Re: I made it into my "REACH"
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:56 pm
If only this were true. No reaches for me yet.gatorlion wrote: Stellar softs = Rhodes Scholar/PhD/Grammy
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If only this were true. No reaches for me yet.gatorlion wrote: Stellar softs = Rhodes Scholar/PhD/Grammy
What about 175, 3.7 straight up rejected? Or 179, 3.6+ held? Want more examples?gatorlion wrote:I'm guessing something must have gone horribly awry with the application.crackberry wrote:176 doesn't mean shit at HYS if you're a non-URM with a sub-3.7. Just ask baiailan - held at HLS with a 180. How's that for a magic bullet?gatorlion wrote:It is. You can laugh all the way to the bank when you get $$$ at just about every school.Lurkster wrote:I really wish that a 176 was as much of a magic bullet as some people believe it to be.
Veyron wrote:School: NYU (FUCK YAH!)
#'s LSAT at median, GPA around 25%
Reason: Not enough Jews in NYC, NYU was willing to take a hit to pick one up .
Also unconventional background, stellar sots, STRONG upward grade trend, very strong LOR’s and a kickass PS. Basically, every component of application but GPA was spot on.
Also, it horrifies that some 3.0 160's got in. You guys better be Rhodes Scholars. Or flames, I really hope you are flames. Actually, I really hope you are for real, this should help my class rank a great deal.
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... start=3000umichgrad wrote:I love switching between this thread and "Shocking Rejections" and wondering which one (or both?) I'll be able to post in.
Hang in there, fellow gator!UFMatt wrote:If only this were true. No reaches for me yet.gatorlion wrote: Stellar softs = Rhodes Scholar/PhD/Grammy
As Charles Barkley would say, "Their applications must have been TURRIBLE. TURRIBLE. TURRIBLE!"crackberry wrote:What about 175, 3.7 straight up rejected? Or 179, 3.6+ held? Want more examples?gatorlion wrote:I'm guessing something must have gone horribly awry with the application.crackberry wrote:176 doesn't mean shit at HYS if you're a non-URM with a sub-3.7. Just ask baiailan - held at HLS with a 180. How's that for a magic bullet?gatorlion wrote:
It is. You can laugh all the way to the bank when you get $$$ at just about every school.
I don't think you can explain it away that easily. I just think 175+ is not the golden ticket you think it is. At least not at HYS (or maybe even Berkeley). Those schools just seem to care too much about GPA.gatorlion wrote:As Charles Barkley would say, "Their applications must have been TURRIBLE. TURRIBLE. TURRIBLE!"
Each tier of schools seems to have a GPA cut off. HYS is 3.65, CCN is 3.4, MVP is 3.1ish (3.0 if ED), Duke is 3.4, Gtown fulltime is 3. Cornell doesn't have one but below 3.3 you need a really damn good excuse. Northwestern doesn't have any whatsoever.crackberry wrote:I don't think you can explain it away that easily. I just think 175+ is not the golden ticket you think it is. At least not at HYS (or maybe even Berkeley). Those schools just seem to care too much about GPA.gatorlion wrote:As Charles Barkley would say, "Their applications must have been TURRIBLE. TURRIBLE. TURRIBLE!"
I'd venture to say that a 176, 3.4 non-URM has virtually NO SHOT at HYS. That sort of applicant is probably in the running for a Butler/Hamilton at CLS yet doesn't stand much of a chance at HYS. That should show everyone the vast gulf between HYS and the rest.
it countsparker09 wrote:(I'm sorry ahead of time if people don't consider this a reach, but I sure did... especially after getting WL-ed at UVA and Penn)
GPA: 3.8, LSAT: 169
URM: Hells naw
Reach: Chicago, RD
Optional Essay: No - just a 2.5-pg PS (don't remember what the page limit was, if there is one, but I guess I must have pulled a tiny bit out of what I would have used as optional essay for another school and added it into my generic 2-pger) - definitely no "why Chicago" bit, though
What got me in: Absolutely no idea. Some could argue GPA, but I figured my mediocre (for the CCN tier) LSAT would lock me out of what I'd thought was a very #s-oriented school. Plus, my application was also very public-interest-focused, which I thought was anti-Chicago. I will add that I come from a prestigious UG, which I've heard helps for Chicago... but it sure hasn't helped me at any other schools.
App sent: mid-Oct
Chicago is taking more splitters this year. I wonder if they are trying to move their median up a point.gatorlion wrote:For what it's worth, according to LSN, Chicago just accepted a 174/3.36. The legend of the useless 172+ suffers further cracks in its already weak foundation...
