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ryantl2121

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Chance me - Top 10%

Post by ryantl2121 » Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:26 pm

- Top 10% at a mid T2
- Two CALI awards
- Decent softs (blah blah blah)

NYU
Michigan
Penn
Berkeley
UVA
Duke
Northwestern
G'Town
Texas
UCLA
Vandy
USC
WUSTL
Notre Dame
Wisconsin

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Re: Chance me - Top 10%

Post by Younger Abstention » Wed Jun 08, 2011 7:03 pm

ryantl2121 wrote:- Top 10% at a mid T2
- Two CALI awards
- Decent softs (blah blah blah)

NYU
Michigan
Penn
Berkeley
UVA
Duke
Northwestern
G'Town
Texas
UCLA
Vandy
USC
WUSTL
Notre Dame
Wisconsin
Probably get into WUSTL, Notre Dame, and Wisconsin.

ryantl2121

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Re: Chance me - Top 10%

Post by ryantl2121 » Wed Jun 08, 2011 7:25 pm

Younger Abstention wrote:
ryantl2121 wrote:- Top 10% at a mid T2
- Two CALI awards
- Decent softs (blah blah blah)

NYU
Michigan
Penn
Berkeley
UVA
Duke
Northwestern
G'Town
Texas
UCLA
Vandy
USC
WUSTL
Notre Dame
Wisconsin
Probably get into WUSTL, Notre Dame, and Wisconsin.
OUCH!

flcath

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Re: Chance me - Top 10%

Post by flcath » Wed Jun 08, 2011 8:24 pm

ryantl2121 wrote:
Younger Abstention wrote:
ryantl2121 wrote:- Top 10% at a mid T2
- Two CALI awards
- Decent softs (blah blah blah)

NYU
Michigan
Penn
Berkeley
UVA
Duke
Northwestern
G'Town
Texas
UCLA
Vandy
USC
WUSTL
Notre Dame
Wisconsin
Probably get into WUSTL, Notre Dame, and Wisconsin.
OUCH!
What did you expect?

Maybe add GULC.

ryantl2121

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Re: Chance me - Top 10%

Post by ryantl2121 » Wed Jun 08, 2011 8:55 pm

flcath wrote:
What did you expect?

Maybe add GULC.
I appreciate the honesty. So, I have better chances at GULC than UT-USC?

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flcath

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Re: Chance me - Top 10%

Post by flcath » Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:08 pm

ryantl2121 wrote:
flcath wrote:
What did you expect?

Maybe add GULC.
I appreciate the honesty. So, I have better chances at GULC than UT-USC?
GULC is incredibly easy to get into. I know a couple ppl at ND who have grades marginally above median and who have already gotten GULC acceptances. (If you're paying close to full freight at ND, why not test the transfer waters, right?)

Check what UT's policy is w/r/t in-state residents; I know that's a huge hang-up at UVA.

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Re: Chance me - Top 10%

Post by CaptainCrunch » Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:13 pm

OP, you never know what a little initiative can do. Show genuine interest in your target school, maybe even visit the dean of admissions if it is feasible. The advice given on this forum is well-meaning and often fed by experience, but it's not Gospel truth. Apply higher than GULC anyway.

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Richie Tenenbaum

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Re: Chance me - Top 10%

Post by Richie Tenenbaum » Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:28 pm

UT usually takes very few transfers, and I think they are usually from other Texas law schools (I don't have data to back up the second claim though).

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Re: Chance me - Top 10%

Post by blsingindisguise » Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:39 pm

the magic # I always hear for CCN is "top 5%". Maybe an amazing rec from a heavy hitter prof could put you over though.

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AugustaMasters

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Re: Chance me - Top 10%

Post by AugustaMasters » Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:29 pm

flcath wrote:
ryantl2121 wrote:
flcath wrote:
What did you expect?

Maybe add GULC.
I appreciate the honesty. So, I have better chances at GULC than UT-USC?
GULC is incredibly easy to get into. I know a couple ppl at ND who have grades marginally above median and who have already gotten GULC acceptances. (If you're paying close to full freight at ND, why not test the transfer waters, right?)

Check what UT's policy is w/r/t in-state residents; I know that's a huge hang-up at UVA.
Your joking, right?

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Re: Chance me - Top 10%

Post by flcath » Thu Jun 09, 2011 12:55 pm

AugustaMasters wrote:
flcath wrote:
ryantl2121 wrote:
flcath wrote:
What did you expect?

Maybe add GULC.
I appreciate the honesty. So, I have better chances at GULC than UT-USC?
GULC is incredibly easy to get into. I know a couple ppl at ND who have grades marginally above median and who have already gotten GULC acceptances. (If you're paying close to full freight at ND, why not test the transfer waters, right?)

Check what UT's policy is w/r/t in-state residents; I know that's a huge hang-up at UVA.
Your joking, right?
Nope. Not at all.

Edit: I should clarify: we don't rank, but I'm talking 3.4x type GPAs (and an "almost 3.4") at a school where the median is 3.23. So I dunno what you'd consider that...

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Re: Chance me - Top 10%

Post by uzpakalis » Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:35 pm

ryantl2121 wrote:- Top 10% at a mid T2
- Two CALI awards
- Decent softs (blah blah blah)

NYU - NO
Michigan - MAYBE
Penn - MAYBE
Berkeley - NO
UVA - NO
Duke - NO
Northwestern - MAYBE
G'Town - YES
Texas - NO
UCLA - MAYBE
Vandy - MAYBE
USC - NO
WUSTL - YES
Notre Dame - YES
Wisconsin - YES

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