URM AAFemale 3.4 T14 chances? Forum

[Spinozist21]

Me? Well, its not to the top 14 or top 25 so I guess you really shouldn't concern yourself with it.

Pittsburgh ED
Ohio State
Case Western
Penn State

[Jackson Pollock]

Is it bad if I read Pdaddy's posts with the voice from this guy:



And OP, I agree with everyone saying retake. Delayed gratification is appropriate in this case.

[Spinozist21]

It is completely incorrect to say/assume that there are not good/great lawyers from schools outside the top 14-25 schools.

I am not saying that you are particularly doing that...but lets be serious...there are a ton of posters on here and a ton is said that simply is factually incorrect. You can go to a 50-70 school or whatever and do well and get a good job. You will have to work hard...so what? Will you be a disadvantage? Sure...but it is fallacious to say that you cant be successful etc at certain schools.

And frankly it should disturb any/every "good" poster...any poster who actually wants to give/receive advice and help...again...its ridiculous.

Which is why I said the following:

I'm not trying to be negative of people, but each person should either go to the best school they can or the best scholarship they can. Not doing what you can to maximize that is just stupid.

And that is why I actually respect what you have to say.

[paratactical]

Me? Well, its not to the top 14 or top 25 so I guess you really shouldn't concern yourself with it.

Pittsburgh ED
Ohio State
Case Western
Penn State

FWIW, I grew up near Penn State and if I was AA, it would be one of the last places in America I would want to live.

[LAWLAW09]

PDaddy, do you plan on responding to my posts that were directed at you?

No need to PDaddy. Men usually get silent when other men call them out for inappropriately attacking women. That pattern is also present, as is the case now, when it's a black man calling out another black man.




“People will not challenge us. They must treat us with silence… So watch who people quote when it comes to Black scholarship. If they’re quoted forget them… If they are considered the most ‘compelling,’ the most ‘brilliant’ what you see then is someone that does not help us. It is the invisible. It is the ones that we know. The ones that do not receive grants, the ones that are not lauded or called ‘super heroes’ in each others books. Or worst still the ones who are not considered the best by White scholars who stand over our archives like vultures keeping our history hostage and asking as the price of admission that you trade your soul for access to the things that your ancestors inscribed. Those people that write on the backs of books that ‘this is the finest new scholar,’ that is the person that you should never quote. Rather, buy all their books, read them for the sources, get the sources yourself because what they have contributed is not a frame for interpreting but rather they have just given you a roadmap to the things that you need to reclaim.” – Dr. Greg Kemathi Carr, associate professor and chair of Howard University's Afro-American Studies department


And this concludes all that I plan to contribute to this thread. Good luck to the OP.

[lawschoollll]

Me? Well, its not to the top 14 or top 25 so I guess you really shouldn't concern yourself with it.

Pittsburgh ED
Ohio State
Case Western
Penn State

Look man, you need to reconsider your decision or get a better LSAT score. I say that as a genuine, non-flame person who is also looking at LS. There are a ton of attorneys who graduated from the listed schools who are doing great, but they graduated in a fundamentally different legal market. The miniscule odds of success from one of these schools do not excuse the requisite risk.

[Spinozist21]

Me? Well, its not to the top 14 or top 25 so I guess you really shouldn't concern yourself with it.

Pittsburgh ED
Ohio State
Case Western
Penn State

FWIW, I grew up near Penn State and if I was AA, it would be one of the last places in America I would want to live.

Where did u grow up?

[Spinozist21]

Me? Well, its not to the top 14 or top 25 so I guess you really shouldn't concern yourself with it.

Pittsburgh ED
Ohio State
Case Western
Penn State

Look man, you need to reconsider your decision or get a better LSAT score. I say that as a genuine, non-flame person who is also looking at LS. There are a ton of attorneys who graduated from the listed schools who are doing great, but they graduated in a fundamentally different legal market. The miniscule odds of success from one of these schools do not excuse the requisite risk.

The JD will not be my last degree. I am only doing JD/MA programs and then afterward will complete the PhD...I am confident with what I want to do.

Thanks though.

[moopness]

Is it bad if I read Pdaddy's posts with the voice from this guy:

ROFLMAO!

[paratactical]

Is it bad if I read Pdaddy's posts with the voice from this guy:



And OP, I agree with everyone saying retake. Delayed gratification is appropriate in this case.

Best. First. Post. Evar.

[20121109]

IBImakePDaddymybitchagain....

You know I really didn't want to derail this thread because I actually know the girl who started it IRL, and I had hoped that TLS would be a great resource for her the way it was, and continues to be for me...

