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Let me know what you think!

Post by JDman » Thu Jul 10, 2014 5:49 pm

I am from Chicago--UIUC graduate. URM Latino/Mexican.

Experience 5+ years working for attorneys (City of Chicago and private firm)
Heavy extra curricular activities in Undergrad and employment throughout all scholastic years
Good LOR's (One professor, one undergrad job supervisor/faculty, one outside personal reference/attorney)

Looking to apply for Fall of 2015 to the following schools:

-Illinois
-DePaul
-Chicago Kent
-Loyola Chicago
-John Marshall

What are my chances with 3.01 GPA? I will be taking the LSAT in September. What score should I shoot for, reasonably speaking?

T14 possible?

-UChicago
-Northwestern
-Berkeley
-UCLA

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swampman

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Re: Let me know what you think!

Post by swampman » Thu Jul 10, 2014 5:53 pm

Shoot to get the best LSAT score you possibly can. Why would you do anything else?

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Re: Let me know what you think!

Post by Dr.Zer0 » Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:01 pm

Berkeley and UCLA are prty much out with that GPA. Get the highest GPA you possibly can, then come back. But given your GPA you might want to target UVA and NU with a high LSAT score since those are the splitter friendly schools.

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