ITT: Knock, Eskimo, & Friends Predict Your Chances Forum

[trudat15]

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[Jack Smirks]

DAAAaaangg this thread blew up.

[Eugenie Danglars]

Knock, what have you done?!

Actually, this is an interesting glimpse into human psychology- how many people are willing to ask for and accept advice from a stranger who portrays himself as knowledgeable (without any proof). I mean, Knock, you know you stuff, but I'm just saying... a lot of people posting ITT don't know you from Adam.

[sophia.olive]

Knock, what have you done?!

Actually, this is an interesting glimpse into human psychology- how many people are willing to ask for and accept advice from a stranger who portrays himself as knowledgeable (without any proof). I mean, Knock, you know you stuff, but I'm just saying... a lot of people posting ITT don't know you from Adam.

I think it is just for fun. Alice is so hot. I met Rose Rollins.

[Eugenie Danglars]

Knock, what have you done?!

Actually, this is an interesting glimpse into human psychology- how many people are willing to ask for and accept advice from a stranger who portrays himself as knowledgeable (without any proof). I mean, Knock, you know you stuff, but I'm just saying... a lot of people posting ITT don't know you from Adam.

I think it is just for fun. Alice is so hot. I met Rose Rollins.

Yeah, I know it's for fun It's still interesting that people that don't normally interact with him would sign on though. Who're Alice and Rose?

[sophia.olive]

Oh I thought your picture was alice from the L-word. Rose was the actress that played her lover.


http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/ ... FORM=VIRE3

[Ragged]

Softs: SPCA volunteering, a "conversation partner" volunteer to help ESL students, membership in a Greek and Roman Studies Course Union (lol does this even count? probs not), Greek and Latin Language Club, possibly a Medieval Latin Research Group thing, membership in an international honors society.

question about that, I have alot of such bullshit clubs too, but is it even worth putting on your resume? I mean are people at Harvard honestly going to be impressed by a chess club or something? I put it all on my resume last time, not sure I'm gonna do it this time around. Opinions?

[Deuce]

Knock - how was the retake?

168/167
3.7
Top 50 private
Softs: worked PT through UG, 2 legal internships, 1 major leadership position, volunteer tutoring and fundraising for cancer patients
regional pref: Los Angeles
Targets/reaches: ut austin, usc, UCLA, cornell
Unrealistic reaches: nyu/columbia lol I doubt I will apply since they are such reaches

In: UT, USC
Good chance: UCLA, Cornell
Out: NYU/Columbia

I'd still give NYU/Columbia a shot, and add some 7-14 schools. You never know just who will bite.

[Deuce]

LSDAS GPA: 3.87 (top 5% rank)
LSAT Score(s): 167
URM Status: No
UG Institution: Fordham
Work Experience: intern at two major firms on wall street...managed a family business
Softs: several honor societies
Regional Preference: NY
Targets/Reaches: Cornell, MVP, Georgetown
Anything Else (optional):

In: Cornell
WL: Georgetown, Michigan
Out: Virginia, Penn

Are you going to be adding any safeties? You'd be good for most of the 15-20, I'd apply broadly there.

[icouldbuyu]

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[Brick_Tamlin]

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[JoeShmoe11]

LSDAS GPA: 3.79
LSAT Score(s): Cancel/172
URM Status: NO
UG Institution: Rutgers NB - Bio/Psych double major
Work Experience: Only what I've worked while in college: held jobs for three summers, during most school years. Own a small business (registered with NJ business bureau).
Softs: Some experience with local judge, some volunteer work, Vice-Pres and Editor of Academic Journal, a couple academic honors
Regional Preference: Northeast
Targets/Reaches: Columbia (ED VS No ED), Harvard, Yale, NYU
Anything Else (optional): Thank you

[lzyovrachievr]

Ohai guys! Chances Plz! (Can pay in lolcats!)

LSDAS GPA: 3.77
LSAT Score(s): 165, 170, 173
URM Status: N/A
UG Institution: Top 25 Liberal Arts School
Work Experience: 5 gov't related internships, 1 year off after college, LSAT tutoring, other unrelated things
Softs: couple publications, founded on-campus charitable group, participation in 4 community activities, several on-campus leadership activities, 4 years volunteer sexual assault counselor, soon to be trilingual, ridiculously long thesis
Regional Preference: DC/NY/International
Targets/Reaches: HYSCCN, MV, Gtown
Anything Else (optional): DS, lower socio-economic group, from Appalachia

[asoli]

LSDAS GPA:3.35
LSAT Score(s):156
URM Status:nope
UG Institution:private School in southern california
Work Experience:part time summer and during school and full time summer
Softs: coauthored a published paper, interned at animal rescue
Regional Preference:west coast
Targets/Reaches:where ever I have the best shot at getting into
Anything Else (optional): I wasn't really planning on applying this cycle because of my horrible LSAT but if I can get in somewhere respectable I'd like to not wait a year.

