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LOW GPA / HIGH LSAT

Post by aigsrone » Sun May 31, 2009 11:17 am

My GPA is 2.309 and I graduated from University of Maryland. If i scored 170-180 on my LSAT can i get into a top law school or perhaps I would like to go to University of Maryland School of Law? What are my chances?

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Re: LOW GPA / HIGH LSAT

Post by MrOrange » Sun May 31, 2009 11:19 am

aigsrone wrote:My GPA is 2.309 and I graduated from University of Maryland. If i scored 170-180 on my LSAT can i get into a top law school or perhaps I would like to go to University of Maryland School of Law? What are my chances?
Yeah, it's possible. But you'd better be able to explain your grades, and a 170+ is absolutely essential.

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Post by Aeroplane » Sun May 31, 2009 11:34 am

aigsrone wrote:My GPA is 2.309 and I graduated from University of Maryland. If i scored 170-180 on my LSAT can i get into a top law school or perhaps I would like to go to University of Maryland School of Law? What are my chances?
Depends what you mean by top law school. I normally try to boost splitter hopes, but I am fairly sure that T14 is out for you, even with a 175. Do you have any extreme mitigating circumstances for that GPA? Like a foreign grade scale where the median converts to a 2.1 or something?

Edit: Oops, RC fail. Anyway, any other extreme mitigators? Abducted by aliens soph year? Etc.

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Re: LOW GPA / HIGH LSAT

Post by aigsrone » Sun May 31, 2009 11:36 am

MrOrange wrote:
aigsrone wrote:My GPA is 2.309 and I graduated from University of Maryland. If i scored 170-180 on my LSAT can i get into a top law school or perhaps I would like to go to University of Maryland School of Law? What are my chances?
Yeah, it's possible. But you'd better be able to explain your grades, and a 170+ is absolutely essential.

I plan to take my LSATs on September 26, 2009. I hopefully plan on attending law school in Fall 2010. During that time should I enroll in 2 non-degree graduate courses at University of Maryland per semester and get A's in them to prove to law schools that I am capable to working hard. The non-degree graduate courses for some departments don't require GRE as I won't be able to study them and I would need to focus on my LSATs.

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Re: LOW GPA / HIGH LSAT

Post by Aeroplane » Sun May 31, 2009 11:38 am

aigsrone wrote:
MrOrange wrote:
aigsrone wrote:My GPA is 2.309 and I graduated from University of Maryland. If i scored 170-180 on my LSAT can i get into a top law school or perhaps I would like to go to University of Maryland School of Law? What are my chances?
Yeah, it's possible. But you'd better be able to explain your grades, and a 170+ is absolutely essential.

I plan to take my LSATs on September 26, 2009. I hopefully plan on attending law school in Fall 2010. During that time should I enroll in 2 non-degree graduate courses at University of Maryland per semester and get A's in them to prove to law schools that I am capable to working hard. The non-degree graduate courses for some departments don't require GRE as I won't be able to study them and I would need to focus on my LSATs.
Courses taken after you have received your UG diploma will not factor into your LSAC gpa. Getting A's in them will be a tiny insignificant soft factor, esp since they'll be non-degree. Also, check out http://www.lawschoolnumbers.com

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Re: LOW GPA / HIGH LSAT

Post by aigsrone » Sun May 31, 2009 11:38 am

Aeroplane wrote:
aigsrone wrote:My GPA is 2.309 and I graduated from University of Maryland. If i scored 170-180 on my LSAT can i get into a top law school or perhaps I would like to go to University of Maryland School of Law? What are my chances?
Depends what you mean by top law school. I normally try to boost splitter hopes, but I am fairly sure that T14 is out for you, even with a 175. Do you have any extreme mitigating circumstances for that GPA? Like a foreign grade scale where the median converts to a 2.1 or something?

Edit: Oops, RC fail. Anyway, any other extreme mitigators? Abducted by aliens soph year? Etc.
T-14 means Top 14?

What about University of Maryland School of Law? Its ranked #44 by U.S. news.

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Re: LOW GPA / HIGH LSAT

Post by kyle » Sun May 31, 2009 4:38 pm

there are some good schools that will take you if you score very well, but your gpa puts you out for most "top" law schools.

look at the gpa / lsat matrices on the lsac website

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Post by leobowski » Sun May 31, 2009 9:12 pm

It's very unlikely you'll be admitted to any school in which your LSAT isn't above their 75th percentile.

