Which schools do you recommend for the DC market with those numbers? (163 lsat 3.43 gpa)?

George Mason's new medians are a 3.72 and a 163.

You have a "shot" there.

William and Mary's new medians are a 3.66 and a 165.

yeah...

American's new medias are 3.39 and a 163.

You have a "shot" there too.

Washington and Lee's new medians are 3.56 and a 166.

Yeah...

University of Maryland's old medians (new aren't posted) are a 3.63 and a 162 (but assume they have gone up this past cycle - so for the sake of comparison, I would add a point to the LSAT median = 163)

You have a "shot" there.

SO...

George Mason
American
U of Maryland

All of these would be what I call reach-targets.

They are targets, but it is possible you won't get in to any of them.

So you should line up regular targets and safeties.

which one is the best of those schools? American?

Are you an underrepresented minority? It makes a big difference where you could be accepted.

not sure about their gpa but i had a class with someone last spring semester who got into american with a 158--white and female

i think u would get into one of those 3 schools, but id make sure u have a real safety

I honestly wish I could tell you.

But I can say U of Maryland is generally considered 3rd.

Because you want DC, I would recommend American because it is actually in DC.

However, the metro system makes traveling to DC from George Mason a short trip (so that bonus for American is small).

Here is some useful information:

Careers : American University (Washington)

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar NY
School's bar passage rate for first-time test takers 88.0%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers 76.7%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates 483
Graduates employed at graduation 87.1%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation 98.3%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary $60,000
Median private sector starting salary $90,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary $145,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information 73%
Median public service starting salary $53,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia 0.9%
Percent employed in business and industry 12.7%
Percent employed in government 16.9%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships 9.6%
Percent employed in law firms 53.1%
Percent employed in public interest 6.7%
Percent employed in an unknown field 0.2%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge 1.1%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state 48%
Graduates employed in foreign countries 1%
Number of states where graduates are employed 31
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) 2.3%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA) 12.0%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) 2.4%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) 0.5%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) 70.5%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN) 0.8%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX) 1.0%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) 6.0%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY) 2.0%
Employment location unknown 2.0%


Careers : George Mason University

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar VA
School's bar passage rate for first-time test takers 87.3%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers 75.6%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates 206
Graduates employed at graduation 96.5%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation 99.5%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary $70,000
Median private sector starting salary $110,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary $147,500
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information 69%
Median public service starting salary $55,706
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia 2.0%
Percent employed in business and industry 23.0%
Percent employed in government 16.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships 17.0%
Percent employed in law firms 38.0%
Percent employed in public interest 4.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field 0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge 3.0%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state 46%
Graduates employed in foreign countries 0%
Number of states where graduates are employed 20
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) 2.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA) 3.0%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) 0.5%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) 0.0%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) 88.4%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN) 0.0%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX) 1.5%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) 2.5%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY) 1.5%
Employment location unknown 0.0%

Careers : University of Maryland

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar MD
School's bar passage rate for first-time test takers 84.2%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers 76.4%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates 267
Graduates employed at graduation 84.8%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation 97.9%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary $62,500
Median private sector starting salary $82,500
75th percentile private sector starting salary $135,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information 100%
Median public service starting salary $45,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia 8.0%
Percent employed in business and industry 15.0%
Percent employed in government 13.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships 18.0%
Percent employed in law firms 40.0%
Percent employed in public interest 6.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field 0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge 4.3%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state 67%
Graduates employed in foreign countries 0%
Number of states where graduates are employed 21
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) 1.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA) 5.0%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) 1.0%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) 1.0%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) 88.0%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN) 0.0%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX) 1.0%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) 2.0%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY) 1.0%
Employment location unknown 0.0%