Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle Forum
- thelawschoolproject
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- smithc2011
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Re: Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle
I'm in at UT (w/ $ off the wait-list) with almost the exact same gpa and a 173. So if you can bring up your lsat score, you definitely have a chance. Non-URM, trad student. Just take a lot of time crafting a really solid application, visit, and express a whole lot of interest in attending UT.emkay625 wrote:3.26/169 and retaking (fingers crossed) in October
4 years WE, 2 in marketing and 2 with TFA
female, non-URM, Texas resident
Texas (DREAM school. But I'm aware it's a near impossibility due to the GPA floor)
- emkay625
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Re: Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle
You give me hope! Thanks.smithc2011 wrote:I'm in at UT (w/ $ off the wait-list) with almost the exact same gpa and a 173. So if you can bring up your lsat score, you definitely have a chance. Non-URM, trad student. Just take a lot of time crafting a really solid application, visit, and express a whole lot of interest in attending UT.emkay625 wrote:3.26/169 and retaking (fingers crossed) in October
4 years WE, 2 in marketing and 2 with TFA
female, non-URM, Texas resident
Texas (DREAM school. But I'm aware it's a near impossibility due to the GPA floor)
Now if only October brings me a 173...
- Samara
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Re: Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle
Hey everybody! A 3.09/175 (targeted) here!
I made a splitter guide over in the content competition forum. I'd love for you guys to check it out and give me your thoughts.
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 2&t=162680
Back to the thread...Looking at LSN, last cycle looked a little more splitter-friendly than normal. With the documented decrease in June LSAT test takers and the expected drop in applications, anyone else feel that this will be an even friendlier cycle for splitters?
I made a splitter guide over in the content competition forum. I'd love for you guys to check it out and give me your thoughts.
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 2&t=162680
Back to the thread...Looking at LSN, last cycle looked a little more splitter-friendly than normal. With the documented decrease in June LSAT test takers and the expected drop in applications, anyone else feel that this will be an even friendlier cycle for splitters?
- Tiago Splitter
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Re: Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle
Here's to hoping. If the downward trend in applicants continues, schools will have to rely on splitters to maintain their medians.Samara wrote:Hey everybody! A 3.09/175 (targeted) here!
I made a splitter guide over in the content competition forum. I'd love for you guys to check it out and give me your thoughts.
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 2&t=162680
Back to the thread...Looking at LSN, last cycle looked a little more splitter-friendly than normal. With the documented decrease in June LSAT test takers and the expected drop in applications, anyone else feel that this will be an even friendlier cycle for splitters?
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- fltanglab
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Re: Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle
GPA: 3.1-ish...
LSAT: 167
Applying to where it says in my profile and essays are currently my full-time job...lol.
LSAT: 167
Applying to where it says in my profile and essays are currently my full-time job...lol.
- crumpetsandtea
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Re: Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle
If I were you, I'd apply to more reverse splitter friendly schools. I think BU and most California schools (Boalt, etc) fit in this category. Cornell is reverse splitter friendly as well, I believe. (:Imogene wrote:I will take the plunge as the first reverse splitter!
4.0/165 (The 165 was a retake. My first score was a 161. I really don't want to retake again, but this site tempts me.)
As a side note, good luck to everyone taking the LSAT in October!
Reaches/Targets:
Michigan
UCLA
Northwestern
Notre Dame (Safety maybe?)
Safeties:
MSU (My original top choice and super tempting if I get $$$ because I could live at home.)
Alabama
Lewis and Clark
- vissidarte27
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Re: Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle
Not totally sure if I qualify -- my LSAT is not as high as I'd hoped -- but I'll post in here anyway.
3.22/165 (retaking in October)
Non-URM. 2 years WE. LGBT-based PS.
I'm hoping to score 170+ in October to give myself a shot at Georgetown, my number 1 choice. I'm hoping with an ED application and a higher LSAT, I might stand a chance. We'll see.
Also looking at: George Mason, GW, and American. My SO has better job prospects in DC than she would in smaller towns (which rules out W&M and W&L) so I'm mainly targeting that area. Also looking at Emory, since my girlfriend is from Atlanta (and her dad is a lawyer there, so I'd have some connections there off the bat), and Wisconsin because I think I'd like Madison.
I'm not totally sure where else to look, honestly.
We'll see! I think I'm in for an interesting cycle.
3.22/165 (retaking in October)
Non-URM. 2 years WE. LGBT-based PS.
I'm hoping to score 170+ in October to give myself a shot at Georgetown, my number 1 choice. I'm hoping with an ED application and a higher LSAT, I might stand a chance. We'll see.
