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Honest Answers only, please:

Post by Chowfun » Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:51 am

I did bad on the lsat 151! I have a gpa of 3.75. Despite my horrible lsat, I still have fee waivers from t14s. I also have a few interviews as well. I was offered the interviews. Are they even worth my time?

I don't know if it matters, but I am a URM.

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Post by mephistopheles » Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:53 am

retake

please trust me, retake

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Post by HRomanus » Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:54 am

Being a URM does matter.

But no.

A 151 will get you rejected anywhere that you really want to go. Retake for a 165-170 and you'll go wherever you want with that GPA.

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Post by Chowfun » Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:57 am

Ah, this sucks. Why are they wanting to interview me then? I feel embarrassed, it's like if I have no chance why are you giving my false hope?

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Post by HRomanus » Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:59 am

Chowfun wrote:Ah, this sucks. Why are they wanting to interview me then? I feel embarrassed, it's like if I have no chance why are you giving my false hope?
You're not getting in with a 151 (or getting in anywhere worth going/with a scholarship that's worth it) even as a URM unless you're, like, RG3 or something. Just retake and shoot for next year, where your outcomes will be incredible with that GPA.

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Post by malleus discentium » Tue Nov 11, 2014 11:00 am

Chowfun wrote:Ah, this sucks. Why are they wanting to interview me then? I feel embarrassed, it's like if I have no chance why are you giving my false hope?
What interviews were you offered?

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Post by Ron Don Volante » Tue Nov 11, 2014 11:00 am

Retake. Even if you get in anywhere (you wont) you won't the scholarship offers to make it worth going anywhere legit.

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Re: Honest Answers only, please:

Post by Chowfun » Tue Nov 11, 2014 11:02 am

Ron Don Volante wrote:Retake. Even if you get in anywhere (you wont) you won't the scholarship offers to make it worth going anywhere legit.
I see. Thanks.

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Re: Honest Answers only, please:

Post by Chowfun » Tue Nov 11, 2014 11:03 am

malleus discentium wrote:
Chowfun wrote:Ah, this sucks. Why are they wanting to interview me then? I feel embarrassed, it's like if I have no chance why are you giving my false hope?
What interviews were you offered?
The two confirmed ones are Northwestern and Georgetown. Are they still t14? I'm not too sure, but not far from it.

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Post by CoffeeIsLife » Tue Nov 11, 2014 11:06 am

Chowfun wrote:I did bad on the lsat 151! I have a gpa of 3.75. Despite my horrible lsat, I still have fee waivers from t14s. I also have a few interviews as well. I was offered the interviews. Are they even worth my time?

I don't know if it matters, but I am a URM.
Highest LSAT: 165
GPA: 3.8
LSDAS GPA: 3.8
Gender: Female
Underrepresented Minority?: Yes
Application Year: 2014-2015
(INFO IS FROM YOUR PROFILE)
Why are you trying to troll everyone. Gotta try harder than this

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Post by HRomanus » Tue Nov 11, 2014 11:13 am

CoffeeIsLife wrote:
Chowfun wrote:I did bad on the lsat 151! I have a gpa of 3.75. Despite my horrible lsat, I still have fee waivers from t14s. I also have a few interviews as well. I was offered the interviews. Are they even worth my time?

I don't know if it matters, but I am a URM.
Highest LSAT: 165
GPA: 3.8
LSDAS GPA: 3.8
Gender: Female
Underrepresented Minority?: Yes
Application Year: 2014-2015
(INFO IS FROM YOUR PROFILE)
Why are you trying to troll everyone. Gotta try harder than this
Wow we fail. I even checked her profile and missed this.

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Re: Honest Answers only, please:

Post by BankruptMe » Tue Nov 11, 2014 11:19 am

last cycle someone got into GW with a 3.75/148. URM female

It is not worth paying 300,000 for law these days.

I would retake.

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Post by AReasonableMan » Tue Nov 11, 2014 11:19 am

Could have been she expected a 165. You really have to be passionately racist to go through all this trouble just to troll affirmative action. However, I would bet thee person who attends GW with a 148 will not do very well on exams. The most recent data would suggest being over 15 points below a median, she has a 95 percent chance of being below median.

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Post by hdunlop » Tue Nov 11, 2014 12:03 pm

Northwestern says they interview literally everyone.

