3.85/170 URM Ivy Forum

[PokemonMaster12]

Hey guys, wondering if you guys could chance me for some top schools...I essentially have no relevant EC's though I do hold leadership. I go to Cornell and I am Hispanic. After a lot of time researching, thinking, and comparing options (and believe me, I really am into law, but I need to have an almost definite ability to pay off loans and I am interested in BigLaw), I have decided that I will only go to law school if I get some kind of scholarship at CCN or get into Harvard/Stanford. My gpa is a 3.85 (strong upward trend, but doubt that matters), and my LSAT is 170. Also, I am an Applied Economics and Management major, which is technically a business program, but should I market it as economics? Please give me some chances at the following:

Harvard
Stanford
Columbia
NYU

Possibly Yale and Chicago, but I am not that interested in going to school in the Midwest, and I doubt I have a hook necessary to get into Yale. Thanks again!

[Corwin]

What country is your family from?

[PokemonMaster12]

I'm part-Mexican (father's side)

[tothePAIN]

You can retake if you'd like to go up a few more points, but you're essentially golden. Other posters will correct me if I'm wrong, but I'd say that you should apply through CCN (yes, even Y) with good results.

A few more points on a retake may help, may not, but you're already set.

[Corwin]

I'm part-Mexican (father's side)

You have a great shot at Harvard, hispanic URMs have gotten in with numbers worse than yours. Yale is always a long shot, but someone who was 1/4 Mexican with your numbers got in last cycle: http://lawschoolnumbers.com/jravae/jd. Apply to all the T6 and a safety school. Good luck!