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3.25 and 174-which schools will take me? |
| Message Name: |
slightly higher GPA, slightly lower LSAT |
| Date Posted: |
05/05/2000 |
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Hope abounds. You will get into a good second tier school in virtually every scenario, and into a middle to bottom of the first tier school in some scenarios. Although it is possible that your high LSAT may permit you to move nearer the top of the first tier, I believe that your likely admission level is at a school that is only really great, instead of extraordinarily really, really great. Not only are you at the card table of the great "get into law school" poker game, but you're holding a 10, a 2 and 3 aces. Don't fold just because you don't have the fourth ace that a 3.7 would give you! |
| Message: |
I had a 3.32 and a 172. Here are the results of my applications:
Rejected at Stanford, Berkeley and Harvard.
Waitlisted at Boston College, Duke, Chicago, NYU and Columbia.
Accepted at Cornell, Georgetown, Northwestern, and Michigan.
As you can see, I applied to most of the top schools, since I was also unsure of the effect of my low GPA. My experience has been that the LSAT is the determining factor, and the GPA is less important at most top schools.
I say go for the best school you could possibly imagine yourself getting in to. If the rest of your application is bulletproof, your dream may come true.
Good Luck!
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