But then you, PDaddy, come along and try me. Again. WTF is wrong with you? No one believes that you didn't write those racist remarks because your behavior on these boards is so outrageous that they came as less than a surprise. You're pitiful...keep telling yourself that I'm not at HLS, lol...I'm actually in Harkness Commons right now. GTFO with this nonsense. Say whatever you want about me...your palpable bitterness is nothing less than delicious.

[MartianManhunter]

Thread is tl;dr.

OP will likely break top 25-30 with projected LSAT. There's a chance for a t20. There's an even smaller chance to one of those lucky few who manage to crack Cornell with similar numbers.

[romothesavior]

OP, I'm really sorry this thread turned into a shit show. I think you have good questions and it is important for you to get good answers. I want to throw these thoughts out there, and you can take them for what they are worth.

1. If you don't get a 160+ on the LSAT, you should retake. There is no harm in retaking, but the potential benefits would be HUGE. A 160+ would get you full rides or close to it from a lot of top tier schools, as well as likely get you some admittances to some T14s.

2. It is NOT T14 or Howard if you are a URM. Howard is a fine school, I am sure, but you want to go to a place where your race can help you stand out in the crowd, not force you to blend in. As an AA, you are a coveted prize for many schools and eventually for firms and other employers. There are very few AAs in the upper-echelons of law and an AA that does respectably at a good school will be heavily sought after. If you are not able to crack the T14, I encourage you to consider some of the regional T20-30s. You could get good money from them with a solid LSAT score.

There are many great resources on TLS, including many great AAs who have been through this process already. I encourage you to utilize them throughout your cycle, and don't let all the ridiculous BS that goes on around here hold you back. Good luck to you!

[Stanford4Me]

OP, try to score higher on the LSAT. If you aren't able to you have a slight chance @ T-14, better chance @ T-25. Don't use any of the online predictors to gauge where you should apply because they are not accurate for URMs, even if they try to account for your status as a URM.

Lastly, people like PDaddy make my life more difficult.

[2011Cycle]

OP, try to score higher on the LSAT. If you aren't able to you have a slight chance @ T-14, better chance @ T-25. Don't use any of the online predictors to gauge where you should apply because they are not accurate for URMs, even if they try to account for your status as a URM.

Lastly, people like PDaddy make my life more difficult.

Stanford4Me, can I PM you with a question?

[Doritos]

OP break 160 and enjoy the T14 and the good life.

[Stanford4Me]

OP, try to score higher on the LSAT. If you aren't able to you have a slight chance @ T-14, better chance @ T-25. Don't use any of the online predictors to gauge where you should apply because they are not accurate for URMs, even if they try to account for your status as a URM.

Lastly, people like PDaddy make my life more difficult.

Stanford4Me, can I PM you with a question?

Definitely.

[Mickey Quicknumbers]

Is systematic misinformation, publicly defaming other posters, and blatant racism not bannable anymore?

[romothesavior]

Is systematic misinformation, publicly defaming other posters, and blatant racism not bannable anymore?

The only bannable offense is meme-generation in on-topic threads. Haven't you heard?

[Mickey Quicknumbers]

Is systematic misinformation, publicly defaming other posters, and blatant racism not bannable anymore?

The only bannable offense is meme-generation in on-topic threads. Haven't you heard?

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[kalvano]

I nominate LAWLAW09 as one of my new favorite posters.

Seconded.

Motion passed.

[seespotrun]

But I will say this, it's getting increasingly more difficult for URM's to get into the elite schools with anything below 160 regardless of grades. This should please many white students, who think the "break" given to uRM's is unfair.

All non-URMs are white? wtf

[Doritos]

But I will say this, it's getting increasingly more difficult for URM's to get into the elite schools with anything below 160 regardless of grades. This should please many white students, who think the "break" given to uRM's is unfair.

All non-URMs are white? wtf

I love louis ck

proof....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u2ZsoYW ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u2ZsoYW ... re=related
http://www.hulu.com/watch/158175/the-to ... -ck-part-2

[Bildungsroman]

Why doesn't memegenerator work for me? PDaddy is putting up gold time and again. Gold!

[seespotrun]

But I will say this, it's getting increasingly more difficult for URM's to get into the elite schools with anything below 160 regardless of grades. This should please many white students, who think the "break" given to uRM's is unfair.

All non-URMs are white? wtf

I love louis ck

proof....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u2ZsoYW ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u2ZsoYW ... re=related
http://www.hulu.com/watch/158175/the-to ... -ck-part-2

All great. I love Doritos. Let's be friends.