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Post by lawlover829 » Sun May 31, 2009 9:17 pm

Go to CC and boost that GPA up.

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Post by RVP11 » Sun May 31, 2009 11:34 pm

lawlover829 wrote:Go to CC and boost that GPA up.
Does "graduated from University of Maryland" mean nothing to you?

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Post by James Bond » Sun May 31, 2009 11:37 pm

aigsrone wrote:My GPA is 2.309 and I graduated from University of Maryland. If i scored 170-180 on my LSAT can i get into a top law school or perhaps I would like to go to University of Maryland School of Law? What are my chances?
How can your GPA be that low? Don't a lot of schools have like a 2.5 minimum? Or is that just in-major?

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Re: LOW GPA / HIGH LSAT

Post by passersaura » Sun May 31, 2009 11:41 pm

How long have you been out of undergrad? If there has been some time in between your UG and now, combined with a really good LSAT score, you'll have a shot at good schools. I say this speaking from experience. I had a UGPA not much better than yours, and have gotten acceptance from multiple T30 schools, and have been waitlisted at a few even higher.

Knocking the LSAT out of the park will be absolutely essential, so start working your ass off, yesterday.

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Post by donzoli » Sun May 31, 2009 11:52 pm

passersaura wrote:How long have you been out of undergrad? If there has been some time in between your UG and now, combined with a really good LSAT score, you'll have a shot at good schools. I say this speaking from experience. I had a UGPA not much better than yours, and have gotten acceptance from multiple T30 schools, and have been waitlisted at a few even higher.

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Re: LOW GPA / HIGH LSAT

Post by simensays » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:25 am

This is my first post, i know. However I've been researching law schools for about two years now. I am graduating next year, so I have started studying for the test. Since its reaching the time for me to start apply, I decided to finally make an account here.
Anyway to answer your question, if you look at who is accepted at the t-6 schools, those people generally have both High GPA/LSAT. Nevertheless, those schools have a very strong emphasis on LSAT. A 4.0 isn't getting you in if your LSAT is below 165 (for the most part). However a 175 LSAT with a low GPA, depending on your LOR and other softs, chances are you can get into atleast 1 of the t-6.

My friends got into Harvard, however they were both non-white. They had decent GPAs but killer LSAT. My brother got into Harvard coming from Duke with a 3.5/169.
However it shows that people with 2.5/177 get into HYS P, Columbia, NYU

Nevertheless, a 177 is not easy to come by.

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Post by superflush » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:27 am

aigsrone wrote:T-14 means Top 14?
Yes

aigsrone wrote:What about University of Maryland School of Law? Its ranked #44 by U.S. news.
That means its not a top law school. Better aim for 170. The amount of people who apply to law school with such bad gpas (and decent LSAT scores) is so small thats its going to be difficult to find similar people on LSN.

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Re: LOW GPA / HIGH LSAT

Post by RVP11 » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:36 am

simensays wrote:My friends got into Harvard, however they were both non-white. They had decent GPAs but killer LSAT. My brother got into Harvard coming from Duke with a 3.5/169.
However it shows that people with 2.5/177 get into HYS P, Columbia, NYU

Nevertheless, a 177 is not easy to come by.
When did this all happen? Even ~10 years ago, the GPA/LSAT standards at most schools were much, much lower.

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Post by Aeroplane » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:38 am

JSUVA2012 wrote:
simensays wrote:My friends got into Harvard, however they were both non-white. They had decent GPAs but killer LSAT. My brother got into Harvard coming from Duke with a 3.5/169.
However it shows that people with 2.5/177 get into HYS P, Columbia, NYU

Nevertheless, a 177 is not easy to come by.
When did this all happen? Even ~10 years ago, the GPA/LSAT standards at most schools were much, much lower.
Even 5 years ago I think. Anecdotally at least.

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Post by Richie Tenenbaum » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:41 am

simensays wrote:This is my first post, i know. However I've been researching law schools for about two years now. I am graduating next year, so I have started studying for the test. Since its reaching the time for me to start apply, I decided to finally make an account here.
Anyway to answer your question, if you look at who is accepted at the t-6 schools, those people generally have both High GPA/LSAT. Nevertheless, those schools have a very strong emphasis on LSAT. A 4.0 isn't getting you in if your LSAT is below 165 (for the most part). However a 175 LSAT with a low GPA, depending on your LOR and other softs, chances are you can get into atleast 1 of the t-6.