Also looking at: George Mason, GW, and American. My SO has better job prospects in DC than she would in smaller towns (which rules out W&M and W&L) so I'm mainly targeting that area. Also looking at Emory, since my girlfriend is from Atlanta (and her dad is a lawyer there, so I'd have some connections there off the bat), and Wisconsin because I think I'd like Madison.
I'm not totally sure where else to look, honestly.
We'll see! I think I'm in for an interesting cycle.
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Re: Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle
I'm not too extreme a splitter but here goes:
168, 3.44
Reach: Cornell
Targets:
-Minnesota
-BU
-BC
(Hoping to have $$/choose between the above three)
-Wisco
-Boulder
-Considering applying to W&M
Safety:
-William Mitchell
168, 3.44
Reach: Cornell
Targets:
-Minnesota
-BU
-BC
(Hoping to have $$/choose between the above three)
-Wisco
-Boulder
-Considering applying to W&M
Safety:
-William Mitchell
- whitman
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Re: Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle
Splitter from last cycle here to echo others. Get your apps in early, show your enthusiasm for a school, speak directly to key admissions personnel if you get waitlisted or it's getting late in the cycle and you haven't received a decision, and apply broadly - even to schools you don't necessarily want to attend, as a scholarship offer from, say, Cornell, can be leveraged into a scholarship offer from Texas or Duke, for example.
For reference, I was a 3.4x/172 and got into UVA, Duke, Penn, Northwestern, Georgetown, Cornell with money, Texas with money, Vanderbilt with money, waitlisted-->denied at NYU, UCLA, USC, Chicago, Michigan, and straight up denied at Berkeley, my top choice.
If you want to get into a splitter-unfriendly school like, well any California school, you better do some outside-the-box thinking and try to bring something special to the table. Also, A LOT of people get off waitlists. Show serious interest, be patient, visit, talk to the Director of Admissions, etc. In my case, I was probably not getting into NYU or Chicago either way, but I might have gotten into, say, Michigan, if I had driven all the way to Ann Arbor and spoken to Dean Z. That approach worked with UVA, anyways, though I was not offered a scholarship and decided to turn it down.
For reference, I was a 3.4x/172 and got into UVA, Duke, Penn, Northwestern, Georgetown, Cornell with money, Texas with money, Vanderbilt with money, waitlisted-->denied at NYU, UCLA, USC, Chicago, Michigan, and straight up denied at Berkeley, my top choice.
If you want to get into a splitter-unfriendly school like, well any California school, you better do some outside-the-box thinking and try to bring something special to the table. Also, A LOT of people get off waitlists. Show serious interest, be patient, visit, talk to the Director of Admissions, etc. In my case, I was probably not getting into NYU or Chicago either way, but I might have gotten into, say, Michigan, if I had driven all the way to Ann Arbor and spoken to Dean Z. That approach worked with UVA, anyways, though I was not offered a scholarship and decided to turn it down.
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Re: Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle
^ugh depressing your #s are way close to mine and I see a rej at my current top choice.
anyways helloooo splitter checking in =D
good luck to everyone else in here! (but don't take any of my luck, I need it all).
anyways helloooo splitter checking in =D
good luck to everyone else in here! (but don't take any of my luck, I need it all).
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Re: Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle
3.15 GPA, aiming for a 170 on the October test. Took the June test and got a 160 but was finishing my Masters and teaching high school 50 hours a week.
Aiming for GULC, GW or Northwestern (come on work experience!)
6 years of teaching high school government, Master's in Secondary Education - Social Studies.
also applying to BU,BC, Fordham, and UNC.
Any other suggestions for schools to apply for? Thinking about either Educational Employment law or Federal Prosecution/Litigation
Aiming for GULC, GW or Northwestern (come on work experience!)
6 years of teaching high school government, Master's in Secondary Education - Social Studies.
also applying to BU,BC, Fordham, and UNC.
Any other suggestions for schools to apply for? Thinking about either Educational Employment law or Federal Prosecution/Litigation
- Angrygeopolitically
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Re: Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle
hi comrades.
175+ 3.+
URM
175+ 3.+
URM
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- nshapkar
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Re: Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle
3.3x/taking in october
Currently on file I have a 157 but I've been averaging 167 over my last few PTs. Hoping for a better cycle this year.
Currently on file I have a 157 but I've been averaging 167 over my last few PTs. Hoping for a better cycle this year.
