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Did I kill my chances at H/S now?

Post by dontrogerthat » Fri May 15, 2015 9:16 pm

This is the last semester of grades the law schools I'm applying to will see. I had horrible sicknesses which lead to a really bad gpa (my lowest ever) which dropped my overall gpa down to around a 3.61.

Do I have any shot still at Harvard or Stanford?
I am a Puerto Rican male so I'm not sure how much that matters...would I need a 175+ LSAT to have a chance?
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Re: Did I kill my chances at H/S now?

Post by starry eyed » Fri May 15, 2015 9:21 pm

dontrogerthat wrote:This is the last semester of grades the law schools I'm applying to will see. I had horrible sicknesses which lead to a really bad gpa (my lowest ever) which dropped my overall gpa down to around a 3.61.

Do I have any shot still at Harvard or Stanford? I know even Chicago and Berkeley are probably shot now too...

I am a Puerto Rican male so I'm not sure how much that matters...would I need a 175+ LSAT to have a chance?
probably not, but check out mylsn.info for info about your chances

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Re: Did I kill my chances at H/S now?

Post by dontrogerthat » Fri May 15, 2015 10:33 pm

starry eyed wrote:
dontrogerthat wrote:This is the last semester of grades the law schools I'm applying to will see. I had horrible sicknesses which lead to a really bad gpa (my lowest ever) which dropped my overall gpa down to around a 3.61.

Do I have any shot still at Harvard or Stanford? I know even Chicago and Berkeley are probably shot now too...

I am a Puerto Rican male so I'm not sure how much that matters...would I need a 175+ LSAT to have a chance?
probably not, but check out mylsn.info for info about your chances
there is so little info for PR but thanks!

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Re: Did I kill my chances at H/S now?

Post by RZ5646 » Fri May 15, 2015 10:38 pm

If Puerto Rican counts as URM you shouldn't have a problem

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Re: Did I kill my chances at H/S now?

Post by starry eyed » Fri May 15, 2015 10:40 pm

dontrogerthat wrote:
starry eyed wrote:
dontrogerthat wrote:This is the last semester of grades the law schools I'm applying to will see. I had horrible sicknesses which lead to a really bad gpa (my lowest ever) which dropped my overall gpa down to around a 3.61.

Do I have any shot still at Harvard or Stanford? I know even Chicago and Berkeley are probably shot now too...

I am a Puerto Rican male so I'm not sure how much that matters...would I need a 175+ LSAT to have a chance?
probably not, but check out mylsn.info for info about your chances
there is so little info for PR but thanks!
hmm yea there isn't much data. still a non-URM is somewhat competitive for H with a 170+ lsat and 3.6

so i think your PR status should make you golden- if it counts as URM

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Post by WichitaShocker » Sat May 16, 2015 12:44 am

Everything I have seen says that Puerto Rican is URM, so make sure to check URM on MyLsn. That being said, Yale is tough for anyone, but kill the LSAT and I think both are still on the table. H more than Y though.

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Post by Clearly » Sat May 16, 2015 12:46 am

He's right though. URM status isn't binary, its not like if a school can't find enough AA, they start taking PR. From what I've heard, the PR boost isn't as noticeable as say AA, but it is still a definitive boost. Just knock the hell out of the LSAT.

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Post by Nathanael » Sat May 16, 2015 1:32 am

starry eyed wrote:
dontrogerthat wrote:
starry eyed wrote:
dontrogerthat wrote:This is the last semester of grades the law schools I'm applying to will see. I had horrible sicknesses which lead to a really bad gpa (my lowest ever) which dropped my overall gpa down to around a 3.61.

Do I have any shot still at Harvard or Stanford? I know even Chicago and Berkeley are probably shot now too...

I am a Puerto Rican male so I'm not sure how much that matters...would I need a 175+ LSAT to have a chance?
probably not, but check out mylsn.info for info about your chances
there is so little info for PR but thanks!
hmm yea there isn't much data. still a non-URM is somewhat competitive for H with a 170+ lsat and 3.6

so i think your PR status should make you golden- if it counts as URM
That's a stretch. Maybe you could say that for 3.6/175+

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Re: Did I kill my chances at H/S now?

Post by GenericLawApplicant » Sat May 16, 2015 3:27 am

Can you do a medical withdrawal OP?

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Re: Did I kill my chances at H/S now?

Post by dontrogerthat » Sat May 16, 2015 4:09 am

GenericLawApplicant wrote:Can you do a medical withdrawal OP?
I'm in the process of that right now...apparently my school is really random on the things they approve for withdrawal....

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Post by alexjinye » Sat May 16, 2015 9:32 pm

Rumor says the general cutoff line for non-URM is 3.75 for HYS, regardless of your LSAT.

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Post by Mack.Hambleton » Sat May 16, 2015 9:44 pm

alexjinye wrote:Rumor says the general cutoff line for non-URM is 3.75 for HYS, regardless of your LSAT.
Not for harvard

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Post by LawurmStudent » Sat May 16, 2015 11:45 pm

Clearly wrote:He's right though. URM status isn't binary, its not like if a school can't find enough AA, they start taking PR. From what I've heard, the PR boost isn't as noticeable as say AA, but it is still a definitive boost. Just knock the hell out of the LSAT.
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Re: Did I kill my chances at H/S now?

Post by Mack.Hambleton » Sun May 17, 2015 12:19 am

definitely AA is a bigger boost

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Post by Lawgenius » Sun May 17, 2015 9:51 am

starry eyed wrote:
dontrogerthat wrote:This is the last semester of grades the law schools I'm applying to will see. I had horrible sicknesses which lead to a really bad gpa (my lowest ever) which dropped my overall gpa down to around a 3.61.

Do I have any shot still at Harvard or Stanford? I know even Chicago and Berkeley are probably shot now too...

I am a Puerto Rican male so I'm not sure how much that matters...would I need a 175+ LSAT to have a chance?
probably not, but check out mylsn.info for info about your chances

Just write them a letter or call them whichever you deem is necessary.

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Re: Did I kill my chances at H/S now?

Post by ChemEng1642 » Mon May 18, 2015 9:27 am

Mack.Hambleton wrote:
alexjinye wrote:Rumor says the general cutoff line for non-URM is 3.75 for HYS, regardless of your LSAT.
Not for harvard

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Post by Grunt2Grad » Mon May 18, 2015 3:21 pm

Get the 170+ first and then worry about what the final GPA did or didn't do to your chances. I drove myself nuts thinking about what if I score this or what if I score that.

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