
My dream is to go into private international law and work in London (where I was raised). I'm half English and half Cuban American, so I guess I'm technically an "underrepresented minority" but I've never put any ethnic info in any of my past college applications. Since I want to work in the UK, I'm focusing on American JD programs that offer joint degree programs with British universities. Harvard and Columbia have always been my dream schools, and I find their British joint degree programmes to be very appealing.
Education
B.A. in International Relations from the University of Miami (3.9 GPA)
MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge (starting in October)
LSAT
I haven't taken the LSAT yet, but I'm planning on taking it in October or December. I haven't started studying in earnest, but I took my first practice test today and got a 164. This doesn't seem to be good enough for the schools I'm most interested in, but I hope/think that I can raise my score to somewhere around 170 if I prepare seriously enough over the next few months. Does anyone think this goal is realistic? If I don't succeed in reaching that goal, do I stand any chance at any of the T-14 schools (much less Columbia and Harvard)?
Thank you all for your input!