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Law School Admission |
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The only way to boos |
| Date Posted: |
09/26/2000 |
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I am somewhat baffled by your response.. such hostility..!
why? I was merely stating my stats to get some feedback from people who might know about law admissions than myself.. no arrogance at all.. in fact people like you make me insecure to flash any of my credentials at all b/c you automatically assume that if soeone mentions and ivy education or a high score they must be automatically arrogant no matter whether bringing the info up was relevant to the conversation.. geez.. get a grip..
as far as applying to only top 5 schools - I have my own reasons.. just one of them would be that I've already spent enough money on education and I already have a number of decent degrees so in my mind I could only justify shelling out another $100k for JD if
that would open more doors and career options thant I already have (top 6 MBA)..
again you would probably think that i must be arrogant for bringing up the top6 MBA fact but i only do that to justify my argument for only applying to top 5 law programs..
anyway, for anyone else who can offer more constructive feedback, please comment on my original message:
"I have scored 169 on the LSAT and have a 3.5 GPA from an Ivy.. I know that on the GPA front I am not extremely competitive for the top 5 school but on top of having gone to an Ivy, I also have an MS and an MBA from another Ivy and I have 4yrs of pretty solid work experience.. Would this factors matter to compensate for the GPA?
I am planning to apply ONLY to a top 5 school and I was wondering what you guys think about my chances.. should I try to retake my LSAT and maybe boos the core by another 5pts?"
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The only way to boost your core 5 points would be to score 179 because law schools average the scores you make. However, as USNews will show you, a 169 is plenty high enough to get into a top-5 school. Perhaps not Yale or Stanford, but certainly Columbia/NYU. This is not the start of a rankings argument. It is simply a statistically justifiable response to your question. Also, a pre-law advisor can show you an index number - an equation considering GPA and LSAT to show you top-5 cut-offs. Anyway, good luck and remember, money won't buy happiness and neither will a JD.
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