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Hello. I'm an AA female with a 3.4 and a 162. I attended University of Michigan for undergrad, have excellent LORs but no remarkable "softs". According to the LSP, I don't have any shot at the T14, but I've also read that the LSP may be relatively inaccurate for URM. I would love to go to a T14 school, but I would hate to focus my applications on schools that are decidedly out of reach. I received fee waivers from Duke, Columbia, and Penn. With my credentials, which schools should I apply to?

Thanks!

Check out LSN. Feel free to look at my cycle. I had a 3.78 and a 162. A 3.78 isn't that similar, especially at schools which favor GPA.

For what it's worth, I was accepted to both Duke and Columbia and waitlisted at Penn.

goblue11 wrote:Hello. I'm an AA female with a 3.4 and a 162. I attended University of Michigan for undergrad, have excellent LORs but no remarkable "softs". ...

"Remarkable" softs, like beauty, may be in the eye of the beholder. A lot will depend on how you market the activities/summer experiences you DID have. Your numbers are sufficient to get you into the schools you seek. You'll differentiate yourself in your writing samples & resume. Check out the T14 admissions stats for the past three cycles on LSN. While some numbers are admittedly "faked," I used it its aggregate data as a guide to "cajole" my D into applying to T-20 schools at which she thought she didn't stand a chance (her stats are similar to yours). With app dates in late Oct/early Nov, she's 4 for 4 so far this cycle.

Apply everywhere you'd consider attending that gives you a fee waiver. At worst, you'll be out $16. At best, you'll be a shocked & happy matriculant @ a T14-20. All the best on your cycle!

goblue11 wrote:Hello. I'm an AA female with a 3.4 and a 162. I attended University of Michigan for undergrad, have excellent LORs but no remarkable "softs". According to the LSP, I don't have any shot at the T14, but I've also read that the LSP may be relatively inaccurate for URM. I would love to go to a T14 school, but I would hate to focus my applications on schools that are decidedly out of reach. I received fee waivers from Duke, Columbia, and Penn. With my credentials, which schools should I apply to?

Thanks!

I would apply as high as MVP on down. Even without fee waivers, the application fees are a drop in bucket compared to the possible scholarship opportunities that you will have from some T20s

Apply everywhere you dream if you can afford it! Let them tell you no before you deny yourself the chance to find out what could happen. Good luck!

PoMama wrote:

goblue11 wrote:Hello. I'm an AA female with a 3.4 and a 162. I attended University of Michigan for undergrad, have excellent LORs but no remarkable "softs". ...

"Remarkable" softs, like beauty, may be in the eye of the beholder. A lot will depend on how you market the activities/summer experiences you DID have. Your numbers are sufficient to get you into the schools you seek. You'll differentiate yourself in your writing samples & resume. Check out the T14 admissions stats for the past three cycles on LSN. While some numbers are admittedly "faked," I used it its aggregate data as a guide to "cajole" my D into applying to T-20 schools at which she thought she didn't stand a chance (her stats are similar to yours). With app dates in late Oct/early Nov, she's 4 for 4 so far this cycle.

Apply everywhere you'd consider attending that gives you a fee waiver. At worst, you'll be out $16. At best, you'll be a shocked & happy matriculant @ a T14-20. All the best on your cycle!

this is silly. OP, if you don't get one of the T14, you should retake/reapply or just reapply

JamMasterJ wrote:

PoMama wrote:

goblue11 wrote:Hello. I'm an AA female with a 3.4 and a 162. I attended University of Michigan for undergrad, have excellent LORs but no remarkable "softs". ...

"Remarkable" softs, like beauty, may be in the eye of the beholder. A lot will depend on how you market the activities/summer experiences you DID have. Your numbers are sufficient to get you into the schools you seek. You'll differentiate yourself in your writing samples & resume. Check out the T14 admissions stats for the past three cycles on LSN. While some numbers are admittedly "faked," I used it its aggregate data as a guide to "cajole" my D into applying to T-20 schools at which she thought she didn't stand a chance (her stats are similar to yours). With app dates in late Oct/early Nov, she's 4 for 4 so far this cycle.

Apply everywhere you'd consider attending that gives you a fee waiver. At worst, you'll be out $16. At best, you'll be a shocked & happy matriculant @ a T14-20. All the best on your cycle!

this is silly. OP, if you don't get one of the T14, you should retake/reapply or just reapply

lol jamMaster your avi has forever conflated liev schreiber and law school anxiety in my mind