166 and 3.475 Forum

[JamMasterJ]

I'm retaking in Feb. My pretests are 169-172. One lower and a couple higher. My GPA is trending upward. Softs aren't impressive by any means and I'm a white male. What do you think my chances are assuming my LSAT stays the same and assuming a shift of around 3-5 pts. I've checked LSN and LSP but I was hoping to see some real people's results instead of a "71% at or below" at blah blah University.
p.s. I broke my jaw 3 days before the 166 so I think my addendum will make that OK if I score at least 3 pts higher.
Here's my list:
Northwestern
Illinois
Notre Dame
Indiana - Bloomington
Ohio State
Cincy
backups:
Chicago - Kent
Loyola - Chicago
Indiana - Indianapolis

Any help and scholarship info from people with 166/3.5 or 169-171/3.5 would be greatly appreciated.

[bk1]

The difference between 169 and 172 is very large in admissions.

[Patriot1208]

And, for NW too happen, you'll have to have legitimate work experience, which you seem to imply is not the case.

[JamMasterJ]

Yeah, I figured NW was a long shot unless I get somewhere around 172. I was mostly wondering about Illinois, IU and OSU assuming my LSAT doesn't change by more than 3 or 4.

[ndirish2010]

With current stats:

Northwestern- OUT
Illinois- WL/Out
Notre Dame- WL/Out
Indiana - Bloomington- In, $?
Ohio State- In, $
Cincy- $
backups:
Chicago - Kent- $$
Loyola - Chicago- $$
Indiana - Indianapolis- $$$

With a 169:

Northwestern- Out
Illinois- $$
ND- $
IU- Full ride or WL for YP
OSU- $$$
Cincy- $$$

Don't bother with the T2s in that case.

[ndirish2010]

If you get a 170+, You should ED UVA if you don't mind paying sticker, otherwise blanket MVP down and you'll have nice offers from T30s and admissions from the lower T14.

[JamMasterJ]

With current stats:

Northwestern- OUT
Illinois- WL/Out
Notre Dame- WL/Out
Indiana - Bloomington- In, $?
Ohio State- In, $
Cincy- $
backups:
Chicago - Kent- $$
Loyola - Chicago- $$
Indiana - Indianapolis- $$$

With a 169:

Northwestern- Out
Illinois- $$
ND- $
IU- Full ride or WL for YP
OSU- $$$
Cincy- $$$

Don't bother with the T2s in that case.

I have to send my apps in before I know my Feb LSAT results so I'll have already applied to the T2s. BTW what does YP mean?

[BlakcMajikc]

Yield Protect

[ndirish2010]

Yield protection. For example, I had a 3.66/168 and was WL by IU (not to mention that it took them 5 months to give me a decision)...but people with lower numbers consistently get full rides. I am sure that if you convince them you really want to go, you can get in off the WL, but I'm not sure about money in that situation. By the time I got my decision, I didn't care.

[gbpackerbacker]

Real Question: How'd you break your jaw?

[ndirish2010]

Considering the late app, the only T14 you would have a great shot at would be if you ED UVA right after the Feb. scores come out. But it seems as if you want the Chicago market, so in that case I might wait a year, get WE, and reapply...you could only apply to NU, UIUC, and maybe ND or IU. You'd probably have close to a full ride from UIUC with a 170s score, so you could choose between that and NU sticker.

[JamMasterJ]

Real Question: How'd you break your jaw?

Playing flag football the Wednesday before the Oct 10th test. I dove to knock down the ball and a teammate kicked me below the ear. Split a wisdom tooth and broke the jawbone. Had it wired shut for 3 weeks.

[2011Law]

Real Question: How'd you break your jaw?

Playing flag football the Wednesday before the Oct 10th test. I dove to knock down the ball and a teammate kicked me below the ear. Split a wisdom tooth and broke the jawbone. Had it wired shut for 3 weeks.

damn dude, I hope he got you an escort or something, at least a beer.