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Sorry but unless you're a URM, all are long shots. If you had 0.2 more on the GPA, you'd be in at Columbia, but 3.5 seems like somewhat of a hard floor for them. You need to look at some splitter-friendly t14s. I'm not sure what these may be.

I am a URM. First Gen AA-Male

greatspirit wrote:I am a URM. First Gen AA-Male

Ok then, now we're talking. You definitely do have a shot, especially at NYU.

better shots than that.. i'd say 70% shot for H. (~3.0, 172~174 AA Males often get in)

Na_Swatch wrote:better shots than that.. i'd say 70% shot for H. (~3.0, 172~174 AA Males often get in)

Yeah I agree. HYS are always harder to predict though, so I never feel comfortable saying someone will for sure get in. These numbers have a great chance though. CLS has gone insane this cycle though, so I don't know how anyone can predict it anymore haha.

It is certainly worth applying to all of them. I'd be shocked if you were shut out of them all, being AA with a 175.

greatspirit wrote:I am a URM. First Gen AA-Male

change your thread title to avoid people storming in to say "dream on"

just like i was about to

Does it also help my case that my major choice is out of the norm?

(History/Japanese double major)

greatspirit wrote:I am a URM. First Gen AA-Male

You should apply for NYU's AnBryce.

paulinaporizkova wrote:

greatspirit wrote:I am a URM. First Gen AA-Male

change your thread title to avoid people storming in to say "dream on"

just like i was about to

+1

You have a good shot everywhere. With S and Y it'll be a little unpredictable, though (those'll depend more on your softs).

I don't know about Yale. It's difficult to determine their URM floor since it seems so few URMs apply to Yale in the first place. Unfortunately I'd say a 3.3 probably wouldn't cut it. I say this because of the data. They typically accept only 3-4 people from that GPA range every year. A 3.5+ would be more realistic, but you wouldn't be in a good zone until you reached 3.7.

Harvard and Stanford however are much more realistic.

law_monkey wrote:

Na_Swatch wrote:better shots than that.. i'd say 70% shot for H. (~3.0, 172~174 AA Males often get in)

Yeah I agree. HYS are always harder to predict though, so I never feel comfortable saying someone will for sure get in. These numbers have a great chance though. CLS has gone insane this cycle though, so I don't know how anyone can predict it anymore haha.

What do you mean by "insane". Thanks

bellamy wrote:

law_monkey wrote:

Na_Swatch wrote:better shots than that.. i'd say 70% shot for H. (~3.0, 172~174 AA Males often get in)

Yeah I agree. HYS are always harder to predict though, so I never feel comfortable saying someone will for sure get in. These numbers have a great chance though. CLS has gone insane this cycle though, so I don't know how anyone can predict it anymore haha.

What do you mean by "insane". Thanks

Meaning they've been yield protecting like crazy. A lot of URMs who are in at Harvard, Stanford, as well as a variety of other schools were either held or WL at Columbia. Other URMs who would have normally been "in" were WL too. This is speculation, of course, but it seems to be a good explanation.

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Just wanted to say that 3.3/175 is possible at CCN for non-URM, especially with ED. Quick glance at LSN says about 75% get in with ED, about 20% without.

Yale and Stanford are probably out, but I think your odds are > 50% at Harvard, and you're in at CCN.

(All of this barring some egregious application error)

I say your chances are better than 50 50 at all of them. I wont say you are a lock,but i would send an application to every single one of those schools. Get your LOR's ready, your essays ready and send them in the first day you can. Best of luck, im sure you will hear good things in the fall

Where did you get in??

lutcf2021 wrote:Where did you get in??

I was just wondering the same thing. I bet this guy had a killer cycle.

How did this guy not get in everywhere? Especially seeing the amazing cycles other black applicants have had with far lower LSAT scores?

some necro but it seems his GPA dropped

Ave wrote:some necro but it seems his GPA dropped

Agh... what a waste of a 175. You would think someone who scored that high would want to preserve their GPA to better complement their LSAT score.

Ave wrote:some necro but it seems his GPA dropped

Source?

John_rizzy_rawls wrote:

Ave wrote:some necro but it seems his GPA dropped

Source?

unless this is all made up