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Post by BillsFan9907 » Tue Nov 11, 2014 1:26 pm

AReasonableMan wrote:Could have been she expected a 165. You really have to be passionately racist to go through all this trouble just to troll affirmative action. However, I would bet thee person who attends GW with a 148 will not do very well on exams. The most recent data would suggest being over 15 points below a median, she has a 95 percent chance of being below median.
Why does it make you racist to troll affirmative action? I guess expecting that everyone be held to the same standard is racist now. All those people comfortable with Jews in Germany not getting a special standard? Racists!!!!

I imagine some people are rightfully indignant. It doesn't make them racist to act out.
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Post by ilikebaseball » Tue Nov 11, 2014 1:28 pm

Chowfun wrote:I did bad on the lsat 151! I have a gpa of 3.75. Despite my horrible lsat, I still have fee waivers from t14s. I also have a few interviews as well. I was offered the interviews. Are they even worth my time?

I don't know if it matters, but I am a URM.
retake bro. They offer you waivers to decrease their acceptance percentage to make them look better. With your GPA, take as long as you need to make an LSAT score of 165+. If it takes 6 months, a year, 2 years whatever. Lawl school is going nowhere. Please just retake, then the waivers will actually be valid interest.

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Post by rinkrat19 » Tue Nov 11, 2014 1:29 pm

Chowfun wrote:
malleus discentium wrote:
Chowfun wrote:Ah, this sucks. Why are they wanting to interview me then? I feel embarrassed, it's like if I have no chance why are you giving my false hope?
What interviews were you offered?
The two confirmed ones are Northwestern and Georgetown. Are they still t14? I'm not too sure, but not far from it.
They interview all applicants. It's just part of the app process for them.

You MUST retake. There is literally zero room to argue otherwise.

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Post by ilikebaseball » Tue Nov 11, 2014 1:30 pm

Edit from my post above: damn. Why did you even make a thread if you got a 165? Like, good joke... i guess.

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Post by rinkrat19 » Tue Nov 11, 2014 1:31 pm

ilikebaseball wrote:Edit from my post above: damn. Why did you even make a thread if you got a 165? Like, good joke... i guess.
Lame.

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Post by A. Nony Mouse » Tue Nov 11, 2014 1:33 pm

Seoulless wrote:
AReasonableMan wrote:Could have been she expected a 165. You really have to be passionately racist to go through all this trouble just to troll affirmative action. However, I would bet thee person who attends GW with a 148 will not do very well on exams. The most recent data would suggest being over 15 points below a median, she has a 95 percent chance of being below median.
Why does it make you racist to troll affirmative action? I guess expecting that everyone be held to the same standard is racist now. All those people comfortable with Jews in Germany not getting a special standard? Racists!!!!

I imagine some people are rightfully indignant. It doesn't make them racist to act out.
No affirmative action discussion.

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Post by AReasonableMan » Tue Nov 11, 2014 1:36 pm

Seoulless wrote:
AReasonableMan wrote:Could have been she expected a 165. You really have to be passionately racist to go through all this trouble just to troll affirmative action. However, I would bet thee person who attends GW with a 148 will not do very well on exams. The most recent data would suggest being over 15 points below a median, she has a 95 percent chance of being below median.
Why does it make you racist to troll affirmative action? I guess expecting that everyone be held to the same standard is racist now. All those people comfortable with Jews in Germany not getting a special standard? Racists!!!!
Reasonable minds can debate the merits of affirmative action. However, somebody affirmatively lying in creating a fake account, and creating a fallacious backstory solely for the purpose of riling up public disdain for affirmative action is obsessive to the point of racism.

For whatever reason, the Jews in Germany didn't need affirmative action, and always had been subjected to legal disadvantages. They're an anomaly. How does Judaism even exist when every other religion from its era was assimilated, and someone group has had the resources and desire to eliminate them every century? They're lousy evidence, because their experience doesn't follow logic.

EDIT: Didn't see warning.
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Post by rinkrat19 » Tue Nov 11, 2014 1:37 pm

When a mod says "no AA discussion," you should probably STFU.

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Post by A. Nony Mouse » Tue Nov 11, 2014 1:38 pm

Seriously, nothing more about affirmative action.

Seriously? What are you waiting for?

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