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Not Rejected if you Meet a Median??
I heard from an admissions person that if you meet at least one of the medians (she said LSAT specifically), you will be at least waitlisted. This was at a pretty high-ranked school. Has anyone heard this before? Is it accurate??
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Every adcom is different. At some schools this is true. At others it's not. I got dinged at Cornell and I was over their Median by 9 lsat points.username99 wrote:I heard from an admissions person that if you meet at least one of the medians (she said LSAT specifically), you will be at least waitlisted. This was at a pretty high-ranked school. Has anyone heard this before? Is it accurate??
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not so helpful
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Dude you're a URM in the 170's. You'll have your pick of the litter.
Do adcoms look on here and on lawschoolnumbers for students? Or are we just paranoid?
Do adcoms look on here and on lawschoolnumbers for students? Or are we just paranoid?
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haha idk maybe paranoid
I feel like my application is a little unique lol yes i think i'm a special snowflake
I feel like non URMs overrate the addition of URM status to an application lol oh well I'll take my shot anyways
I feel like my application is a little unique lol yes i think i'm a special snowflake
I feel like non URMs overrate the addition of URM status to an application lol oh well I'll take my shot anyways
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Re: Not Rejected if you Meet a Median??
Well good luck to you. I think you'll be just fine
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have you guys ever heard of trans-racial disorder. do you think that would fly for a harvard app or something?
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If they give any sort of bump to the absurdly pale, I'm in!
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URM is different. Regular advice doesn't apply.s0ph1e2007 wrote:Desert Fox wrote:Every adcom is different. At some schools this is true. At others it's not. I got dinged at Cornell and I was over their Median by 9 lsat points.username99 wrote:I heard from an admissions person that if you meet at least one of the medians (she said LSAT specifically), you will be at least waitlisted. This was at a pretty high-ranked school. Has anyone heard this before? Is it accurate??
ALSO: PLEASE DONT QUOTE SO THAT I CAN DELETE THIS AFTER RESPONSE
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Desert Fox wrote:URM is different. Regular advice doesn't apply.s0ph1e2007 wrote:Desert Fox wrote:Every adcom is different. At some schools this is true. At others it's not. I got dinged at Cornell and I was over their Median by 9 lsat points.username99 wrote:I heard from an admissions person that if you meet at least one of the medians (she said LSAT specifically), you will be at least waitlisted. This was at a pretty high-ranked school. Has anyone heard this before? Is it accurate??
ALSO: PLEASE DONT QUOTE SO THAT I CAN DELETE THIS AFTER RESPONSE
are you being sarcastic? if you're not then you better elaborate to be useful
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Look at the URMs on LSN and the URM forums. Enjoy.s0ph1e2007 wrote: are you being sarcastic? if you're not then you better elaborate to be useful
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yea i've done that. if you haven't noticed there aren't a lot of URMs on LSN.rad law wrote:Look at the URMs on LSN and the URM forums. Enjoy.s0ph1e2007 wrote: are you being sarcastic? if you're not then you better elaborate to be useful
anyways, apparently this wasn't helpful. thanks, anyways.
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If you look at the graphs on LSN, most of the outliers are URMs. It does suggest that you will have a distinct advantage when you apply. With your numbers, I think you'll be golden. You really cannot underestimate the impact of URM status on an application.
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Because that's a highly representative sample...Did anyone on here even take stats? Know what it is?rad law wrote:Look at the URMs on LSN and the URM forums. Enjoy.s0ph1e2007 wrote: are you being sarcastic? if you're not then you better elaborate to be useful
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username99 wrote:Dude you're a URM in the 170's. You'll have your pick of the litter.
Do adcoms look on here and on lawschoolnumbers for students? Or are we just paranoid?
You will find all the stats your heart's desire at LSN. You can search specific to GPA, LSAT, URM, etc. When you look, you will see that you will be in VERY good condition.
