AA Female, Fulbright Scholar, 155 LSAT,What are my chances? Forum

[Zon2014]

AA Female, Fulbright Scholar, 3.67 GPA but a 155 LSAT, what are my chances at T-14 schools?

[perryja]

AA Female, Fulbright Scholar, 3.67 GPA but a 155 LSAT, what are my chances at T-14 schools?

Being a Fulbright Scholar is an amazing soft. But you need to retake. If you get that LSAT up 5-7 points, you'll be golden.

[Nova]

Unlikely. Cornell is your best shot.

You should retake.

~160: http://myLSN.info/jvceca

~165: http://myLSN.info/ldlpcz

[somewhatwayward]

Yep, retake is the right answer. Fulbright is a decent soft and maybe you would squeak into a lower T14 but it would be full price. A 155/3.7 AA male (more of a boost than AA female) got into Georgetown ED last year. You don't want to pay that much for Georgetown, though.

There's a thread in the URM forum about AAs and LSATs, and it will show you that you don't have far to go. The AA mean on the LSAT is a 142 with a 9-point SD. This means that, assuming a normal distribution, a 151 is 84th percentile, and a 160 is 97.5th. Thus, your current score is probably around 90th percentile for AAs. Bringing it up to 160 would give you a score better than 97.5% of AA test takers. When coupled with your GPA and Fulbright, you'd have better options. With a 163, you would be getting some $$ to T14s. 165 and you'd have a legitimate chance at H.

[Nova]

Yep, retake is the right answer. Fulbright is a decent soft and maybe you would squeak into a lower T14 but it would be full price. A 155/3.7 AA male (more of a boost than AA female) got into Georgetown ED last year. You don't want to pay that much for Georgetown, though.

There's a thread in the URM forum about AAs and LSATs, and it will show you that you don't have far to go. The AA mean on the LSAT is a 142 with a 9-point SD. This means that, assuming a normal distribution, a 151 is 84th percentile, and a 160 is 97.5th. Thus, your current score is probably around 90th percentile for AAs. Bringing it up to 160 would give you a score better than 97.5% of AA test takers. When coupled with your GPA and Fulbright, you'd have better options. With a 163, you would be getting some $$ to T14s. 165 and you'd have a legitimate chance at H.

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Here is the thread: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 4&t=195443

[Zon2014]

Thanks!

[Captain Hammer]

With that GPA and Fulbright, 160+ at least makes HYS worth the app fee, IMO. Study hard and retake. The LSAT is very learnable, and you can definitely gain 5-10 points with dedicated study (some gain 15 points or more, but you can reach your goal without having to reach that high).

[Nova]

LSAT Forum: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=6

Resources: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 6&t=200917

Support: http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... 6&t=198695

[trying2goLS2013]

What school did you end up going to? and which fulbright scholarship did you do?

[newyorker88]

You might want to look in to Princeton Review. I took them for LSAT prep and found them pretty good.