Black, international applicant, 3.24/158 chances Forum
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Black, international applicant, 3.24/158 chances
Just wondering what my chances are at the following schools if any? I'm African Canadian, attended a state university in California majoring in Sociology/Criminology, 3.24 gpa (gpa is messed up from a my first semester when I attended college in Canada) and a 158 LSAT, my mother is a US citizen and I am on the last stage towards getting my permanent residency:
American U
U Miami
Brooklyn
Penn State
Georgia State U
U Connecticut
George Washington (part time)
University of Illinois (fee waiver)
Also, any others you'd recommend me looking into? I'm primarily interested in east coast/midwest law schools.
American U
U Miami
Brooklyn
Penn State
Georgia State U
U Connecticut
George Washington (part time)
University of Illinois (fee waiver)
Also, any others you'd recommend me looking into? I'm primarily interested in east coast/midwest law schools.
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Re: Black, international applicant, 3.24/158 chances
As a URM, you can do better than those schools in all likelihood. I don't know much about URM admissions - not one myself - but the posters in this sub-forum will be able to help you out: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... m.php?f=14
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Re: Black, international applicant, 3.24/158 chances
GW and Illinois would probably be the most difficult.
You'd probably be WL/Rejected at GW and possibly get into Illinois... and pay nearly full price.
You'd probably be WL/Rejected at GW and possibly get into Illinois... and pay nearly full price.
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Re: Black, international applicant, 3.24/158 chances
gymrat780 wrote:Just wondering what my chances are at the following schools if any? I'm African Canadian, attended a state university in California majoring in Sociology/Criminology, 3.24 gpa (gpa is messed up from a my first semester when I attended college in Canada) and a 158 LSAT, my mother is a US citizen and I am on the last stage towards getting my permanent residency:
American U
U Miami
Brooklyn
Penn State
Georgia State U
U Connecticut
George Washington (part time)
University of Illinois (fee waiver)
Also, any others you'd recommend me looking into? I'm primarily interested in east coast/midwest law schools.
Add Washington University of St. Louis, Fordham, and Cardozo.American U
U Miami
Brooklyn
Penn State
Georgia State U
U Connecticut
George Washington (part time)
University of Illinois (fee waiver)
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Re: Black, international applicant, 3.24/158 chances
Sorry I didn't really understand your post.EbonyEsq wrote:gymrat780 wrote:Just wondering what my chances are at the following schools if any? I'm African Canadian, attended a state university in California majoring in Sociology/Criminology, 3.24 gpa (gpa is messed up from a my first semester when I attended college in Canada) and a 158 LSAT, my mother is a US citizen and I am on the last stage towards getting my permanent residency:
American U
U Miami
Brooklyn
Penn State
Georgia State U
U Connecticut
George Washington (part time)
University of Illinois (fee waiver)
Also, any others you'd recommend me looking into? I'm primarily interested in east coast/midwest law schools.Add Washington University of St. Louis, Fordham, and Cardozo.American U
U Miami
Brooklyn
Penn State
Georgia State U
U Connecticut
George Washington (part time)
University of Illinois (fee waiver)
By striking out the ones you did are you saying that I cannot get into those? I'm not even in Fordham, Cardozo or Washington University's medians?
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Re: Black, international applicant, 3.24/158 chances
Poster means you should get rid of them because you can get into better schools. Even though you're below medians, being a URM gives you a significant admissions boost. Follow the link I posted earlier and read about it in that sub-forum.
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Re: Black, international applicant, 3.24/158 chances
You will get a significant admissions boost for being a URM, but that's usually for your LSAT, rather than your GPA. They won't be as forgiving of your GPA without a higher LSAT, which means . . . you know what to do.
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Re: Black, international applicant, 3.24/158 chances
Yeah, I'm done with this exam lol. This was my one and only retake.framboozer wrote:You will get a significant admissions boost for being a URM, but that's usually for your LSAT, rather than your GPA. They won't be as forgiving of your GPA without a higher LSAT, which means . . . you know what to do.
I wrote an addendum for my GPA. Not sure if it will make a difference, but my GPA was low because of my first semester of part time schooling where I got an "F" and a "D". Anyways, I made sure to note in my addendum that I've had an upward gpa trend ever since that semester, and that I made dean's list my last 6 semesters, and also that I never got below a 3.4 since that semester.