LS admissions Q
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:54 am
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Corey,coreyacceptance2013 wrote:1. I have taken the LSAT two times, scoring 172 first time and 177 second time. Do many schools in the Top 30, average them OR will most take the highest attempt?
2. If you want to apply 2013-14 cycle, what time is ideal? (Sept - Dec)?
3. Do law schools just focus on the #s (LSAT, Gpa) or are they picky, and scrutinize your undergraduate record? (my gpa: 3.05, LSATs...172, 177)...reason I ask if they are picky is, I have 4 D's on transcript, and several semesters of straight W's (non counted). Do straight Ws in a semester look better to adcoms then: half courses taken/half withdrawals in a semester?
I address all of this in a ton of detail here (I've worked at two T30 schools)
http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... 2&t=197451
but briefly
1. They see all scores but really only care about the high score because that goes to ABA and thus USNWR *(there may be a few exceptional circumstances where they care about all scores but these are far outliers)...they may use words like "look at all scores" etc etc but pretty much ignore that.
2. After Sept 15th and before Dec. 1 is your sweet spot.
3. I think this is talked about at length in the thread I linked.
Good luck!