My friends got into Harvard, however they were both non-white. They had decent GPAs but killer LSAT. My brother got into Harvard coming from Duke with a 3.5/169.
However it shows that people with 2.5/177 get into HYS P, Columbia, NYU

Nevertheless, a 177 is not easy to come by.
Unless OP is an URM, this is completely non-applicable. A non-urm will not get into HYSCCN with a GPA below 2.5. It does not matter if he/she has a 180. Hell, a black African American male would be highly doubtful for T-6 with the same LSAT score with a GPA below 2.5

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Re: LOW GPA / HIGH LSAT

Post by RVP11 » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:48 am

Aeroplane wrote:
JSUVA2012 wrote:
simensays wrote:My friends got into Harvard, however they were both non-white. They had decent GPAs but killer LSAT. My brother got into Harvard coming from Duke with a 3.5/169.
However it shows that people with 2.5/177 get into HYS P, Columbia, NYU

Nevertheless, a 177 is not easy to come by.
When did this all happen? Even ~10 years ago, the GPA/LSAT standards at most schools were much, much lower.
Even 5 years ago I think. Anecdotally at least.
Also true. I just know my cousin got HLS 10 years ago with numbers that probably wouldn't get you T14 today.

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Post by superflush » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:50 am

Aeroplane wrote:
JSUVA2012 wrote:
simensays wrote:My friends..
When did this all happen? Even ~10 years ago, the GPA/LSAT standards at most schools were much, much lower.
Even 5 years ago I think. Anecdotally at least.
Oh, yea definitely. If you run chiashu chances, you can see they are higher in previous years for must schools.

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Post by superflush » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:54 am

whataboutbahb wrote:
simensays wrote:My friends got into Harvard, however they were both non-white.
Unless OP is an URM, this is completely non-applicable. A non-urm will not get into HYSCCN with a GPA below 2.5. It does not matter if he/she has a 180. Hell, a black African American male would be highly doubtful for T-6 with the same LSAT score with a GPA below 2.5
Also true. You can be a non-white and non-urm. But you shouldn't make any conconslutions about admissions based on a couple of URM admits, unless you, yourself, are URM.

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Re: LOW GPA / HIGH LSAT

Post by aigsrone » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:18 am

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aigsrone wrote:My GPA is 2.309 and I graduated from University of Maryland. If i scored 170-180 on my LSAT can i get into a top law school or perhaps I would like to go to University of Maryland School of Law? What are my chances?
How can your GPA be that low? Don't a lot of schools have like a 2.5 minimum? Or is that just in-major?
That is my cumulative GPA. My major GPA is 3.3.

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Post by NayBoer » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:42 pm

Have some good work experience and decent LORs, because it's something you can do. Get high LSAT, because you need the numbers. Get thick skin, because you're automatically way below the 25th percentile GPA everywhere.

You may have a chance at Maryland; maybe try applying PT. I can't speak much to chances there. If you need to stay in the region, GMU is a good shot with a high LSAT. GW is probably too far gone for anything but a hail mary.

If region is flexible, definitely apply to WUSTL, UIUC, UIB, among others. These are likely your best targets for T25.

If the cycle is not to your satisfaction, then years of work experience is probably your best shot at improving your chances. You need the highest possible LSAT in any scenario. Take plenty of prep tests.

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Re: LOW GPA / HIGH LSAT

Post by aigsrone » Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:33 pm

NayBoer wrote:Have some good work experience and decent LORs, because it's something you can do. Get high LSAT, because you need the numbers. Get thick skin, because you're automatically way below the 25th percentile GPA everywhere.

You may have a chance at Maryland; maybe try applying PT. I can't speak much to chances there. If you need to stay in the region, GMU is a good shot with a high LSAT. GW is probably too far gone for anything but a hail mary.

If region is flexible, definitely apply to WUSTL, UIUC, UIB, among others. These are likely your best targets for T25.

If the cycle is not to your satisfaction, then years of work experience is probably your best shot at improving your chances. You need the highest possible LSAT in any scenario. Take plenty of prep tests.

What are LORs?

What school do these stand for- WUSTL, UIUC, UIB?


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