- UnamSanctam
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+1, except I won't be a 3.3x until after this semester.nshapkar wrote:3.3x/taking in october
Currently on file I have a 157 but I've been averaging 167 over my last few PTs. Hoping for a better cycle this year.
- Samara
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Re: Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle
BU and BC are going to be tough. Fordham is a little murky at your numbers, as is UNC, especially if you're not a resident. GULC and NU are also iffy at 170, but solid at 171+. You're solid at GW.ds52075 wrote:3.15 GPA, aiming for a 170 on the October test. Took the June test and got a 160 but was finishing my Masters and teaching high school 50 hours a week.
Aiming for GULC, GW or Northwestern (come on work experience!)
6 years of teaching high school government, Master's in Secondary Education - Social Studies.
also applying to BU,BC, Fordham, and UNC.
Any other suggestions for schools to apply for? Thinking about either Educational Employment law or Federal Prosecution/Litigation
It looks like you want east coast? You could always give the UVa ED route a try. Vanderbilt has a very soft GPA floor, so they're worth an app too. If you don't mind the Midwest, you could take your pick of scholarship offers at WUSTL, UIUC or IU-B.
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Re: Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle
Very similar numbers here. Fingers crossed...Angrygeopolitically wrote:hi comrades.
177+ 3.2+
URM
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Re: Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle
I am looking East Coast. Very interested in the DC area. Was your UVa ED suggestion sarcasm? I've only been on the forum for a little while and people seem to joke about the UVa ED as a go to option for anyone.Samara wrote: It looks like you want east coast? You could always give the UVa ED route a try. Vanderbilt has a very soft GPA floor, so they're worth an app too. If you don't mind the Midwest, you could take your pick of scholarship offers at WUSTL, UIUC or IU-B.
I'm a NC resident but not sure I want to stay here and UNC doesn't seem to have as much mobility region to region with employment. I might try as hard as I can to put up a 170+ in October so that I have a little bit of wiggle room with applications.
- Yeshia90
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Uncross your fingers. Enjoy Harvard or CCN at the worst.planeride wrote:Very similar numbers here. Fingers crossed...Angrygeopolitically wrote:hi comrades.
177+ 3.2+
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- UnamSanctam
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Only if he's also URM and not just a numbers twin, though.PSUdevon wrote:Uncross your fingers. Enjoy Harvard or CCN at the worst.planeride wrote:Very similar numbers here. Fingers crossed...Angrygeopolitically wrote:hi comrades.
177+ 3.2+
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I am...but hoping for H since I really want to stay in New England. Hence, the fingers...UnamSanctam wrote:Only if he's also URM and not just a numbers twin, though.PSUdevon wrote:Uncross your fingers. Enjoy Harvard or CCN at the worst.planeride wrote:Very similar numbers here. Fingers crossed...Angrygeopolitically wrote:hi comrades.
177+ 3.2+
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- sanetruth
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Re: Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle
3.2X/171
applying to Michigan-->BU, [minus] Duke, UT and USC; [plus] Fordham, Hastings and W&M
goal: snag at least one T14.
Here's to hoping, and good luck to everyone else.
applying to Michigan-->BU, [minus] Duke, UT and USC; [plus] Fordham, Hastings and W&M
goal: snag at least one T14.
Here's to hoping, and good luck to everyone else.
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Re: Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle
Reverse splitter here..
168/3.8X
My dreams of Columbia and NYU are pretty much crushed at this point, so we'll see what happens!
168/3.8X
My dreams of Columbia and NYU are pretty much crushed at this point, so we'll see what happens!
- 80eight
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Re: Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle
Mild splitter here! 3.5x/17x. I'll be happy to have either Michigan and Northwestern, though I have pipe dreams of acceptances at NYU or Chicago.
- Cornelius
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Re: Splitters unite! 2011-2012 Cycle
3.2X/167 here. Crossing my fingers I perform more like my Practice Tests in October (high 170s). After that, need to decide if
1. it's worthwhile to ED anywhere and pay sticker for my prosecution goals and utilize an LRAP or take money somewhere lower and
2. if I want to remain in the PA/NJ/NY area, severely limiting my options and likely resulting in an ED to Penn since my other choices would be T2 (Rutgers/Temple/Nova/Dozo) or the notoriously stingy Fordham.
1. it's worthwhile to ED anywhere and pay sticker for my prosecution goals and utilize an LRAP or take money somewhere lower and
2. if I want to remain in the PA/NJ/NY area, severely limiting my options and likely resulting in an ED to Penn since my other choices would be T2 (Rutgers/Temple/Nova/Dozo) or the notoriously stingy Fordham.
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