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3.6 UG/174 (with a prev 158)

Post by Kartvelophile » Sat Oct 09, 2010 1:08 am

I'm just getting a sense of where I can apply and stand a good chance of getting in. Money would be icing on the cake, but not necessary by any stretch of the imagination.

I got a 3.6 with a major in an uncommon and difficult foreign language and Econ at a top 10 liberal arts college.

I'm 2 years out of college. Work experience: Unique in where they took place (hot to white-hot conflict regions) and the fields that they were in (national security and economic development) but the actual duties performed were a little bit more mundane (think glorified secretary). I like contracts (in the "temporary job" sense) and to move around, so my CV comes off as slightly unstable.

The only place that I can claim residency is Illinois.

Got a 158 senior year of college. Retook a year later and actually prepped for it with some degree of seriousness. The result was a 174.

I vaguely want to stay away from New England for a variety of personal reasons, but living in New England is not a problem for me if I have to. I would be ever so slightly inclined to the Midwest and California (the state).

I'm not dead set on anything.

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Re: 3.6 UG/174 (with a prev 158)

Post by prezidentv8 » Sat Oct 09, 2010 1:09 am

Kartvelophile wrote:I'm just getting a sense of where I can apply and stand a good chance of getting in. Money would be icing on the cake, but not necessary by any stretch of the imagination.

I got a 3.6 with a major in an uncommon and difficult foreign language and Econ at a top 10 liberal arts college.

I'm 2 years out of college. Work experience: Unique in where they took place (hot to white-hot conflict regions) and the fields that they were in (national security and economic development) but the actual duties performed were a little bit more mundane (think glorified secretary). I like contracts (in the "temporary job" sense) and to move around, so my CV comes off as slightly unstable.

The only place that I can claim residency is Illinois.

Got a 158 senior year of college. Retook a year later and actually prepped for it with some degree of seriousness. The result was a 174.

I vaguely want to stay away from New England for a variety of personal reasons, but living in New England is not a problem for me if I have to. I would be ever so slightly inclined to the Midwest and California (the state).

I'm not dead set on anything.
That's quite the LSAT improvement.

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Re: 3.6 UG/174 (with a prev 158)

Post by im_blue » Sat Oct 09, 2010 2:03 am

You should get into at least one of CCN.

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Re: 3.6 UG/174 (with a prev 158)

Post by 09042014 » Sat Oct 09, 2010 2:53 am

In before OP gets LtK'd.

Enjoy NorthwesTTTern.

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Re: 3.6 UG/174 (with a prev 158)

Post by shanemahsa » Sat Oct 09, 2010 2:57 am

Desert Fox wrote:In before OP gets LtK'd.

Enjoy NorthwesTTTern.
What's LtK?

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Re: 3.6 UG/174 (with a prev 158)

Post by Richie Tenenbaum » Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:02 am

Here's where you should apply at minimum:
Columbia
NYU
Chicago
Penn
Michigan
Virginia
Northwestern
Duke

If I were you I would just apply to the to the entire T14 minus YHS and then add UCLA, Vanderbilt, and Texas, but that's mainly to optimize scholarship money and make sure to have safety nets with scholarships.

With that said, you're in decent shape for CCN or MVP with some money.

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Re: 3.6 UG/174 (with a prev 158)

Post by Richie Tenenbaum » Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:06 am

shanemahsa wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:In before OP gets LtK'd.

Enjoy NorthwesTTTern.
What's LtK?
Person with similar stats (I think like a 173 and ~3.5) and a retake with a similar low score that almost got shut out of the T14 until finally getting accepted at Northwestern.

That seemed more along the lines of a fluke result more than anything though.

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Re: 3.6 UG/174 (with a prev 158)

Post by shanemahsa » Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:09 am

Richie Tenenbaum wrote: That seemed more along the lines of a fluke result more than anything though.
One would hope

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Re: 3.6 UG/174 (with a prev 158)

Post by Kartvelophile » Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:26 am

I'm sorry, but what is OP?

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Re: 3.6 UG/174 (with a prev 158)

Post by shanemahsa » Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:28 am

Kartvelophile wrote:I'm sorry, but what is OP?
You

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Re: 3.6 UG/174 (with a prev 158)

Post by Kartvelophile » Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:47 am

No chance at Stanford?

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Re: 3.6 UG/174 (with a prev 158)

Post by im_blue » Sat Oct 09, 2010 4:28 am

Kartvelophile wrote:I'm sorry, but what is OP?
OP = original poster = person who started thread = you
Kartvelophile wrote:No chance at Stanford?
You have a chance if you have excellent softs, but even then it's a slim one.

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