Why worry about adcoms looking on forums? First, I doubt they have the time to search for each applicant on forums and second, just don't say anything that you think would seriously damage the perception of your character
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I heard certain T14 schools reserve 5% of the incoming class for people who manage to not act like asshats on TLS.hokie wrote:Why worry about adcoms looking on forums? First, I doubt they have the time to search for each applicant on forums and second, just don't say anything that you think would seriously damage the perception of your character
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Someone go make a Yale 2011 thread and sit back and wait
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I think this is beyond the point. People overplay statistics a bit when it comes to applications. Your GPA/LSAT combo gets you put in one of 3 piles: ding, consider, auto-admit. I think you can still f-up the auto-admit based on numbers if your application is an obvious POS. People here focus on the fact that you can't write your way out of the ding pile easily (if at all).voltage88 wrote:Because that's a highly representative sample...Did anyone on here even take stats? Know what it is?rad law wrote:Look at the URMs on LSN and the URM forums. Enjoy.s0ph1e2007 wrote: are you being sarcastic? if you're not then you better elaborate to be useful
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That is blatant YP though. And a 176 to Cornell? I don't blame them lol. I don't know why they deny instead of waitlist though -- maybe you were siced for IthicaDesert Fox wrote:Every adcom is different. At some schools this is true. At others it's not. I got dinged at Cornell and I was over their Median by 9 lsat points.username99 wrote:I heard from an admissions person that if you meet at least one of the medians (she said LSAT specifically), you will be at least waitlisted. This was at a pretty high-ranked school. Has anyone heard this before? Is it accurate??
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Nope 2.8 gpa meant it was a legit ding.AreJay711 wrote:That is blatant YP though. And a 176 to Cornell? I don't blame them lol. I don't know why they deny instead of waitlist though -- maybe you were siced for IthicaDesert Fox wrote:Every adcom is different. At some schools this is true. At others it's not. I got dinged at Cornell and I was over their Median by 9 lsat points.username99 wrote:I heard from an admissions person that if you meet at least one of the medians (she said LSAT specifically), you will be at least waitlisted. This was at a pretty high-ranked school. Has anyone heard this before? Is it accurate??
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Outted yourself as never taking stats bro.voltage88 wrote:Because that's a highly representative sample...Did anyone on here even take stats? Know what it is?rad law wrote:Look at the URMs on LSN and the URM forums. Enjoy.s0ph1e2007 wrote: are you being sarcastic? if you're not then you better elaborate to be useful
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Urm applicant advice is much different than normal applicant advice for a variety of reasons. First is that softs generally matter much more. Cycles are also more unpredictable, since while you may get a substantial boost, sometimes it appears people don't (or they get boosts in varying degrees based on schools).s0ph1e2007 wrote:yea i've done that. if you haven't noticed there aren't a lot of URMs on LSN.rad law wrote:Look at the URMs on LSN and the URM forums. Enjoy.s0ph1e2007 wrote: are you being sarcastic? if you're not then you better elaborate to be useful
anyways, apparently this wasn't helpful. thanks, anyways.
A rough (and I do mean rough) guide for what your LSAT boost is:
NA: 12+
AA male: 10+
AA female: 8-10
Hispanic:4-5 (can depend a lot more on the school too)
Feel free to call out these numbers as off and to offer corrections.
Hourumd.com might be easier to use for URM chances, since multiple years allow you to see a bigger sample size (place less emphasis on the older cycles though).
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Richie Tenenbaum wrote:Urm applicant advice is much different than normal applicant advice for a variety of reasons. First is that softs generally matter much more. Cycles are also more unpredictable, since while you may get a substantial boost, sometimes it appears people don't (or they get boosts in varying degrees based on schools).s0ph1e2007 wrote:yea i've done that. if you haven't noticed there aren't a lot of URMs on LSN.rad law wrote:Look at the URMs on LSN and the URM forums. Enjoy.s0ph1e2007 wrote: are you being sarcastic? if you're not then you better elaborate to be useful
anyways, apparently this wasn't helpful. thanks, anyways.
A rough (and I do mean rough) guide for what your LSAT boost is:
NA: 12+
AA male: 10+
AA female: 8-10
Hispanic:4-5 (can depend a lot more on the school too)
Feel free to call out these numbers as off and to offer corrections.
Hourumd.com might be easier to use for URM chances, since multiple years allow you to see a bigger sample size (place less emphasis on the older cycles though).
haha 185? interesting. not sure how to interpret that
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It means good shot at HYS.s0ph1e2007 wrote:
haha 185? interesting. not sure how to interpret that
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Nah, bro. You outted(?) yourself as a dumbass, brah.Desert Fox wrote:Outted yourself as never taking stats bro.voltage88 wrote:Because that's a highly representative sample...Did anyone on here even take stats? Know what it is?rad law wrote:Look at the URMs on LSN and the URM forums. Enjoy.s0ph1e2007 wrote: are you being sarcastic? if you're not then you better elaborate to be useful
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