Are you delusional?gatorlion wrote:For what it's worth, according to LSN, Chicago just accepted a 174/3.36. The legend of the useless 172+ suffers further cracks in its already weak foundation...
Desert Fox wrote:Even as a URM that is a huge, reach and that poster should be really proud.soullogical wrote:Congrats. But let's keep it 100%, the Adcom may have looked past the numbers, but URM status definitely helped here. I ran your numbers on law school predictor and it was a deny and then I ran a 2.2 and 165 and got a "weak consider".mhernton wrote:GPA: 2.2 LSAT : 155
URM: Yes
Reach The College of William & Mary School of Law
Optional Essay: Yes on 'Pride'
I got in because I'm a Combat Veteran, that was recalled to active duty as I was preparing for the LSAT while preparing for deployment, and then took the test once again while in the Middle East during operations. I have an MBA from UCSD, I'm over 30 with over 10 years of work experience both military, financial planning, and tech consulting, applied early (Oct). Before the cries of you only go in because you're a URM start, let me say that there are plenty of URMs that don't have my UGPA and my LSAT, both of which are well below the median. I'm truly a case where the Adcom looked beyond the numbers
mhernton wrote:Desert Fox wrote:soullogical wrote:mhernton wrote:GPA: 2.2 LSAT : 155
URM: Yes
Reach The College of William & Mary School of Law
Even as a URM that is a huge, reach and that poster should be really proud.
Agreed.mhernton wrote:The real question is whether a white male in similar circumstances as mine would have gotten in? I believe the answer is yes. I took the LSAT and submitted my applications while deployed to the middle east and conducting operations. As far as the UGPA is concerned, 3 surgeries in 4 years at a Service Academy, 4 funerals with close relatives and two other relatives including my mother diagnosed with breast cancer while I was there (Mom survived, aunt did not). LSP is crap when it comes to anyone that steps outside of the normal applicant. Being a URM throws it off, so does being a non-traditional candidate, military vet, Work experience and having convincing addendums. I do not deny that being URM helped, all I'm saying is that it probably wasn't the only factor or even the biggest one. I'm just guessing though...mhernton wrote:GPA: 2.2 LSAT : 155
URM: Yes
Reach The College of William & Mary School of Law
Optional Essay: Yes on 'Pride'
I got in because I'm a Combat Veteran, that was recalled to active duty as I was preparing for the LSAT while preparing for deployment, and then took the test once again while in the Middle East during operations. I have an MBA from UCSD, I'm over 30 with over 10 years of work experience both military, financial planning, and tech consulting, applied early (Oct). Before the cries of you only go in because you're a URM start, let me say that there are plenty of URMs that don't have my UGPA and my LSAT, both of which are well below the median. I'm truly a case where the Adcom looked beyond the numbers
Katerina wrote:GPA; LSAT: 3.2 (below 25%); 171 (right between median and 75%)
Law School Calculator Results: 37% chance of being admitted
URM: Nope
School: Georgetown
Optional Essay: Nope (I tried but I couldn't make it work before my personal deadline of Halloween)
Softs: Average (3 years work in a law firm; long history of charity work for my church; 2 years volunteer alumni liaison for my boarding school)
Why I was accepted: At the end of my personal statement, I wrote a very sincere 'why GULC' paragraph, highlighting specific programs and clinics that I was enthusiastic about. At my interview, I also hammered away at my knowledge of GULC's clinical program and the program's history (one of the questions my interviewer asked was "why GULC" so it was an easy transition). On my acceptance letter, Dean Cornblatt wrote me a nice note saying that a) he had heard great things about me from my interviewer and b) that he and the Admissions Committee agreed that GULC was a perfect match for my interest in clinics (so I guess I really made the point haha). I also think that applying as early as I did (end of October) helped make it possible for Georgetown to take a chance on me.
LOL. How can someone with an above-median GPA and a > 75th LSAT count as a reach? There's another word for that: autoadmit.Eazy E wrote:GPA: 3.7
LSAT: 170
URM: No
School: Vanderbilt
At the beginning of this cycle, Vandy didn't seem like a reach at all. But this cycle has been brutal all around (rejected at Iowa AND I'm in-state), so I wasn't holding out much hope for this one, even though I really wanted it. My GULC acceptance gave me some confidence, but Vandy is closer to my "dream school". I was worried about not requesting an interview and I don't have stellar softs or LORs. So when that package came, on a Saturday night of all times, I did a little jumping for joy. I have app's out to other schools which may change my mind (Chicago, Michigan, etc.), but right now it looks like I'm headed to Nashville.