</p>
<p>Ok, I was wondering which schools I should apply to. I'm applying to Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Michigan, Notre Dame, and William and Mary. If anyone wants to give chances for Michigan up, I would appreciate it as well. If you can think of t-14 schools I could make it in, that I haven't mentioned, please let me know that too!
Thanks everyone!</p>
<p>Did you not apply for the Wolverine Scholars program?
Why would graduating a year early hurt you?
Why wouldn’t you just blanket the top 10 or 14?</p>
<p>Are you seriously asking us which schools you should apply to?
This has to be the most ridiculous post I’ve seen in a while.</p>
<p>I didn’t apply for the Wolverine Scholars Program because the deadline was in July and I had been out of the country from May to August, making getting letters of rec a little more difficult.</p>
<p>Also, graduating a year early gives schools only 4-5 semesters to look at, versus 6-8 if I waited to graduate before applying. Also if I blanket the whole top 14, that’s a lot of money, and as you can see, I only have a dining hall job to pay for it.</p>
<p>A few thousand now is microscopic in comparison to your future income.
If this is something you are serious about, not applying because of application costs is akin to not buying textbooks to save money.</p>
<p>Another alternative is to get a job for a few years and decide if this is something you really want to do. Given the lack of foresight exhibited in your posts, this may be the best option.
You have incredible stats and clearly are an exceptional student. Don’t waste this by jumping in too quickly.</p>
<p>You should get into every single T14 law school you apply to; maybe except Yale.</p>
<p>Cross off Notre Dame and Williams and Mary from your list. Why would you apply to those schools given your stats?? Apply to Stanford, Chicago, NYU, Duke, and UVA instead.</p>
<p>You will likely to get full tuition merit scholarship offers from lower-T14 law schools such as Northwestern, UVA, Cornell, or even U of Michigan if you apply early in the cycle. Also, you might get decent amount of merit scholarship money at Columbia or NYU. </p>
<p>You are definitely in a very good shape! If I were in your shoes, I would be deciding if:</p>
<p>1) should I attend Yale or Harvard Law with no scholarship money,</p>
<p>2) should I attend a T6 (such as Columbia or NYU) with half scholarship money.</p>
<p>Or,</p>
<p>3) should I attend a lower T14 law school such as UVA or Cornell with full scholarship.</p>
<p>So, apply to most of T14 law schools and see how much money each law school is throwing at you, and decide where you will go.</p>