[Patriot1208]

LSDAS GPA: 3.87 (top 5% rank)
LSAT Score(s): 167
URM Status: No
UG Institution: Fordham
Work Experience: intern at two major firms on wall street...managed a family business
Softs: several honor societies
Regional Preference: NY
Targets/Reaches: Cornell, MVP, Georgetown
Anything Else (optional):

In: Cornell
WL: Georgetown, Michigan
Out: Virginia, Penn

Are you going to be adding any safeties? You'd be good for most of the 15-20, I'd apply broadly there.

I figure my safeties are Fordham, BU, GW, and Cardozo. I want to practice in big law, so I'm a little worried about potentially attending these schools due to the poor job market. I'm thinking about retaking the LSAT, but I have taken every practice test and dont have any other material to prep with. So, if I retake my score might drop by a little, which would prolly look bad. What do you suggest? Should I retake?

You definitely need to retake if you think you can score higher and want biglaw.

[icouldbuyu]

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[piccolittle]

Helps plz!

LSDAS GPA: Foreign, 'above average' rating, approximate GPA of like 3.1 though
LSAT Score(s): 175
URM Status: nope
UG Institution: Foreign, top 3 in UK (did an LLB)
Work Experience: part-time legal assistant, 3-summer editorial internship, currently on 6 month legal internship with major global online retailer
Softs: very very few. the usual clubs, student jurisprudence review
Regional Preference: NY/CA/VA
Targets/Reaches: Reaches - Columbia (ED), Virginia, NYU, Berkeley; Targets(??) - UCLA, USC, Cornell, Duke
Anything Else (optional): admitted to the NY Bar March 2010 (took exam in July 2009, immediately after finishing my undergrad... don't ask!)

[Patriot1208]

In: Cornell
WL: Georgetown, Michigan
Out: Virginia, Penn

Are you going to be adding any safeties? You'd be good for most of the 15-20, I'd apply broadly there.

I figure my safeties are Fordham, BU, GW, and Cardozo. I want to practice in big law, so I'm a little worried about potentially attending these schools due to the poor job market. I'm thinking about retaking the LSAT, but I have taken every practice test and dont have any other material to prep with. So, if I retake my score might drop by a little, which would prolly look bad. What do you suggest? Should I retake?

You definitely need to retake if you think you can score higher and want biglaw.

Lets say my score drops by one or two points. Would this knock me out of Cornell? Or would they only count the higher LSAT?

you'd still likely be in at cornell

[JJDancer]

Lets say my score drops by one or two points. Would this knock me out of Cornell? Or would they only count the higher LSAT?

I would hope/think they consider the highest. (I retook a 168 and got a 167.)
But Cornell doubled the # of apps it got last year so I would not be surprised to see its medians RISE.

[whymeohgodno]

Lets say my score drops by one or two points. Would this knock me out of Cornell? Or would they only count the higher LSAT?

I would hope/think they consider the highest. (I retook a 168 and got a 167.)
But Cornell doubled the # of apps it got last year so I would not be surprised to see its medians RISE.

Cornell only considers the highest if it is at least 3 points higher.

[JJDancer]

LSDAS GPA: 3.79
LSAT Score(s): Cancel/172
URM Status: NO
UG Institution: Rutgers NB - Bio/Psych double major
Work Experience: Only what I've worked while in college: held jobs for three summers, during most school years. Own a small business (registered with NJ business bureau).
Softs: Some experience with local judge, some volunteer work, Vice-Pres and Editor of Academic Journal, a couple academic honors
Regional Preference: Northeast
Targets/Reaches: Columbia (ED VS No ED), Harvard, Yale, NYU
Anything Else (optional): Thank you

I don't know if I am "allowed" to do this but here goes:

Columbia ED: In
Columbia RD: WL/In
Harvard: WL
Yale: Out
NYU: In
MVP: In

[JJDancer]

Lets say my score drops by one or two points. Would this knock me out of Cornell? Or would they only count the higher LSAT?

I would hope/think they consider the highest. (I retook a 168 and got a 167.)
But Cornell doubled the # of apps it got last year so I would not be surprised to see its medians RISE.

Cornell only considers the highest if it is at least 3 points higher.

That's correct. I forgot about that being their official policy.

[catsparka]

LSDAS GPA: 3.95
LSAT Score(s): 179
URM Status: No
UG Institution: Non-HYP ivy
Work Experience: one management consulting internship, one small teaching gig
Softs: leader of small student group
Regional Preference: None
Anything Else (optional): No scholarships/fellowships/membership in honor societies. Basically huge blank under this section on applications.

[Deuce]

LSDAS GPA: 3.95
LSAT Score(s): 179
URM Status: No
UG Institution: Non-HYP ivy
Work Experience: one management consulting internship, one small teaching gig
Softs: leader of small student group
Regional Preference: None
Anything Else (optional): No scholarships/fellowships/membership in honor societies. Basically huge blank under this section on applications.

In everywhere.

[ebo]

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